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15 Así ha dicho Jehová: Voz fue oída en Ramá, llanto y lloro amargo; Raquel que lamenta por sus hijos,(A) y no quiso ser consolada acerca de sus hijos, porque perecieron.(B)

16 Así ha dicho Jehová: Reprime del llanto tu voz, y de las lágrimas tus ojos; porque salario hay para tu trabajo, dice Jehová, y volverán de la tierra del enemigo. 17 Esperanza hay también para tu porvenir, dice Jehová, y los hijos volverán a su propia tierra. 18 Escuchando, he oído a Efraín que se lamentaba: Me azotaste, y fui castigado como novillo indómito; conviérteme, y seré convertido, porque tú eres Jehová mi Dios. 19 Porque después que me aparté tuve arrepentimiento, y después que reconocí mi falta, herí mi muslo; me avergoncé y me confundí, porque llevé la afrenta de mi juventud. 20 ¿No es Efraín hijo precioso para mí? ¿no es niño en quien me deleito? pues desde que hablé de él, me he acordado de él constantemente. Por eso mis entrañas se conmovieron por él; ciertamente tendré de él misericordia, dice Jehová.

21 Establécete señales, ponte majanos altos, nota atentamente la calzada; vuélvete por el camino por donde fuiste, virgen de Israel, vuelve a estas tus ciudades. 22 ¿Hasta cuándo andarás errante, oh hija contumaz? Porque Jehová creará una cosa nueva sobre la tierra: la mujer rodeará al varón.

23 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Aún dirán esta palabra en la tierra de Judá y en sus ciudades, cuando yo haga volver sus cautivos: Jehová te bendiga, oh morada de justicia, oh monte santo. 24 Y habitará allí Judá, y también en todas sus ciudades labradores, y los que van con rebaño. 25 Porque satisfaré al alma cansada, y saciaré a toda alma entristecida.

26 En esto me desperté, y vi, y mi sueño me fue agradable.

El nuevo pacto

27 He aquí vienen días, dice Jehová, en que sembraré la casa de Israel y la casa de Judá de simiente de hombre y de simiente de animal. 28 Y así como tuve cuidado de ellos para arrancar y derribar, y trastornar y perder y afligir, tendré cuidado de ellos para edificar y plantar, dice Jehová. 29 En aquellos días no dirán más: Los padres comieron las uvas agrias y los dientes de los hijos tienen la dentera,(C) 30 sino que cada cual morirá por su propia maldad; los dientes de todo hombre que comiere las uvas agrias, tendrán la dentera.

31 He aquí que vienen días, dice Jehová, en los cuales haré nuevo pacto(D) con la casa de Israel y con la casa de Judá. 32 No como el pacto que hice con sus padres el día que tomé su mano para sacarlos de la tierra de Egipto; porque ellos invalidaron mi pacto, aunque fui yo un marido para ellos, dice Jehová. 33 Pero este es el pacto que haré con la casa de Israel después de aquellos días, dice Jehová: Daré mi ley en su mente, y la escribiré en su corazón;(E) y yo seré a ellos por Dios, y ellos me serán por pueblo. 34 Y no enseñará más ninguno a su prójimo, ni ninguno a su hermano, diciendo: Conoce a Jehová; porque todos me conocerán, desde el más pequeño de ellos hasta el más grande, dice Jehová; porque perdonaré la maldad de ellos, y no me acordaré más de su pecado.(F)(G)

35 Así ha dicho Jehová, que da el sol para luz del día, las leyes de la luna y de las estrellas para luz de la noche, que parte el mar, y braman sus ondas; Jehová de los ejércitos es su nombre: 36 Si faltaren estas leyes delante de mí, dice Jehová, también la descendencia de Israel faltará para no ser nación delante de mí eternamente.

37 Así ha dicho Jehová: Si los cielos arriba se pueden medir, y explorarse abajo los fundamentos de la tierra, también yo desecharé toda la descendencia de Israel por todo lo que hicieron, dice Jehová.

