Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Thus said
Jehovah:
Lo
, I am
stirring
up against Babylon, And the inhabitants
of Leb
--
My
withstanders
, A destroying wind ,
Thus saith
the
LORD;
Behold
, I will
raise
up against Babylon, and against
them
that
dwell
in
the midst
of them
that
rise
up
against
me
, a destroying wind ;
And I
have
sent
to
Babylon fanners, And
they
have
fanned
it
, and they
empty its
land ,
For they
have
been
against
it,
Round
about
--
in the day of evil
.
And will
send
unto
Babylon fanners, that
shall
fan
her
, and shall
empty her
land :
for in the day of trouble
they
shall
be
against
her
round
about
.
Let not
the treader
tread
his bow, Nor
lift
himself up in his coat
of
mail,
Nor
have
ye pity
on
her young men ,
Devote
ye to
destruction
all her host.
Against
him
that
bendeth
let the archer
bend
his bow, and
against
him
that
lifteth
himself up in his brigandine:
and
spare
ye not
her young men ;
destroy
ye utterly
all her host.
And
fallen
have
the wounded
in the land of the Chaldeans, And the
pierced-
through in her streets.
Thus
the slain
shall
fall
in the land of the Chaldeans, and they
that
are
thrust
through in her streets.
For ,
not forsaken is
Israel
and
Judah
, By
its
God --
by
Jehovah
of Hosts ,
For
their land hath
been
full
of
guilt,
Against the Holy One of Israel.
For Israel
hath
not been
forsaken, nor
Judah
of
his
God ,
of the
LORD
of
hosts ;
though
their land was
filled
with
sin
against the Holy One of Israel.
Flee ye
from
the midst of Babylon, And deliver ye
each
his soul ,
Be not cut off in its
iniquity ,
For a
time of vengeance it
`is'
to
Jehovah,
Recompence
He is
rendering
to
her.
Flee out
of
the midst of Babylon, and deliver every
man
his soul :
be not cut off in her
iniquity ;
for this
is
the
time of the
LORD's
vengeance ;
he will
render
unto
her a
recompence
.
A golden cup `is'
Babylon
in the hand of
Jehovah
, Making
drunk
all the earth ,
Of its
wine drunk
have
nations,
Therefore boast
themselves
do
nations.
Babylon
hath
been
a golden cup in the LORD's
hand, that
made
all the earth drunken:
the
nations
have
drunken
of her
wine ;
therefore the
nations are
mad
.
Suddenly
hath
Babylon fallen,
Yea,
it
is broken,
howl ye
for it,
Take balm for her pain, if so be it
may be healed.
Babylon is suddenly
fallen
and
destroyed:
howl for her;
take balm for her pain, if so be she
may be healed.
We healed Babylon, and
she was
not healed ,
Forsake her, and we
go ,
each
to
his land,
For come
unto
the
heavens
hath
its
judgment, And it
hath
been
lifted up unto
the clouds
.
We would
have
healed Babylon, but
she is
not healed :
forsake her, and let
us
go every
one
into
his own
country:
for her
judgment reacheth
unto
heaven
, and is
lifted up even
to
the skies
.
Jehovah
hath brought forth our righteousnesses,
Come, and we
recount
in Zion the work of Jehovah
our God.
The
LORD
hath brought forth our righteousness:
come, and let
us
declare
in Zion the work of the
LORD
our God.
Cleanse
ye
the arrows ,
fill
the shields ,
Stirred
up
hath Jehovah
the spirit of the kings of Madia,
For against
Babylon
His device `
is '
to destroy it ,
For
the vengeance of Jehovah
it
`is'
, The vengeance of His temple.
Make
bright
the arrows ;
gather
the shields :
the
LORD
hath raised
up
the spirit of the kings of the
Medes:
for his device is against
Babylon,
to destroy it ;
because
it
is
the vengeance of the
LORD
, the vengeance of his temple.
Unto
the walls of Babylon lift
up
an
ensign
, Strengthen
the watch, Establish
the watchers
, prepare the ambush,
For Jehovah
hath both devised and done that which He spake ,
Concerning
the inhabitants of Babylon.
Set
up
the standard
upon
the
walls of Babylon, make
the watch strong
, set
up
the watchmen
, prepare the ambushes:
for the
LORD
hath both devised and done that which he spake against
the inhabitants of Babylon.
