Verse
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This
is
the word that the
LORD
spoke through
Jeremiah
the
prophet
concerning Babylon and
the land of the Chaldeans :
The word that Yahweh
spoke concerning Babylon ,
concerning
the land of the Chaldeans ,
by
Jeremiah
the
prophet.
“Announce
and
declare to
the nations ;
lift
up a banner
and
proclaim
it
; hold
nothing
back
when
you
say, ‘
Babylon is captured;
Bel is put
to
shame;
Marduk
is
shattered
, her images are disgraced
, her idols are broken
in
pieces
. ’
Declare you
among
the nations and
publish,
and
set
up a standard
; publish,
and
don't
conceal:
say, Babylon is taken,
Bel is disappointed
, Merodach
is
dismayed;
her images are disappointed
, her idols are dismayed
.
For a
nation
from
the north will
come
against her ;
it
will
make her land a
desolation.
No
one
will
live
in
it;
both man and beast
will
flee
. ”
For out
of
the north there
comes
up
a
nation
against her ,
which
shall
make her land desolate,
and
none
shall
dwell
therein:
they
are
fled,
they
are
gone,
both man and animal
.
“
In those days and at
that time, declares
the
LORD
, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will
come
together ,
weeping
as
they come
, and will
seek the
LORD
their God.
In those days ,
and in
that time, says
Yahweh
, the children of Israel shall
come,
they
and the children of Judah together ;
they shall
go
on
their
way
weeping
, and shall
seek Yahweh
their God.
They will
ask
the
way
to
Zion and
turn
their faces toward it .
They
will
come and join themselves
to the
LORD
in an everlasting covenant that will
never
be forgotten.
They shall
inquire
concerning
Zion with
their faces turned
toward it ,
[saying],
Come you,
and join yourselves
to Yahweh
in an everlasting covenant that shall
not
be forgotten.
My people are
lost sheep ;
their shepherds have led
them astray ,
causing
them to
roam
the mountains .
They have wandered
from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
My people have
been
lost sheep :
their shepherds have caused
them to
go
astray ;
they
have
turned
them away
on
the mountains ;
they have gone
from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting -
place.
All who found them devoured them ,
and their enemies
said, ‘
We are not guilty, for
they have sinned against the
LORD,
their
true
pasture
, the LORD
, the hope of their fathers. ’
All who found them have
devoured them ;
and their adversaries
said, We are not guilty, because
they have sinned against Yahweh
, the habitation
of
righteousness
, even
Yahweh,
the hope of their fathers.
Flee from
the midst of Babylon ;
depart
from
the land of the Chaldeans ;
be like
the he-
goats that
lead
the flock
.
Flee out
of
the midst of Babylon ,
and
go
forth
out
of
the land of the Chaldeans ,
and
be as
the male
goats before
the flocks
.
For behold, I stir up and bring
against Babylon an
assembly
of great nations from the land
of
the
north .
They will
line
up
against her; from the
north
she will
be captured.
Their arrows will
be like
skilled
warriors
who
do
not
return empty-handed
.
For ,
behold, I will
stir up and cause
to
come
up
against Babylon a
company
of great nations from the north country;
and
they shall
set
themselves
in
array
against her; from there
she shall
be taken:
their arrows shall
be as
of
an
expert
mighty
man;
none
shall
return in
vain
.
Chaldea will
be plundered;
all who plunder
her will
have
their
fill
, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Chaldea shall
be a
prey:
all who prey
on
her shall
be
satisfied
, says
Yahweh
.
“
Because you rejoice
, because you sing
in
triumph—
you who plunder My inheritance—
because you frolic
like
a heifer treading
grain and neigh like
stallions,
Because you are
glad
, because you rejoice,
O
you who plunder my heritage,
because you are
wanton
as
a heifer that
treads
out
[the
grain ],
and neigh as
strong
horses;
your mother will
be greatly
ashamed
; she who bore you will
be disgraced.
Behold, she will
be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
your mother shall
be utterly
disappointed
; she who bore you shall
be confounded:
behold, she shall
be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Because of the wrath of the
LORD,
she will
not be inhabited ;
she will
become
completely
desolate .
All
who pass
through
Babylon will
be horrified
and will
hiss at all her wounds
.
Because of the wrath of Yahweh
she shall
not be inhabited ,
but
she shall
be
wholly
desolate :
everyone
who goes
by
Babylon shall
be astonished,
and hiss at all her plagues
.
Line
up
in formation
around
Babylon, all you who draw
the bow !
Shoot at her !
Spare no arrows !
For she has sinned against the
LORD
.
Set
yourselves
in array
against
Babylon round
about
, all you who bend
the bow ;
shoot at her ,
spare no arrows :
for she has sinned against Yahweh
.
Raise
a
war
cry
against her on
every
side!
She has thrown
up
her
hands
in
surrender
; her towers
have
fallen ;
her walls are torn
down .
Since
this
is the vengeance of the
LORD,
take out
your
vengeance upon
her; as she has done, do the
same
to her.