38 He aquí que vienen días, dice Jehová, en que la ciudad será edificada a Jehová, desde la torre de Hananeel hasta la puerta del Ángulo. 39 Y saldrá más allá el cordel de la medida delante de él sobre el collado de Gareb, y rodeará a Goa. 40 Y todo el valle de los cuerpos muertos y de la ceniza, y todas las llanuras hasta el arroyo de Cedrón, hasta la esquina de la puerta de los caballos al oriente, será santo a Jehová; no será arrancada ni destruida más para siempre.

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15 This is what the Lord says:
(A)A voice is heard in (B)Ramah,
Lamenting and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She (C)refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because (D)they are no more.”

16 This is what the Lord says:

(E)Restrain your voice from weeping
And your eyes from tears;
For your (F)work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord,
“And they will (G)return from the land of the enemy.
17 There is (H)hope for your future,” declares the Lord,
“And your children will return to their own territory.
18 I have certainly heard Ephraim (I)grieving,
‘You have (J)disciplined me, and I was corrected,
Like an untrained (K)calf;
(L)Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
19 For after I turned back, I (M)repented;
And after I was instructed, I [a](N)slapped my thigh;
I was (O)ashamed and also humiliated
Because I bore the shame of my youth.’
20 Is (P)Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a delightful child?
Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him;
Therefore My [b](Q)heart yearns for him;
I will certainly (R)have mercy on him,” declares the Lord.

21 “Set up roadmarks for yourself,
Place guideposts for yourself;
(S)Direct your [c]mind to the highway,
The way by which you went.
(T)Return, O virgin of Israel,
Return to these your cities.
22 How long will you waver,
You (U)rebellious daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
A woman will shelter a man.”

23 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I (V)restore their fortunes,

‘The Lord bless you, O (W)place of righteousness,
O (X)holy hill!’

24 Judah and all its cities will (Y)live together in it, the farmers and those who travel with flocks. 25 (Z)For I give plenty of water to the weary ones, and [d]refresh everyone who languishes.” 26 At this I (AA)awoke and looked, and my (AB)sleep had been pleasant to me.

A New Covenant

27 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will (AC)sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of mankind and the seed of animals. 28 And just as I have (AD)watched over them to (AE)uproot them, tear them down, ruin, destroy, and bring disaster on them, so I will watch over them to (AF)build and to plant them,” declares the Lord.

29 “In those days they will no longer say,
(AG)The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
[e]But it is the children’s teeth that have become blunt.’

30 But (AH)everyone will die for his own wrongdoing; each person who eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will become blunt.

31 (AI)Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a (AJ)new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the (AK)covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I (AL)took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My (AM)covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. 33 “For (AN)this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord: “(AO)I will put My law within them and write it on their heart; and (AP)I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 They will (AQ)not teach again, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all (AR)know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will (AS)forgive their wrongdoing, and their (AT)sin I will no longer remember.”

35 This is what the Lord says,
He who (AU)gives the sun for light by day
And the [f]fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
Who (AV)stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
(AW)The Lord of armies is His name:
36 (AX)If [g]this fixed order departs
From Me,” declares the Lord,
“Then the descendants of Israel also will (AY)cease
To be a nation before Me [h]forever.”
37 This is what the Lord says:
(AZ)If the heavens above can be measured
And the foundations of the earth searched out below,
Then I will also (BA)reject all the descendants of Israel
For everything that they have done,” declares the Lord.

38 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the (BB)city will be rebuilt for the Lord from the (BC)Tower of Hananel to the (BD)Corner Gate. 39 The (BE)measuring line will go out farther straight ahead, to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah. 40 And (BF)the entire valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook (BG)Kidron to the corner of the (BH)Horse Gate toward the east, shall be (BI)holy to the Lord; it will not be uprooted or overthrown ever again.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:19 I.e., in regret
  2. Jeremiah 31:20 Lit inward parts
  3. Jeremiah 31:21 Lit heart
  4. Jeremiah 31:25 Lit fill
  5. Jeremiah 31:29 I.e., the children suffer for the fathers’ sins
  6. Jeremiah 31:35 Lit statutes
  7. Jeremiah 31:36 Lit these statutes
  8. Jeremiah 31:36 Lit all the days