O dweller
on
many waters, abundant in treasures, Come
in
hath
thine end, the measure of thy dishonest
gain
.
O thou
that
dwellest
upon
many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is
come
, and
the measure of thy covetousness
.
Sworn
hath
Jehovah
of Hosts by Himself, That
, Surely I have
filled
thee `
with '
men as
the
cankerworm
, And they have
cried
against thee --
shouting
.
The
LORD
of hosts hath
sworn
by himself, saying
, Surely I will
fill
thee with men, as
with
caterpillers;
and they shall
lift
up
a
shout
against thee.
The maker
of
earth by His power, The
establisher
of
the world by His wisdom, Who
by
His
understanding
stretched out the heavens,
He
hath
made
the earth by his power, he
hath
established
the world by his wisdom, and
hath
stretched out the heaven
by
his
understanding.
At
the
voice
He giveth
forth
, A multitude of waters `are'
in the heavens ,
And He causeth vapours to come
up
from the end
of the earth ,
Lightnings for
rain He
hath
made
, And He
bringeth out
wind from
His treasures.
When
he uttereth
his
voice
, there
is
a multitude of waters in the heavens ;
and he causeth the
vapours to ascend
from the ends
of the earth :
he
maketh
lightnings with
rain, and bringeth forth
the
wind out
of
his treasures.
Brutish
hath
been
every man by knowledge ,
Put
to
shame
hath
been
every refiner
by a
graven image ,
For false
`is'
his molten image, And there is no breath in them.
Every man is
brutish
by his
knowledge ;
every founder
is
confounded
by the
graven image :
for his molten image is
falsehood
, and there is no breath in them.
Vanity
`are'
they --
work of errors ,
In the time of their inspection
they perish.
They are
vanity,
the
work of errors :
in the time of their visitation
they shall
perish.
Not
like
these
`is'
the portion of Jacob ,
For He `
is '
former of all things ,
And `
Israel is '
the rod of His inheritance ,
Jehovah
of Hosts `
is '
His name.
The portion of Jacob is
not
like
them;
for he is the
former of all things :
and Israel is the rod of his inheritance :
the
LORD
of hosts is his name.
An
axe
`art'
thou to
me
--
weapons of war ,
And
I have
broken
in pieces by
thee
nations, And I
have
destroyed
by
thee kingdoms ,
Thou art
my
battle
axe
and
weapons of war :
for
with
thee
will
I break
in pieces the
nations, and with
thee will
I
destroy
kingdoms ;
And I have
broken
in pieces by
thee
horse and its
rider ,
And I have
broken
in pieces by
thee
chariot and its
charioteer,
And with
thee
will
I break
in pieces the
horse and his
rider ;
and with
thee
will
I break
in pieces the
chariot and his
rider;
And
I have
broken
in pieces by
thee
man and woman ,
And I have
broken
in pieces by
thee
old and young ,
And I have
broken
in pieces by
thee
young man and virgin,
With
thee
also
will
I break
in pieces man and woman ;
and with
thee
will
I break
in pieces old and young ;
and with
thee
will
I break
in pieces the
young man and the
maid;
And
I have
broken
in pieces by
thee shepherd and his drove,
And I have
broken
in pieces by
thee
husbandman and his team,
And I have
broken
in pieces by
thee
governors
and prefects
.
I will
also
break
in pieces with
thee the
shepherd and his flock;
and with
thee
will
I break
in pieces the
husbandman and his yoke
of
oxen;
and with
thee
will
I break
in pieces captains
and rulers
.
And I have
recompensed
to
Babylon ,
And to all inhabitants of Chaldea ,
All the
evil that they have done in Zion ,
Before
your eyes
--
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
And I will
render
unto
Babylon and to all the
inhabitants of Chaldea all their
evil that they have done in Zion in
your sight,
saith
the
LORD
.
Lo
, I `
am '
against thee, O destroying mount
, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, That
is
destroying
all the earth ,
And I have
stretched
out My
hand against
thee, And I
have
rolled
thee from the rocks, And given
thee for
a burnt mountain.
Behold
, I am against thee, O destroying mountain
, saith
the
LORD
, which
destroyest
all the earth :
and I will
stretch
out mine
hand upon
thee, and roll
thee down
from the rocks, and will
make
thee a burnt mountain.