Shout
against her round
about:
she has submitted
herself
; her bulwarks
are
fallen ,
her walls are thrown
down ;
for
it
is the vengeance of Yahweh:
take vengeance on
her; as she has done, do to her.
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the
one
who wields
the sickle at
harvest
time.
In the face
of the oppressor’s
sword ,
each
will
turn to his own
people, each
will
flee to his own land.
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him
who handles
the sickle in the time
of harvest:
for
fear
of
the oppressing
sword they
shall
turn everyone
to his people, and
they
shall
flee everyone
to his own land.
Israel is a scattered
flock,
chased
away
by
lions.
The first
to
devour
him was
the king of Assyria; the
last to
crush
his
bones
was
Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon. ”
Israel is a hunted
sheep;
the lions
have
driven
him away:
first,
the king of Assyria devoured
him
; and
now
at
last Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon has
broken
his
bones
.
Therefore this
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts, the God of Israel ,
says
: “
I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.
Therefore thus
says
Yahweh
of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold,
I will punish the king of Babylon and his land ,
as I have
punished the king of Assyria.
I will return
Israel to his pasture, and he will
graze
on Carmel and Bashan ;
his soul will
be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
I will bring
Israel again
to his pasture, and he shall
feed
on Carmel and Bashan ,
and
his soul shall
be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in
Gilead.
In those days and at
that time, declares
the
LORD
, a
search
will
be made
for Israel’s
guilt
, but
there will
be none ,
and for
Judah’s
sins, but
they will
not be found ;
for I will forgive
the
remnant
I preserve
.
In those days ,
and in
that time, says
Yahweh
, the
iniquity
of
Israel
shall
be sought
for, and
there shall
be none ;
and the
sins of
Judah
, and
they shall
not be found :
for I will pardon
them
whom
I leave
as
a
remnant
.
Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents
of Pekod .
Kill them
and devote
them to
destruction.
Do all that I have commanded you ,”
declares
the
LORD
.
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even
against
it,
and against the inhabitants
of Pekod :
kill and utterly
destroy
after
them ,
says
Yahweh,
and
do according
to
all that I have commanded you.
“The
noise
of battle is in the land —
the
noise
of great destruction.
A
sound
of battle is in the land ,
and
of great destruction.
How the hammer of the whole earth lies
broken
and shattered
! What
a
horror
Babylon has
become among the nations!
How is
the hammer of the whole earth cut
apart
and broken
! how
is
Babylon become a
desolation
among the nations!
I laid a snare for you, O
Babylon, and you were
caught
before
you
knew
it.
You were
found and captured
because you challenged
the
LORD
.
I have
laid a snare for you, and
you
are
also
taken,
Babylon, and you weren't
aware:
you are
found ,
and also
caught,
because you have
striven
against
Yahweh
.
The
LORD
has opened His armory and brought out
His
weapons of wrath,
for this
is
the work
of
the
Lord GOD
of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
Yahweh
has opened his armory ,
and has
brought forth
the
weapons of his
indignation;
for the Lord ,
Yahweh
of Hosts ,
has
a
work
[to
do]
in the land of the Chaldeans.
Come against her from the farthest
border .
Break
open her granaries
; pile
her up like
mounds
of
grain.
Devote
her to
destruction
; leave
her no
survivors
.
Come against her from the utmost
border ;
open her store-houses
; cast
her up as
heaps,
and
destroy
her utterly
; let
nothing
of
her be
left
.
Kill all her young
bulls; let them go down to the slaughter .
Woe to them ,
for their day has
come —
the time of their punishment
.
Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter :
woe to them !
for their day is
come ,
the time of their visitation
.
Listen
to
the fugitives
and refugees
from
the land of Babylon, declaring
in Zion the vengeance of the
LORD
our God, the vengeance for
His temple.
The voice
of
those
who
flee
and escape
out
of
the land of Babylon, to
declare
in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh
our God, the vengeance of
his temple.
Summon
the archers against Babylon, all who string
the bow .
Encamp all
around
her; let no
one
escape .
Repay
her according to her deeds
; do
to her
as
she has done .
For she has defied
the
LORD
, the Holy One of Israel.
Call
together
the archers against Babylon, all those
who bend
the bow ;
encamp against
her round
about
; let none
of
it
escape :
recompense
her according to her work
; according
to all
that
she has done ,
do
to
her;
for she has been
proud
against
Yahweh
, against
the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore ,
her young men will
fall in the
streets, and all her warriors
will
be silenced
in that day, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Therefore shall
her young men fall in her
streets, and all her men
of
war
shall
be brought
to
silence
in that day, says
Yahweh
.
“
Behold, I am against you, O
arrogant
one, ”
declares
the Lord GOD
of Hosts ,
“
for your day has
come, the time when
I will punish
you.
Behold, I am against you, you
proud
one, says
the Lord ,
Yahweh
of Hosts ;
for your day is
come, the time that
I will visit
you.
The arrogant
one will
stumble and fall with
no
one
to
pick
him up .