Profecía sobre Elam

34 Palabra de Jehová que vino al profeta Jeremías acerca de Elam, en el principio del reinado de Sedequías rey de Judá, diciendo: 35 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: He aquí que yo quiebro el arco de Elam, parte principal de su fortaleza. 36 Traeré sobre Elam los cuatro vientos de los cuatro puntos del cielo, y los aventaré a todos estos vientos; y no habrá nación a donde no vayan fugitivos de Elam. 37 Y haré que Elam se intimide delante de sus enemigos, y delante de los que buscan su vida; y traeré sobre ellos mal, y el ardor de mi ira, dice Jehová; y enviaré en pos de ellos espada hasta que los acabe. 38 Y pondré mi trono en Elam, y destruiré a su rey y a su príncipe, dice Jehová. 39 Pero acontecerá en los últimos días, que haré volver a los cautivos de Elam, dice Jehová.

Profecía sobre Babilonia

50 Palabra que habló Jehová contra Babilonia,(A) contra la tierra de los caldeos, por medio del profeta Jeremías. Anunciad en las naciones, y haced saber; levantad también bandera, publicad, y no encubráis; decid: Tomada es Babilonia, Bel es confundido, deshecho es Merodac; destruidas son sus esculturas, quebrados son sus ídolos. Porque subió contra ella una nación del norte, la cual pondrá su tierra en asolamiento, y no habrá ni hombre ni animal que en ella more; huyeron, y se fueron.

En aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, dice Jehová, vendrán los hijos de Israel, ellos y los hijos de Judá juntamente; e irán andando y llorando, y buscarán a Jehová su Dios. Preguntarán por el camino de Sion, hacia donde volverán sus rostros, diciendo: Venid, y juntémonos a Jehová con pacto eterno que jamás se ponga en olvido.

Ovejas perdidas fueron mi pueblo; sus pastores las hicieron errar, por los montes las descarriaron; anduvieron de monte en collado, y se olvidaron de sus rediles. Todos los que los hallaban, los devoraban; y decían sus enemigos: No pecaremos, porque ellos pecaron contra Jehová morada de justicia, contra Jehová esperanza de sus padres.

Huid de en medio de Babilonia,(B) y salid de la tierra de los caldeos, y sed como los machos cabríos que van delante del rebaño. Porque yo levanto y hago subir contra Babilonia reunión de grandes pueblos de la tierra del norte; desde allí se prepararán contra ella, y será tomada; sus flechas son como de valiente diestro, que no volverá vacío. 10 Y Caldea será para botín; todos los que la saquearen se saciarán, dice Jehová.

11 Porque os alegrasteis, porque os gozasteis destruyendo mi heredad, porque os llenasteis como novilla sobre la hierba, y relinchasteis como caballos. 12 Vuestra madre se avergonzó mucho, se afrentó la que os dio a luz; he aquí será la última de las naciones; desierto, sequedal y páramo. 13 Por la ira de Jehová no será habitada, sino será asolada toda ella; todo hombre que pasare por Babilonia se asombrará, y se burlará de sus calamidades. 14 Poneos en orden contra Babilonia alrededor, todos los que entesáis arco; tirad contra ella, no escatiméis las saetas, porque pecó contra Jehová. 15 Gritad contra ella en derredor; se rindió; han caído sus cimientos, derribados son sus muros, porque es venganza de Jehová. Tomad venganza de ella; haced con ella como ella hizo. 16 Destruid en Babilonia al que siembra, y al que mete hoz en tiempo de la siega; delante de la espada destructora cada uno volverá el rostro hacia su pueblo, cada uno huirá hacia su tierra.

17 Rebaño descarriado es Israel; leones lo dispersaron; el rey de Asiria lo devoró primero, Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia lo deshuesó después. 18 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Yo castigo al rey de Babilonia y a su tierra, como castigué al rey de Asiria. 19 Y volveré a traer a Israel a su morada, y pacerá en el Carmelo y en Basán; y en el monte de Efraín y en Galaad se saciará su alma. 20 En aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, dice Jehová, la maldad de Israel será buscada, y no aparecerá; y los pecados de Judá, y no se hallarán; porque perdonaré a los que yo hubiere dejado.

