Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
The word that the
LORD
spake
against
Babylon and
against
the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet .
The word that Jehovah
hath
spoken
concerning
Babylon ,
concerning
the land of the Chaldeans ,
by the
hand
of
Jeremiah the prophet :
Declare ye among the
nations, and publish
, and set
up a
standard;
publish
, and
conceal
not :
say
, Babylon is
taken
, Bel is
confounded
, Merodach
is
broken in
pieces;
her
idols
are
confounded
, her images
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 out
of
the
north
there
cometh
up a
nation
against her, which
shall
make
her land desolate
, and none
shall
dwell
therein:
they
shall
remove
, they shall
depart
, both
man
and
beast
.
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 in
that time, saith
the
LORD
, the
children
of Israel shall
come
, they and the
children
of Judah together, going and weeping :
they shall
go, and 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 shall
ask the way to
Zion
with
their faces thitherward,
saying,
Come, and let
us
join
ourselves
to
the
LORD
in
a perpetual
covenant that
shall
not 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 hath
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 restingplace
.
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 that
found
them have devoured them :
and their adversaries said ,
We offend
not, because they have
sinned against the
LORD
, the habitation of justice,
even
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
.
Remove
out
of
the midst of Babylon, and go
forth
out
of
the land of the Chaldeans ,
and be as the
he goats before the
flocks
.
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, lo, I will
raise
and cause
to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country:
and they shall
set themselves
in array against her ;
from thence she shall
be
taken:
their
arrows
shall
be
as of
a mighty
expert
man;
none
shall
return
in
vain.
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,
And Chaldea shall
be
a spoil :
all that
spoil
her shall
be
satisfied, saith
the
LORD
.
And Chaldea hath
been
for
a spoil ,
All her spoilers
are
satisfied, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
Because ye
were
glad
, because ye
rejoiced
, O ye
destroyers
of mine heritage
, because ye
are
grown
fat
as the
heifer at grass, and bellow
as bulls ;
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 shall
be
sore
confounded ;
she that bare you shall
be
ashamed:
behold
, the hindermost of the
nations shall
be
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
it shall
not be
inhabited, but
it shall
be
wholly
desolate:
every one
that
goeth
by Babylon shall
be
astonished, and hiss at
all her plagues.
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.
Put
yourselves in array against Babylon round about :
all ye that
bend
the
bow, shoot at her, spare
no arrows:
for she hath 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.
Shout against her round about :
she hath given her hand :
her foundations are
fallen
, her
walls
are
thrown down :
for it is the vengeance of the
LORD:
take
vengeance
upon
her ;
as she hath
done,
do unto
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 him that
handleth
the sickle in the time of harvest :
for
fear
of the oppressing sword they
shall
turn
every
one
to
his people, and they
shall
flee
every
one
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 sheep ;
the
lions have driven him
away :
first the king of Assyria
hath
devoured
him;
and last this
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath
broken
his
bones
.
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 thus saith
the
LORD
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.
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;
And I will
bring
Israel again
to
his habitation, and he shall
feed
on Carmel and Bashan ,
and his
soul
shall
be
satisfied
upon
mount 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 in
that time, saith
the
LORD
, 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 reserve.
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 ,
even
against it, and against
the inhabitants of Pekod :
waste and utterly
destroy
after
them
, saith
the
LORD
, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
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.
A sound
of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
A noise
of battle `
is '
in the land, and of great destruction.
How is
the hammer of the whole earth cut
asunder
and
broken
! how is
Babylon become
a desolation 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 have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also
taken
, O Babylon, and thou wast
not
aware:
thou art
found, and also caught, because
thou hast striven
against
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
hath opened his armoury
, and hath
brought
forth
the weapons of his indignation :
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 utmost
border
, open her storehouses :
cast
her up as heaps, and destroy
her utterly:
let nothing
of
her be
left
.
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
.
Slay all her bullocks;
let
them
go down to the
slaughter :
woe
unto
them !
for their day is
come
, the time of their visitation
.
Slay all her kine,
they
go down to slaughter ,
Wo
`is'
on
them ,
for come
hath
their day, The time of their inspection
.
The
voice of them
that
flee
and escape
out
of
the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the
LORD
our God, the vengeance of 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.
Call
together
the
archers
against
Babylon :
all ye
that
bend
the bow, camp
against it
round about ;
let none
thereof
escape :
recompense her according to her work ;
according to all that she hath
done,
do unto
her :
for she hath been proud against
the
LORD
, against
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 shall
her young men fall
in the
streets
, and all her men of war shall
be
cut off in that day, saith
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 thee, O thou
most
proud
, saith
the Lord GOD
of hosts :
for thy day is
come, the time that
I
will
visit
thee
.
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
.
And the
most
proud
shall
stumble
and fall
, and none
shall
raise
him
up :
and I will
kindle
a fire in his cities, and it shall
devour
all round about 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.
Thus saith
the
LORD
of hosts ;
The children
of Israel and the children
of Judah were
oppressed
together :
and all that
took
them
captives
held
them fast;
they refused to let
them go
.
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 shall
throughly
plead their cause, that
he
may
give
rest
to the land, and disquiet
the inhabitants of 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 upon
the Chaldeans, saith
the
LORD
, and upon
the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon
her princes
, and upon
her 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 upon
the liars;
and they shall
dote:
a sword is upon
her mighty men;
and they shall
be
dismayed.
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 upon
their
horses ,
and upon
their
chariots
, and upon
all the mingled
people
that
are in the
midst
of
her ;
and they shall
become as
women :
a sword is upon
her treasures;
and they shall
be
robbed.
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 shall
be
dried up :
for it is the
land of graven images, and they
are
mad
upon
their
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
.
Therefore the
wild
beasts
of
the
desert
with the
wild
beasts
of the islands
shall
dwell
there
, and the
owls
shall
dwell
therein:
and
it shall
be
no
more
inhabited for ever ;
neither
shall
it
be
dwelt 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 and the
neighbour
cities
thereof
, saith
the
LORD;
so
shall
no
man
abide
there, neither
shall
any
son of man dwell
therein
.
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
, a people shall
come from the north, and
a great nation, and many kings shall
be
raised
up from the coasts
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
shall
hold
the
bow and the
lance:
they are
cruel, and will
not
shew
mercy :
their voice shall
roar
like
the
sea, and they shall
ride upon
horses
, every
one
put
in array ,
like
a man to
the
battle, against thee, 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 hath
heard
the
report of
them
, and his hands waxed
feeble:
anguish
took
hold
of
him
, and
pangs
as of
a woman in
travail
.
Heard
hath
the king of Babylon their
report, And feeble
have
been
his hands, Distress
hath
seized
him;
pain
as a travailing
woman.
Behold
, he
shall
come
up
like
a lion from
the swelling
of Jordan unto the habitation of
the
strong:
but I will
make
them suddenly
run away
from her :
and who is a
chosen man,
that
I
may
appoint
over
her
? for who is like me? and who will
appoint
me the
time
? and who is that
shepherd that
will
stand
before 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 ye the counsel of the
LORD
, that he hath
taken
against
Babylon ;
and his purposes,
that he hath purposed
against
the land of the Chaldeans :
Surely
the
least
of the flock shall
draw
them
out:
surely
he shall
make their
habitation
desolate with
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
noise
of
the taking
of
Babylon the earth is
moved
, and the
cry is
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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