And they take
not out
of thee a stone for a corner, And
a stone for foundations ,
For
desolations
age-during
art
thou, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
And they shall
not take
of thee a stone for a corner, nor
a stone for foundations ;
but
thou shalt
be
desolate
for
ever
, saith
the
LORD
.
Lift
ye up an
ensign
in the land, Blow a
trumpet among nations, Sanctify
against
it
nations, Summon
against it
the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz,
Appoint against it
an
infant
head,
Cause the horse
to ascend
as the rough cankerworm
.
Set
ye up a
standard
in the land, blow the
trumpet among the
nations, prepare
the
nations against
her
, call
together
against her
the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz;
appoint a
captain
against her;
cause the horses
to come
up
as the rough caterpillers
.
Sanctify
against it
the nations with the kings of Media
, Its
governors
and all its
prefects
, And all the land of its
dominion.
Prepare
against her
the nations with the kings of the
Medes
, the
captains
thereof,
and all the
rulers
thereof
, and all the land of his
dominion.
And shake
doth
the land ,
and it
is
pained,
For stood
against Babylon have
the
purposes
of
Jehovah
, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
And the land shall
tremble
and sorrow:
for every
purpose
of
the
LORD
shall
be
performed
against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an
inhabitant.
Ceased
have
the mighty of Babylon to fight, They have remained in strongholds,
Failed
hath
their might ,
they have
become
woman,
They have burnt
her tabernacles,
Broken
have
been
her bars.
The mighty men
of Babylon have
forborn
to fight, they have remained in their holds:
their
might hath
failed;
they became
as
women:
they have burned
her dwellingplaces;
her bars are
broken
.
Runner
to meet runner
doth
run
, And announcer
to meet announcer
, To announce
to
the king of Babylon ,
For,
captured
hath
been
his city --
at the
extremity.
One
post
shall
run
to meet another
, and one
messenger
to meet another
, to shew
the king of Babylon that
his city is
taken
at one
end,
And the passages have
been
captured
, And the reeds they have burnt
with fire, And the men of war have
been
troubled
.
And that
the passages are
stopped
, and the reeds they have burned
with fire, and the men of war are
affrighted
.
For thus said
Jehovah
of Hosts, God of Israel ,
The daughter of Babylon `
is '
as
a threshing-floor
, The
time of
her threshing
--
yet a little, And come
hath
the time of her harvest.
For thus saith
the
LORD
of hosts, the
God of Israel ;
The daughter of Babylon is like
a threshingfloor
, it
is
time to
thresh
her :
yet a little while
, and the time of her harvest shall
come
.
Devoured
us,
crushed
us,
hath
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set
us
`as'
an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us
as
a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties
, He hath driven
us
away
.
Nebuchadrezzar the
king of Babylon hath
devoured
me
, he hath crushed
me,
he
hath
made
me
an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me
up
like
a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates
, he hath cast
me
out
.
My
wrong,
and `that
of'
my flesh `is'
on
Babylon, Say
doth
the inhabitant of Zion ,
And my blood `is'
on
the inhabitants of Chaldea, Say
doth
Jerusalem.
The
violence
done
to
me
and to
my flesh be
upon
Babylon, shall
the inhabitant of Zion say;
and my blood upon
the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall
Jerusalem say
.
Therefore ,
thus said
Jehovah:
Lo
, I am
pleading
thy cause, And I
have
avenged
thy
vengeance ,
And dried
up its
sea, and made
its
fountains
dry.
Therefore thus saith
the
LORD;
Behold
, I will
plead
thy cause, and take
vengeance for
thee;
and I
will
dry
up her
sea, and make
her
springs
dry.
And Babylon hath
been
for
heaps, A habitation
of
dragons, An astonishment, and a
hissing, without inhabitant.
And Babylon shall
become
heaps, a dwellingplace
for
dragons, an astonishment, and an
hissing, without an
inhabitant.
Together
as
young
lions
they roar ,
They have
shaken
themselves
as lions' whelps.
They shall
roar together
like
lions:
they shall
yell
as lions' whelps.
In their heat I make their banquets
, And I have
caused
them to
drink
, so
that they exult
, And have
slept
a sleep age-during
, And awake
not --
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
In their heat I will
make their feasts
, and I will
make
them drunken
, that they may
rejoice
, and sleep
a perpetual
sleep, and not wake,
saith
the
LORD
.