21 Sube contra la tierra de Merataim,[a] contra ella y contra los moradores de Pecod;[b] destruye y mata en pos de ellos, dice Jehová, y haz conforme a todo lo que yo te he mandado. 22 Estruendo de guerra en la tierra, y quebrantamiento grande. 23 ¡Cómo fue cortado y quebrado el martillo de toda la tierra! ¡Cómo se convirtió Babilonia en desolación entre las naciones! 24 Te puse lazos, y fuiste tomada, oh Babilonia, y tú no lo supiste; fuiste hallada, y aun presa, porque provocaste a Jehová. 25 Abrió Jehová su tesoro, y sacó los instrumentos de su furor; porque esta es obra de Jehová, Dios de los ejércitos, en la tierra de los caldeos. 26 Venid contra ella desde el extremo de la tierra; abrid sus almacenes, convertidla en montón de ruinas, y destruidla; que no le quede nada. 27 Matad a todos sus novillos; que vayan al matadero. ¡Ay de ellos! pues ha venido su día, el tiempo de su castigo.

28 Voz de los que huyen y escapan de la tierra de Babilonia, para dar en Sion las nuevas de la retribución de Jehová nuestro Dios, de la venganza de su templo.

29 Haced juntar contra Babilonia flecheros, a todos los que entesan arco; acampad contra ella alrededor; no escape de ella ninguno; pagadle según su obra;(C) conforme a todo lo que ella hizo, haced con ella; porque contra Jehová se ensoberbeció, contra el Santo de Israel. 30 Por tanto, sus jóvenes caerán en sus plazas, y todos sus hombres de guerra serán destruidos en aquel día, dice Jehová.

31 He aquí yo estoy contra ti, oh soberbio, dice el Señor, Jehová de los ejércitos; porque tu día ha venido, el tiempo en que te castigaré. 32 Y el soberbio tropezará y caerá, y no tendrá quien lo levante; y encenderé fuego en sus ciudades, y quemaré todos sus alrededores.

33 Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Oprimidos fueron los hijos de Israel y los hijos de Judá juntamente; y todos los que los tomaron cautivos los retuvieron; no los quisieron soltar. 34 El redentor de ellos es el Fuerte; Jehová de los ejércitos es su nombre; de cierto abogará la causa de ellos para hacer reposar la tierra, y turbar a los moradores de Babilonia.

35 Espada contra los caldeos, dice Jehová, y contra los moradores de Babilonia, contra sus príncipes y contra sus sabios. 36 Espada contra los adivinos, y se entontecerán; espada contra sus valientes, y serán quebrantados. 37 Espada contra sus caballos, contra sus carros, y contra todo el pueblo que está en medio de ella, y serán como mujeres; espada contra sus tesoros, y serán saqueados. 38 Sequedad sobre sus aguas, y se secarán; porque es tierra de ídolos, y se entontecen con imágenes.

39 Por tanto, allí morarán fieras del desierto y chacales,(D) morarán también en ella polluelos de avestruz; nunca más será poblada ni se habitará por generaciones y generaciones. 40 Como en la destrucción que Dios hizo de Sodoma y de Gomorra y de sus ciudades vecinas,(E) dice Jehová, así no morará allí hombre, ni hijo de hombre la habitará. 41 He aquí viene un pueblo del norte, y una nación grande y muchos reyes se levantarán de los extremos de la tierra. 42 Arco y lanza manejarán; serán crueles, y no tendrán compasión; su voz rugirá como el mar, y montarán sobre caballos; se prepararán contra ti como hombres a la pelea, oh hija de Babilonia. 43 Oyó la noticia el rey de Babilonia, y sus manos se debilitaron; angustia le tomó, dolor como de mujer de parto.

