Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
This
is
the word that the
LORD
spoke
through
Jeremiah
the
prophet
concerning Babylon and
the land of the Chaldeans:
The word that Jehovah
hath
spoken
concerning Babylon ,
concerning
the land of the Chaldeans ,
by
the
hand
of
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 ye
among
nations ,
and
sound,
And
lift up an
ensign
, sound,
do
not
hide,
Say
ye:
Captured hath
been
Babylon,
Put to shame hath
been
Bel
, Broken
hath
been
Merodach,
Put
to
shame
have
been
her grievous
things
, Broken
have
been
her idols.
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 come
up
against
her
hath
a nation from the north ,
It maketh
her land become
a desolation ,
And
there
is
not
an
inhabitant
in it .
From
man even
unto
beast ,
They
have
moved,
they
have
gone
.
“
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 at that time, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, Come
in
do
sons
of Israel ,
They
and sons
of Judah together, Going
on
and
weeping they go
, And Jehovah
their God they
seek
.
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.
`To'
Zion
they ask the way ,
Thitherward
`are'
their faces :
Come in ,
and
we
are
joined
unto
Jehovah,
A
covenant age-during
--
not
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.
A
perishing
flock
hath
My people been,
Their shepherds have caused
them to
err
, `
To '
the mountains causing
them
to
go
back,
From mountain unto
hill they have gone,
They
have
forgotten their crouching-
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 finding
them have
devoured them, And their adversaries
have
said :
We are not guilty, Because
that
they sinned against Jehovah
, The habitation
of
righteousness
, And
the hope of their fathers --
Jehovah
.
Flee
from the midst of Babylon ;
depart
from the land of the Chaldeans ;
be like
the
he-goats that
lead
the
flock.
Move
ye
from the midst of Babylon ,
And
from the land of the Chaldeans go
out.
And
be as
he-goats before
a
flock.
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, lo,
I am
stirring
up ,
And am
causing
to
come
up
against Babylon ,
An assembly of great nations from a
land of the north ,
And
they have
set
in
array
against her ,
From thence
she is
captured ,
Its
arrow
--
as
a
skilful
hero
--
returneth
not empty ,
Chaldea will
be
plundered;
all who
plunder
her will
have
their
fill
, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
And
Chaldea hath
been
for
a
spoil,
All her spoilers
are
satisfied
, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
“
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 thou
rejoicest
, because thou
exultest,
O
spoilers
of
Mine
inheritance ,
Because thou
increasest
as
a heifer `at'
the
tender
grass,
And dost
cry
aloud
as
bulls
,
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.
Ashamed
hath
been
your mother greatly ,
Confounded
hath
she been
that
bare
you, Lo,
the hindermost
of nations `is'
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 Jehovah
it
is
not inhabited ,
And
it
hath
been
a
desolation
--
all of
it.
Every
passer
by
at
Babylon is
astonished,
And doth
hiss because
of
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 ye
treading
a
bow ,
Shoot at her ,
have
no pity
on
the
arrow,
For against
Jehovah
she hath
sinned.
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 hath
given
forth
her hand,
Fallen
have
her foundations,
Thrown
down
have been
her walls ,
For
it
`
is '
the vengeance of Jehovah
, Be
avenged
of
her ,
as she did
--
do ye
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
handling
the sickle in the time
of harvest,
Because
of
the oppressing
sword, Each unto
his people --
they
turn
, And
each to his land --
they
flee
.
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. ”
A scattered sheep
is
Israel
, lions have
driven
away,
At
first ,
devour him did
the king of Asshur,
And
now,
at
last ,
broken
his bone
Hath
Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon.
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
said
Jehovah
of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo,
I am
seeing
after
the king of Babylon ,
And after
his land ,
As I have
seen
after
the king of Asshur;
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.
And
I have
brought
back
Israel unto
his habitation
, And he hath
fed
on Carmel ,
and on Bashan.
And
in
mount
Ephraim ,
and on
Gilead is
his
soul
satisfied
.
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 at that time, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, Sought
is
the
iniquity
of
Israel
, and
it
is
not
, And the
sin
of
Judah
, and
it
is
not found ,
For I am
propitious
to
those
whom
I leave!
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
.
Against the land of Merathaim :
Go
up
against
it
, and unto
the inhabitants
of Pekod ,
Waste
and devote their
posterity,
An
affirmation
of
Jehovah,
And
do according
to
all that I have commanded thee
.
“The
noise of battle is in the land —
the
noise
of great destruction.
