33 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“The people of Israel are oppressed,(A)
    and the people of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast,
    refusing to let them go.(B)
34 Yet their Redeemer(C) is strong;
    the Lord Almighty(D) is his name.
He will vigorously defend their cause(E)
    so that he may bring rest(F) to their land,
    but unrest to those who live in Babylon.

35 “A sword(G) against the Babylonians!”(H)
    declares the Lord
“against those who live in Babylon
    and against her officials and wise(I) men!
36 A sword against her false prophets!
    They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!(J)
    They will be filled with terror.(K)
37 A sword against her horses and chariots(L)
    and all the foreigners in her ranks!
    They will become weaklings.(M)
A sword against her treasures!(N)
    They will be plundered.
38 A drought on[a] her waters!(O)
    They will dry(P) up.
For it is a land of idols,(Q)
    idols that will go mad with terror.

39 “So desert creatures(R) and hyenas will live there,
    and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
    or lived in from generation to generation.(S)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah(T)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.(U)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:38 Or A sword against

33 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.

34 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.

35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

37 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.

38 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.

39 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.

40 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.

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