44 He aquí que como león subirá de la espesura del Jordán a la morada fortificada; porque muy pronto le haré huir de ella, y al que yo escoja la encargaré; porque ¿quién es semejante a mí?, ¿y quién me emplazará?, ¿o quién será aquel pastor que podrá resistirme? 45 Por tanto, oíd la determinación que Jehová ha acordado contra Babilonia, y los pensamientos que ha formado contra la tierra de los caldeos: Ciertamente a los más pequeños de su rebaño los arrastrarán, y destruirán sus moradas con ellos. 46 Al grito de la toma de Babilonia la tierra tembló, y el clamor se oyó entre las naciones.

Juicios de Jehová contra Babilonia

51 Así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí que yo levanto un viento destruidor contra Babilonia, y contra sus moradores que se levantan contra mí. Y enviaré a Babilonia aventadores que la avienten, y vaciarán su tierra; porque se pondrán contra ella de todas partes en el día del mal. Diré al flechero que entesa su arco, y al que se enorgullece de su coraza: No perdonéis a sus jóvenes, destruid todo su ejército. Y caerán muertos en la tierra de los caldeos, y alanceados en sus calles. Porque Israel y Judá no han enviudado de su Dios, Jehová de los ejércitos, aunque su tierra fue llena de pecado contra el Santo de Israel.

Huid de en medio de Babilonia, y librad cada uno su vida, para que no perezcáis a causa de su maldad; porque el tiempo es de venganza de Jehová; le dará su pago. Copa de oro fue Babilonia en la mano de Jehová, que embriagó a toda la tierra; de su vino bebieron los pueblos;(F) se aturdieron, por tanto, las naciones. En un momento cayó Babilonia, y se despedazó; gemid sobre ella; tomad bálsamo para su dolor, quizá sane. Curamos a Babilonia, y no ha sanado; dejadla, y vámonos cada uno a su tierra; porque ha llegado hasta el cielo su juicio,(G) y se ha alzado hasta las nubes. 10 Jehová sacó a luz nuestras justicias; venid, y contemos en Sion la obra de Jehová nuestro Dios.

11 Limpiad las saetas, embrazad los escudos; ha despertado Jehová el espíritu de los reyes de Media; porque contra Babilonia es su pensamiento para destruirla; porque venganza es de Jehová, y venganza de su templo. 12 Levantad bandera sobre los muros de Babilonia, reforzad la guardia, poned centinelas, disponed celadas; porque deliberó Jehová, y aun pondrá en efecto lo que ha dicho contra los moradores de Babilonia. 13 Tú, la que moras entre muchas aguas,(H) rica en tesoros, ha venido tu fin, la medida de tu codicia. 14 Jehová de los ejércitos juró por sí mismo, diciendo: Yo te llenaré de hombres como de langostas, y levantarán contra ti gritería.

Footnotes

  1. Jeremías 50:21 O, doble rebelión.
  2. Jeremías 50:21 O, castigo.

Prophecy against Elam

34 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning (A)Elam, (B)at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

35 “This is what the Lord of armies says:
‘Behold, I am going to (C)break the bow of Elam,
The [a]finest of their might.
36 I will bring upon Elam the (D)four winds
From the four ends of heaven,
And will (E)scatter them to all these winds;
And there will be no nation
To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.
37 So I will [b]shatter Elam before their enemies
And before those who seek their lives;
And I will (F)bring disaster upon them,
Even My (G)fierce anger,’ declares the Lord,
‘And I will (H)send the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.
38 Then I will set My throne in Elam,
And eliminate from there the king and officials,’
Declares the Lord.
39 ‘But it will come about in the last days
That I will (I)restore the fortunes of Elam,’”
Declares the Lord.

Prophecy against Babylon

50 The word which the Lord spoke concerning (J)Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet:

(K)Declare and proclaim among the nations.
Proclaim it and (L)lift up a flag,
Do not conceal it. Say,
(M)Babylon has been captured,
(N)Bel has been put to shame, [c]Marduk has been [d]shattered;
Her (O)idols have been put to shame, her images have been shattered.’

For a nation has come up against her from the (P)north; it will make her land (Q)an object of horror, and there will be (R)no inhabitant in it. Whether people or animals, they have wandered off, they have gone!