A
noise 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 hath
it
been
cut
and
broken,
The hammer of the whole earth! How
hath
Babylon been
for
a
desolation
among 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 thee
, And
also
--
thou
art
captured,
O Babylon, And thou
--
thou
hast
known,
Thou
hast
been
found ,
and also
art
caught,
For
against
Jehovah
thou
hast
stirred
thyself
up
.
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.
Jehovah
hath
opened His treasury,
And He
bringeth
out the
weapons of His
indignation
, For a
work `is'
to
the Lord Jehovah
of Hosts ,
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 ye
in
to
her from the extremity,
Open ye
her storehouses,
Raise
her up as
heaps,
and
devote her ,
Let
her have
no remnant
.
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
.
Slay
all her kine,
they
go down to slaughter ,
Wo
`is'
on
them, for come
hath
their day ,
The time of their inspection
.
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.
A
voice
of
fugitives and escaped
ones
`Is'
from the land of Babylon, To
declare
in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah
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.
Summon unto
Babylon archers
, all treading
the bow ,
Encamp against
her round
about,
Let `her'
have
no escape ;
Recompense
to
her according to her work,
According
to
all
that
she
did
--
do to her ,
For unto
Jehovah
she hath
been
proud
, Unto
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 fall
do
her young men in her
broad
places
, And all her men
of
war
are
cut
off
in that day, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
“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
.
Lo
, I `
am '
against thee
, O pride
, An
affirmation
of
the Lord Jehovah
of Hosts, For thy
day hath
come, the time of
thy
inspection
.
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. ”
And stumbled
hath
pride,
And
he
hath
fallen,
and
hath
no raiser
up ,
And I have
kindled
a fire in his cities ,
And
it
hath
devoured
all 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
said
Jehovah
of Hosts: Oppressed
are
the sons of Israel, And the sons of Judah together,
And
all their captors have
kept
hold on
them, They
have
refused
to send
them away
.
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 ,
Jehovah
of Hosts `
is '
His name ,
He doth
thoroughly
plead their cause,
So as
to cause
the land
to
rest
, And
He
hath
given
trouble
to 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 '
for
the Chaldeans, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, And
it
`is'
on
the
inhabitants
of
Babylon, And on
her heads,
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
princes
, And they have
become foolish;
A sword `
is '
on
her mighty
ones
, And they have
been
broken
down;
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
his
horses and on
his
chariot,
And on
all the rabble
who
`are'
in her midst, And they have
become women ;
A sword `
is '
on
her treasuries, And they have
been
spoiled;
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 sword
`
is '
on
her waters, and they have
been
dried up ,
For it `
is '
a land of graven images, And in
idols they
do
boast
themselves
.
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
dwell
do
Ziim
with
Iim,
Yea,
dwelt
in
her
have
daughters
of
the ostrich,
And it is
not
inhabited any
more
for
ever,
Nor
dwelt
in unto
all
generations
.
As God overthrew
Sodom and Gomorrah along
with their
neighbors
, ”
declares
the
LORD
, “no
one
will
dwell there ;
no
man will
abide
there
.
As overthrown
by
God with
Sodom ,
And with
Gomorrah ,
and
with its
neighbours
, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, none
doth
dwell there ,
Nor
sojourn
in
her
doth
a
son
of
man.
Behold
, an
army
is
coming
from the north ;
a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends
of the earth.
Lo
, a
people
hath
come
from the north ,
Even
a great nation ,
And many kings are stirred up from the sides
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.
Bow and halbert
they seize,
Cruel `are'
they,
and they
have
no
mercy,
Their voice as
a
sea soundeth
, and on
horses
they ride, Set
in array
as
a
man
for
battle,
Against thee
, O 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
.
Heard
hath
the king of Babylon their
report, And feeble
have
been
his hands, Distress
hath
seized
him;
pain as
a travailing
woman.
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? ”
Lo
, as
a lion he
cometh
up,
Because
of
the rising
of the Jordan ,
Unto
the enduring
habitation,
But
I cause
to
rest,
I
cause
them
to
run
from off
her. And
who is chosen? on
her
I
lay
a
charge,
For who `
is '
like Me ?
And who doth
convene
Me? And
who
`is'
this
shepherd who
standeth
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 ye
the counsel
of
Jehovah,
That He
counselled
concerning
Babylon ,
And His
devices
that
He hath
devised Concerning
the land of the Chaldeans ;
Drag
them
out
do
not
little ones of the flock ,
Doth
He
not
make
desolate over
them the
habitation?
At
the sound
of
Babylon’s
capture
the earth will
quake;
a cry will
be
heard
among the
nations .
From
the voice:
Captured
was
Babylon,
Hath
the earth been
shaken,
And
a cry among nations hath
been
heard!
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