I cause
them to
go
down as
lambs to slaughter, As
rams with he -
goats.
I will
bring
them down like
lambs to the
slaughter, like
rams with he goats.
How hath
Sheshach been
captured,
Yea,
caught
is the praise of the whole earth ,
How hath
Babylon been
for
an astonishment among nations .
How is
Sheshach taken!
and
how
is the praise of the whole earth surprised!
how is
Babylon become
an astonishment among the
nations !
Come up against
Babylon hath
the
sea,
With a
multitude of its
billows
it
hath
been
covered
.
The
sea
is
come up upon
Babylon :
she
is
covered
with the
multitude of the
waves
thereof
.
Its
cities have
been
for
a desolation, A dry land, and a wilderness, A land --
none
doth
dwell
in
them
, Nor
pass
over
into
them
doth a
son of man.
Her
cities are
a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein
no
man
dwelleth
, neither
doth any
son of man pass
thereby
.
And I have
seen
after
Bel in Babylon, And I have
brought
forth that which he swallowed --
from
his
mouth,
And flow no
more unto him do
nations
, Also
the wall of Babylon hath
fallen
.
And I will
punish
Bel in Babylon, and I will
bring
forth out
of
his
mouth
that which he hath
swallowed up:
and the
nations
shall
not
flow together
any
more unto him :
yea
, the wall of Babylon shall
fall
.
Go
forth
from
its
midst,
O
My people, And deliver ye ,
each
his soul ,
Because
of
the
fierceness
of
the anger of Jehovah,
My people, go
ye
out
of
the
midst
of
her,
and deliver ye every
man
his soul from
the fierce
anger of the
LORD.
And lest your heart be
tender
, And ye be
afraid
of
the report
that is
heard in the land ,
And
come
in
a year hath
the
report
, And after it
in a
year the
report
, And violence `is'
in the land, ruler against ruler ;
And lest your heart faint
, and ye fear
for
the rumour
that shall
be
heard in the land ;
a rumour
shall
both
come
one
year, and after that
in another
year shall
come
a
rumour
, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler .
Therefore, lo
, days are
coming
, And
I have
seen
after
the graven images of Babylon .
And all
its
land is
ashamed
, And all its
pierced
ones
do
fall in its
midst.
Therefore, behold
, the
days come
, that
I will
do
judgment
upon
the graven images of Babylon :
and her
whole
land shall
be
confounded
, and all her
slain
shall
fall in the
midst of
her
.
And
cried
aloud
against
Babylon
Have
heavens
and earth, and all that `
is '
in
them
, For ,
from
the north
come to
it
do
the spoilers
, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
Then
the
heaven
and the
earth, and all that is therein
, shall
sing
for Babylon:
for
the spoilers
shall
come unto
her
from
the north
, saith
the
LORD
.
Even
Babylon `is'
to
fall,
ye
pierced
of Israel, Even
they
of
Babylon have
fallen,
Ye
pierced
of all the earth.
As
Babylon hath
caused
the
slain
of Israel to
fall
, so
at
Babylon shall
fall
the
slain
of all the earth.
Ye escaped of
the sword, go on
, stand not ,
Remember ye
from
afar Jehovah
, And let Jerusalem come up
on
your heart
.
Ye that
have
escaped the sword, go away
, stand not still:
remember the
LORD
afar off
, and let Jerusalem come into
your mind
.
We have
been
ashamed
, for
we heard reproach ,
Covered
hath
shame our faces ,
For come
in
have
strangers ,
against
the sanctuaries of the house of
Jehovah
.
We are
confounded
, because
we have
heard reproach :
shame hath
covered
our faces :
for strangers are
come
into
the sanctuaries of the LORD's
house.
Therefore
, lo
, days are
coming
, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
, And
I have
seen
after
its
graven images ,
And in
all its
land groan
doth
the wounded.
Wherefore
, behold
, the
days come
, saith
the
LORD
, that
I will
do
judgment
upon
her
graven images :
and through
all her
land the wounded shall
groan
.
Because
Babylon goeth
up to the
heavens
, And because
it
fenceth
the high
place
of its
strength, From Me come
into
it
do
spoilers, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
.