“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, they and the sons of Judah (S)as well; they will go along (T)weeping as they go, and it will be (U)the Lord their God whom they will seek. They will (V)ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces [e]in its direction; [f]they [g]will come so that they may join themselves to the Lord in an (W)everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.

“My people have become (X)lost sheep;
(Y)Their shepherds have led them astray.
They have made them turn aside on the (Z)mountains.
They have gone from mountain to hill,
They have forgotten their (AA)resting place.
All who found them have devoured them;
And their adversaries have said, ‘(AB)We are not guilty,
Since they have sinned against the Lord who is the (AC)habitation of righteousness,
The Lord, the (AD)hope of their fathers.’

“Wander away from the (AE)midst of Babylon
And [h]go out from the land of the Chaldeans;
Be like male goats [i]at the head of the flock.
For behold, I am going to (AF)rouse and bring up against Babylon
A contingent of great nations from the land of the north,
And they will draw up their battle lines against her;
From there she will be taken captive.
Their arrows will be like [j]an expert warrior
Who does not return empty-handed.
10 [k](AG)Chaldea will become plunder;
All who plunder her will have enough,” declares the Lord.

11 “Because you are glad, because you are jubilant,
You who (AH)pillage My heritage,
Because you skip about [l]like a threshing (AI)heifer
And neigh like [m]stallions,
12 Your (AJ)mother [n]will be greatly ashamed,
She who gave you birth [o]will be humiliated.
Behold, she will be the least of the nations,
A (AK)wilderness, a dry land and a desert.
13 Because of the wrath of the Lord she will (AL)not be inhabited,
But she will be (AM)completely desolate;
Everyone who passes by Babylon (AN)will be horrified
And will hiss because of all her wounds.
14 Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on every side,
All of you who [p]bend the bow;
Shoot at her, do not spare your arrows,
For she has (AO)sinned against the Lord.
15 Raise your battle cry against her on every side!
She has (AP)given [q]herself up, her towers have fallen,
Her (AQ)walls have been torn down.
For this is the (AR)vengeance of the Lord:
Take vengeance on her;
(AS)As she has done to others, so do to her.
16 Eliminate the (AT)sower from Babylon
And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest;
From [r]the (AU)sword of the oppressor
(AV)Each of them will turn back to his own people
And each of them will flee to his own land.

17 “Israel is a (AW)scattered [s]flock, the (AX)lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the (AY)king of Assyria, and this last one who has gnawed his bones is (AZ)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 18 Therefore this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I (BA)punished the king of Assyria. 19 And I will (BB)bring Israel back to his pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his [t]desire will be satisfied in the (BC)hill country of Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days and at that time,’ declares the Lord, ‘search will be made for the wrongdoing of Israel, but (BD)there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will forgive those (BE)whom I leave as a remnant.’

21 “Against the land of [u]Merathaim, go up against it,
And against the inhabitants of [v](BF)Pekod.
Kill and [w]completely destroy them,” declares the Lord,
“And do according to everything that I have commanded you.
22 The (BG)noise of battle is in the land,
And great destruction.
23 How the (BH)hammer of the whole earth
Has been cut off and broken!
How Babylon has become
An object of horror among the nations!
24 I (BI)set a trap for you and you were also (BJ)caught, Babylon,
While you yourself were not aware;
You have been found and also seized
Because you have engaged in (BK)conflict with the Lord.”
25 The Lord has opened His armory
And has brought out the (BL)weapons of His indignation,
For it is a (BM)work of the Lord [x]God of armies
In the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come to her from the [y]farthest border;
(BN)Open up her barns,
Pile her up like heaps of grain
And [z](BO)completely destroy her,
Let nothing be left to her.
27 (BP)Put all her bulls to the sword;
Let them (BQ)go down to the slaughter!
Woe be upon them, for their (BR)day has come,
The time of their punishment.

28 There is a (BS)sound of fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon,
To declare in Zion the (BT)vengeance of the Lord our God,
Vengeance for His (BU)temple.

