Jeremiah 50:14-27

New International Version

¹⁴ “Take up your positions around Babylon,
    all you who draw the bow.^(A)
Shoot at her! Spare no arrows,^(B)
    for she has sinned against the Lord.
¹⁵ Shout^(C) against her on every side!
    She surrenders, her towers fall,
    her walls^(D) are torn down.
Since this is the vengeance^(E) of the Lord,
    take vengeance on her;
    do to her^(F) as she has done to others.^(G)
16 Cut off from Babylon the sower,
    and the reaper with his sickle at harvest.
Because of the sword^(H) of the oppressor
    let everyone return to their own people,^(I)
    let everyone flee to their own land.^(J)

¹⁷ “Israel is a scattered flock^(K)
    that lions^(L) have chased away.
The first to devour^(M) them
    was the king^(N) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones^(O)
    was Nebuchadnezzar^(P) king^(Q) of Babylon.”

“I will punish the king of Babylon and his land
    as I punished the king^(R) of Assyria.^(S)
19 But I will bring^(T) Israel back to their own pasture,
    and they will graze on Carmel and Bashan;
their appetite will be satisfied^(U)
    on the hills^(V) of Ephraim and Gilead.^(W)
20 In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“search will be made for Israel’s guilt,
    but there will be none,^(X)
and for the sins^(Y) of Judah,
    but none will be found,
    for I will forgive^(Z) the remnant^(AA) I spare.

²¹ “Attack the land of Merathaim
    and those who live in Pekod.^(AB)
Pursue, kill and completely destroy^[a] them,”
declares the Lord.
    “Do everything I have commanded you.
²² The noise^(AC) of battle is in the land,
    the noise of great destruction!
²³ How broken and shattered
    is the hammer^(AD) of the whole earth!^(AE)
How desolate^(AF) is Babylon
    among the nations!
²⁴ I set a trap^(AG) for you, Babylon,
    and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured^(AH)
    because you opposed^(AI) the Lord.
²⁵ The Lord has opened his arsenal
    and brought out the weapons^(AJ) of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
    in the land of the Babylonians.^(AK)
26 Come against her from afar.^(AL)
    Break open her granaries;
    pile her up like heaps of grain.^(AM)
Completely destroy^(AN) her
    and leave her no remnant.
²⁷ Kill all her young bulls;^(AO)
    let them go down to the slaughter!^(AP)
Woe to them! For their day^(AQ) has come,
    the time^(AR) for them to be punished.