And I will kindle a fire in his cities to
consume
all those
around
him. ”
The proud
one shall
stumble and fall ,
and
none
shall
raise
him up ;
and I will kindle a fire in his cities ,
and
it
shall
devour
all who
are
round
about
him.
This
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says
: “
The sons
of Israel are
oppressed,
and the sons
of Judah as
well.
All their
captors
hold them fast ,
refusing
to release
them.
Thus
says
Yahweh
of hosts: The children
of Israel and the children
of Judah are
oppressed
together;
and
all who
took
them
captive
hold them fast ;
they
refuse
to let
them go
.
Their Redeemer is strong; the
LORD
of Hosts is His name .
He will fervently
plead their case
so
that He may bring
rest to the earth, but
turmoil
to
those
who
live
in
Babylon.
Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh
of Hosts is his name :
he will thoroughly
plead their cause,
that he may give
rest to the earth, and
disquiet
the
inhabitants
of
Babylon.
A sword is against
the Chaldeans, declares
the
LORD
, against
those
who
live
in
Babylon, and against
her officials
and wise men.
A sword is on
the Chaldeans, says
Yahweh
, and
on
the
inhabitants
of
Babylon, and on
her princes,
and on
her
wise men.
A sword is against
her
false
prophets
, and they will
become fools .
A sword is against
her warriors
, and they will
be filled
with
terror
.
A sword is on
the
boasters
, and they shall
become fools ;
a sword is on
her mighty
men
, and they shall
be dismayed
.
A sword is against
her
horses and chariots and against
all the foreigners
in her
midst ,
and they will
become like
women .
A sword is against
her treasuries
, and they will
be plundered
.
A sword is on
their
horses ,
and on
their
chariots ,
and on
all the mixed
people
who
are
in the
midst of
her;
and they shall
become as
women :
a sword is on
her treasures
, and they shall
be robbed
.
A drought is upon
her waters, and they will
be dried up .
For it is a land of graven
images, and the
people
go
mad over idols.
A drought is on
her waters, and they shall
be dried up ;
for it is a land of engraved
images, and they
are
mad over idols.
So
the desert creatures
and
hyenas
will
live
there and ostriches will
dwell there.
It will
never
again
be inhabited or
lived in from generation to generation.
Therefore
the wild
animals
of
the
desert with
the
wolves
shall
dwell
there ,
and the
ostriches shall
dwell therein:
and
it shall
be no
more
inhabited forever;
neither
shall
it
be
lived in from generation to generation.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along
with
their
neighbors,”
declares
the LORD
, “
no one
will
dwell there ;
no
man will
abide
there
.
As when
God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and
the neighbor
cities
of
it
, says
Yahweh,
so
shall
no man
dwell there ,
neither
shall
any
son
of
man sojourn
therein
.
Behold, an
army
is
coming
from the north; a great nation and many kings are
stirred up from the ends
of the earth.
Behold, a
people
comes
from the north; and
a great nation and many kings shall
be
stirred up from the uttermost
parts
of the earth.
They grasp
the
bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless.
Their voice roars like the sea ,
and they ride upon
horses, lined
up
like
men
in formation
against you, O
Daughter of Babylon.
They lay
hold
on
bow and spear; they are cruel ,
and have
no
mercy;
their voice roars like the sea ;
and they ride on
horses, everyone
set
in array,
as
a
man
to
the
battle,
against you, daughter of Babylon.
The king of Babylon has heard the report
, and his hands hang
limp.
Anguish has gripped
him, pain
like
that
of a woman in labor
.
The king of Babylon has heard the news
of
them
, and his hands wax
feeble:
anguish has taken
hold
of
him, [and]
pangs
as
of a woman in travail
.
Behold, one
will
come up like a lion from the thickets
of the Jordan to
the watered
pasture.
For in
an
instant
I will chase
Babylon
from her
land.
Who
is the
chosen one
I
will appoint for
this?
For who is like Me ,
and who can
challenge
Me? What
shepherd can stand against
Me? ”
Behold, [the
enemy]
shall
come up like a lion from the pride
of the Jordan against
the strong
habitation:
for I will suddenly
make
them
run
away
from it;
and
whoever
is chosen ,
him
will I
appoint over
it:
for who is like me ?
and who will
appoint
me a
time
? and
who
is
the
shepherd who
can stand before
me?
Therefore hear the plans
that the
LORD
has drawn
up
against Babylon and the
strategies
He has devised
against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will
be
dragged
away
; certainly
their pasture
will
be
made
desolate because
of
them.
Therefore hear the counsel
of
Yahweh,
that he
has taken
against Babylon ;
and his
purposes,
that
he has purposed
against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they
shall
drag
them
away,
[even]
the little ones of the flock; surely
he
shall
make
their habitation
desolate over
them.
At the sound
of Babylon’s
capture
the earth will
quake;
a
cry will
be
heard among the nations.
At the noise
of the taking
of
Babylon
the
earth trembles,
and
the
cry is
heard among the nations.
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