29 “Summon [aa]many against Babylon,
All those who [ab]bend the bow:
Encamp against her on every side,
Let there be no escape[ac].
Repay her according to her work;
(BV)According to all that she has done, so do to her;
For she has become (BW)arrogant against the Lord,
Against the Holy One of Israel.
30 Therefore her (BX)young men will fall in her streets,
And all her men of war will (BY)perish on that day,” declares the Lord.
31 “Behold, (BZ)I am against you, [ad]arrogant one,”
Declares the Lord [ae]God of armies,
“For your day has come,
The time [af]when I will punish you.
32 The [ag](CA)arrogant one will stumble and fall
With no one to raise him up;
And I will (CB)set fire to his cities,
And it will devour all his surroundings.”

33 This is what the Lord of armies says:
“The sons of Israel are oppressed,
And the sons of Judah as well;
And (CC)all who took them captive have held them firmly,
They have refused to let them go.
34 Their (CD)Redeemer is strong, (CE)the Lord of armies is His name;
He will vigorously (CF)plead their case
So that He may (CG)bring rest to their land,
But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 A (CH)sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the Lord,
“And against the inhabitants of Babylon
And against her (CI)leaders and her (CJ)wise men!
36 A sword against the (CK)oracle priests, and they will become fools!
A sword against her (CL)warriors, and they will be [ah](CM)shattered!
37 A sword against [ai]their (CN)horses, against [aj]their chariots,
And against all the [ak](CO)foreigners who are in the midst of her,
And they will become (CP)women!
A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
38 A [al](CQ)drought on her waters, and they will be dried up!
For it is a land of (CR)idols,
And they go insane at frightful images.

39 “Therefore the (CS)desert creatures will live there with the jackals;
The ostriches also will live in it.
It will (CT)never again be inhabited
Nor lived in from generation to generation.
40 As when God overthrew (CU)Sodom
And Gomorrah with its neighbors,” declares the Lord,
“No one will live there,
Nor will [am]anyone of mankind reside in it.

41 “Behold, a people is coming (CV)from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Will be roused from the remote parts of the earth.
42 They (CW)seize their bow and javelin;
They are (CX)cruel and have no mercy.
Their (CY)voice roars like the sea;
And they ride on (CZ)horses,
(DA)Drawn up like a man for the battle
Against you, daughter of Babylon.
43 The (DB)king of Babylon has heard the report about them,
And his hands hang limp;
(DC)Distress has gripped him,
Agony like a woman in childbirth.

44 (DD)Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase them away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is (DE)chosen. For who is (DF)like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can (DG)stand against Me?” 45 Therefore hear the (DH)plan of the Lord which He has planned against Babylon, and His purposes which He has in mind against the land of the Chaldeans: (DI)they will certainly drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; He will certainly make their pasture desolate because of them. 46 At the [an]shout, “Babylon has been conquered!” the (DJ)earth quakes, and an (DK)outcry is heard among the nations.

Babylon Judged for Sins against Israel

51 This is what the Lord says:

“Behold, I am going to stir up
[ao]The (DL)spirit of a destroyer against Babylon
And against the inhabitants of [ap]Leb-kamai.
I will send [aq]foreigners to Babylon so that they may (DM)winnow her
And devastate her land;
For they will be opposed to her on every side
On the day of her disaster.
Let not [ar]him who [as](DN)bends his bow [at]bend it,
Nor let him rise up in his (DO)coat of armor.
Do not spare her young men;
Devote all her army to destruction.
They will fall down [au]dead in the land of the Chaldeans,
And (DP)pierced through in their streets.”

For (DQ)neither Israel nor Judah has been [av]forsaken
By his God, the Lord of armies,
Although their land is (DR)full of guilt
[aw]Before the Holy One of Israel.
(DS)Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And each of you save his life!
Do not (DT)perish in her [ax]punishment,
For this is the (DU)Lords time of vengeance;
He is going to (DV)repay to her what she deserves.
Babylon has been a golden (DW)cup in the hand of the Lord,
Intoxicating all the earth.
The (DX)nations have drunk of her wine;
Therefore the nations are (DY)going insane.
Suddenly (DZ)Babylon has fallen and been broken;
(EA)Wail over her!
(EB)Bring [ay]balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;
Abandon her and (EC)let’s each go to his own country,
For her judgment has (ED)reached to heaven
And it rises to the clouds.
10 The Lord has (EE)brought [az]about our vindication;
Come and let’s (EF)recount in Zion
The work of the Lord our God!