Though
Babylon should
mount
up to heaven
, and though
she
should
fortify
the height
of her
strength, yet
from me shall
spoilers come
unto
her
, saith
the
LORD
.
A voice
of a cry `is'
from Babylon, And of
great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.
A sound
of a cry cometh
from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
For
Jehovah
is
spoiling
Babylon, And hath
destroyed out of it
a
great voice ,
And
sounded
have
its
billows
as
many
waters, Given
forth
a noise hath
their voice .
Because
the
LORD
hath
spoiled
Babylon, and destroyed out of her
the
great voice ;
when
her
waves
do
roar
like
great
waters, a noise of
their voice is
uttered:
For
come in
against
it
--
against
Babylon --
hath
a
spoiler
, And captured
have
been
its
mighty ones
, Broken
have
been
their bows ,
For the God of recompences --
Jehovah
--
doth
certainly
repay
.
Because
the
spoiler
is
come upon
her,
even
upon
Babylon, and her
mighty men
are
taken
, every
one
of
their bows is
broken:
for the LORD
God of recompences shall
surely
requite
.
And I have
caused
its
princes to
drink
, And its
wise men, its
governors
, And its
prefects
, and its
mighty ones,
And they have
slept
a sleep age-during
, And they
awake
not --
an
affirmation
of
the king, Jehovah
of Hosts `is'
His
name
.
And I will
make
drunk
her
princes, and her
wise men, her
captains
, and her
rulers
, and her
mighty men:
and they shall
sleep
a perpetual
sleep, and not wake,
saith
the King, whose
name
is
the
LORD
of hosts.
Thus said
Jehovah
of Hosts ,
the wall
of Babylon --
The
broad
one
--
is
utterly made
bare
, And her high gates with fire are
burnt,
And peoples
labour in vain, And nations
in fire, and have
been
weary !
Thus saith
the
LORD
of hosts ;
The broad
walls
of Babylon shall
be
utterly broken
, and her high gates shall
be
burned
with fire ;
and the
people
shall
labour in vain, and the
folk
in the
fire, and they
shall
be
weary .
The word that
Jeremiah the prophet hath
commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in
his
going
with Zedekiah king of Judah to
Babylon ,
in the fourth year of his reign --
and Seraiah `is'
a quiet prince ;
The word which
Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the
son of Neriah, the
son of Maaseiah, when
he
went
with Zedekiah the
king of Judah into
Babylon in the fourth year of his reign .
And this
Seraiah was
a quiet prince .
and
Jeremiah writeth
all the evil that cometh
unto
Babylon on
one
book
--
all these words that are written concerning
Babylon.
So
Jeremiah wrote
in
a
book
all the evil that should
come
upon
Babylon ,
even
all these words that are written against
Babylon.
And Jeremiah saith
unto
Seraiah, `
When thou dost
enter
Babylon, then
thou
hast
seen
, and hast
read all these words ,
And Jeremiah said
to
Seraiah, When thou comest
to
Babylon, and
shalt
see
, and shalt
read all these words ;
and
hast
said:
Jehovah,
Thou, Thou hast spoken concerning
this place, to cut it off, that there
is
none dwelling
in it, from
man even
unto
cattle
, for
it is
a
desolation
age-during
.
Then
shalt
thou say
, O
LORD,
thou hast spoken against
this place, to cut it off, that none shall
remain
in it, neither
man nor
beast
, but
that
it shall
be
desolate
for
ever
.
And it hath
come
to
pass
, when thou dost
finish
reading this book, thou dost
bind to
it
a stone, and hast
cast it into the midst of Phrat,
And it shall
be
, when thou hast
made
an
end
of
reading this book, that
thou shalt
bind a stone to
it
, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
and said
, Thus sink
doth
Babylon, and it
doth
not arise,
because
of
the evil that I am
bringing
in
against
it,
and they have
been
weary. '
Hitherto
`
are '
words of Jeremiah.
And thou
shalt
say
, Thus shall
Babylon sink
, and shall
not rise
from
the evil that I will
bring
upon
her:
and they shall
be
weary. Thus
far
are the
words of Jeremiah.
Scripture text: Young's Literal Translation and King James Version. Public domain.; UK publication rights are administered by the Crown's patentee; public domain in most other jurisdictions..