Hearken
shama` (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
not unto them serve
`abad (aw-bad')
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
of Babylon
Babel (baw-bel')
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire -- Babel, Babylon.
and live
chayah (khaw-yaw')
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
wherefore should this city
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
be laid waste
chorbah (khor-baw')
drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation -- decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