11 (EG)Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers!
The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
Because His plan is against Babylon to destroy it;
For it is the (EH)vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for His temple.
12 (EI)Lift up a signal flag against the walls of Babylon;
Post a strong guard,
Station [ba]sentries,
Set up an ambush!
For the Lord has both (EJ)planned and performed
What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 You who (EK)live by many waters,
Abundant in (EL)treasures,
Your end has come,
The [bb]measure of your [bc](EM)end.
14 The (EN)Lord of armies has sworn by Himself:
“I will certainly fill you with a [bd]population like (EO)locusts,
And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:35 Lit first
  2. Jeremiah 49:37 Or dismay
  3. Jeremiah 50:2 Heb Merodach
  4. Jeremiah 50:2 Or dismayed
  5. Jeremiah 50:5 Lit toward here
  6. Jeremiah 50:5 MT come, that
  7. Jeremiah 50:5 Or will have come
  8. Jeremiah 50:8 Another reading is let them go out
  9. Jeremiah 50:8 Or in front of
  10. Jeremiah 50:9 As in some mss and ancient versions; MT a warrior who makes childless
  11. Jeremiah 50:10 Or the Chaldeans
  12. Jeremiah 50:11 Another reading is in the grass
  13. Jeremiah 50:11 Lit mighty ones
  14. Jeremiah 50:12 Or has become
  15. Jeremiah 50:12 Or has become
  16. Jeremiah 50:14 Lit step on (in order to string)
  17. Jeremiah 50:15 Lit her hand
  18. Jeremiah 50:16 Or the oppressing sword
  19. Jeremiah 50:17 Lit sheep
  20. Jeremiah 50:19 Lit soul
  21. Jeremiah 50:21 Or double rebellion
  22. Jeremiah 50:21 I.e., punishment (uncertain)
  23. Jeremiah 50:21 Lit put under the ban
  24. Jeremiah 50:25 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  25. Jeremiah 50:26 Lit end
  26. Jeremiah 50:26 Lit put under the ban
  27. Jeremiah 50:29 Another reading is archers
  28. Jeremiah 50:29 Lit step on (in order to string)
  29. Jeremiah 50:29 Some mss add to her
  30. Jeremiah 50:31 Lit arrogance
  31. Jeremiah 50:31 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  32. Jeremiah 50:31 Another reading is of your punishment
  33. Jeremiah 50:32 Lit arrogance
  34. Jeremiah 50:36 Or filled with terror
  35. Jeremiah 50:37 Lit his
  36. Jeremiah 50:37 Lit his
  37. Jeremiah 50:37 Lit mixed multitude
  38. Jeremiah 50:38 Another reading is sword
  39. Jeremiah 50:40 Lit a son of man
  40. Jeremiah 50:46 Lit voice
  41. Jeremiah 51:1 Or a destroying wind
  42. Jeremiah 51:1 Cryptic name for Chaldea; or the heart of those who rise up against Me
  43. Jeremiah 51:2 Some ancient versions winnowers
  44. Jeremiah 51:3 I.e., the Chaldean defender
  45. Jeremiah 51:3 Lit step(s) on; MT in order to string
  46. Jeremiah 51:3 Lit step(s) on; MT in order to string
  47. Jeremiah 51:4 Lit killed; or wounded
  48. Jeremiah 51:5 Lit widowed
  49. Jeremiah 51:5 Lit From
  50. Jeremiah 51:6 Or penalty for wrongdoing
  51. Jeremiah 51:8 Or balsam resin
  52. Jeremiah 51:10 Lit forth
  53. Jeremiah 51:12 Or watchmen
  54. Jeremiah 51:13 Lit cubit
  55. Jeremiah 51:13 Lit being cut off
  56. Jeremiah 51:14 Or mankind