耶利米书 51
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
耶和华必降重灾于巴比伦以复其虐待以色列人之仇
51 耶和华如此说：“我必使毁灭的风刮起，攻击巴比伦和住在立加米的人。 2 我要打发外邦人来到巴比伦，簸扬她，使她的地空虚，在她遭祸的日子他们要周围攻击她。 3 拉弓的要向拉弓的和贯甲挺身的射箭，不要怜惜她的少年人，要灭尽她的全军。 4 他们必在迦勒底人之地被杀仆倒，在巴比伦的街上被刺透。”
5 以色列和犹大虽然境内充满违背以色列圣者的罪，却没有被他的神万军之耶和华丢弃。 6 你们要从巴比伦中逃奔，各救自己的性命！不要陷在她的罪孽中一同灭亡，因为这是耶和华报仇的时候，他必向巴比伦施行报应。 7 巴比伦素来是耶和华手中的金杯，使天下沉醉，万国喝了她的酒就颠狂了。 8 巴比伦忽然倾覆毁坏，要为她哀号，为止她的疼痛，拿乳香或者可以治好。 9 我们想医治巴比伦，她却没有治好。离开她吧！我们各人归回本国，因为她受的审判通于上天，达到穹苍。 10 耶和华已经彰显我们的公义，来吧，我们可以在锡安报告耶和华我们神的作为。
11 你们要磨尖了箭头，抓住盾牌。耶和华定意攻击巴比伦，将她毁灭，所以激动了玛代君王的心，因这是耶和华报仇，就是为自己的殿报仇。 12 你们要竖立大旗攻击巴比伦的城墙，要坚固瞭望台，派定守望的设下埋伏。因为耶和华指着巴比伦居民所说的话、所定的意，他已经做成。 13 住在众水之上多有财宝的啊，你的结局到了，你贪婪之量满了！ 14 万军之耶和华指着自己起誓说：“我必使敌人充满你，像蚂蚱一样，他们必呐喊攻击你。”
偶像虚无必被毁灭
15 耶和华用能力创造大地，用智慧建立世界，用聪明铺张穹苍。 16 他一发声，空中便有多水激动，他使云雾从地极上腾。他造电随雨而闪，从他府库中带出风来。 17 各人都成了畜类，毫无知识，各银匠都因他的偶像羞愧。他所铸的偶像本是虚假的，其中并无气息， 18 都是虚无的，是迷惑人的工作，到追讨的时候，必被除灭。 19 雅各的份不像这些，因他是造做万有的主，以色列也是他产业的支派，万军之耶和华是他的名。
20 “你是我争战的斧子和打仗的兵器。我要用你打碎列国，用你毁灭列邦， 21 用你打碎马和骑马的，用你打碎战车和坐在其上的， 22 用你打碎男人和女人，用你打碎老年人和少年人，用你打碎壮丁和处女， 23 用你打碎牧人和他的群畜，用你打碎农夫和他一对牛，用你打碎省长和副省长。” 24 耶和华说：“我必在你们眼前，报复巴比伦人和迦勒底居民在锡安所行的诸恶。”
25 耶和华说：“你这行毁灭的山哪，就是毁灭天下的山，我与你反对。我必向你伸手，将你从山岩滚下去，使你成为烧毁的山。 26 人必不从你那里取石头为房角石，也不取石头为根基石，你必永远荒凉。”这是耶和华说的。
27 要在境内竖立大旗，在各国中吹角，使列国预备攻击巴比伦，将亚拉腊、米尼、亚实基拿各国招来攻击她。又派军长来攻击她，使马匹上来如蚂蚱。 28 使列国和玛代君王，与省长和副省长，并他们所管全地之人都预备攻击她。 29 地必震动而瘠苦，因耶和华向巴比伦所定的旨意成立了，使巴比伦之地荒凉，无人居住。 30 巴比伦的勇士止息争战，藏在坚垒之中，他们的勇力衰尽，好像妇女一样。巴比伦的住处有火着起，门闩都折断了。 31 跑报的要彼此相遇，送信的要互相迎接，报告巴比伦王说：“城的四方被攻取了， 32 渡口被占据了，苇塘被火烧了，兵丁也惊慌了。”
33 万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说：“巴比伦城[a]好像踹谷的禾场，再过片时，收割她的时候就到了。” 34 以色列人说：“巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒吞灭我，压碎我，使我成为空虚的器皿。他像大鱼将我吞下，用我的美物充满他的肚腹，又将我赶出去。” 35 锡安的居民要说：“巴比伦以强暴待我，损害我的身体，愿这罪归给她！”耶路撒冷人要说：“愿流我们血的罪归到迦勒底的居民！” 36 所以，耶和华如此说：“我必为你申冤，为你报仇。我必使巴比伦的海枯竭，使她的泉源干涸。 37 巴比伦必成为乱堆，为野狗的住处，令人惊骇、嗤笑，并且无人居住。 38 他们要像少壮狮子咆哮，像小狮子吼叫。 39 他们火热的时候，我必为他们设摆酒席，使他们沉醉，好叫他们快乐，睡了长觉永不醒起。”这是耶和华说的。 40 “我必使他们像羊羔，像公绵羊和公山羊下到宰杀之地。
41 “示沙克[b]何竟被攻取！天下所称赞的何竟被占据！巴比伦在列国中何竟变为荒场！ 42 海水涨起漫过巴比伦，她被许多海浪遮盖。 43 她的城邑变为荒场、旱地、沙漠，无人居住、无人经过之地。 44 我必刑罚巴比伦的彼勒，使他吐出所吞的。万民必不再流归他那里，巴比伦的城墙也必坍塌了。
45 “我的民哪，你们要从其中出去，各人拯救自己，躲避耶和华的烈怒。 46 你们不要心惊胆怯，也不要因境内所听见的风声惧怕。因为这年有风声传来，那年也有风声传来，境内有强暴的事，官长攻击官长。 47 日子将到，我必刑罚巴比伦雕刻的偶像，她全地必然抱愧，她被杀的人必在其中仆倒。 48 那时天地和其中所有的必因巴比伦欢呼，因为行毁灭的要从北方来到她那里。”这是耶和华说的。 49 巴比伦怎样使以色列被杀的人仆倒，照样，她全地被杀的人也必在巴比伦仆倒。
50 你们躲避刀剑的要快走，不要站住。要在远方记念耶和华，心中追想耶路撒冷。 51 我们听见辱骂就蒙羞，满面惭愧，因为外邦人进入耶和华殿的圣所。 52 耶和华说：“日子将到，我必刑罚巴比伦雕刻的偶像，通国受伤的人必唉哼。 53 巴比伦虽升到天上，虽使她坚固的高处更坚固，还有行毁灭的从我这里到她那里。”这是耶和华说的。
54 有哀号的声音从巴比伦出来，有大毁灭的响声从迦勒底人之地发出。 55 因耶和华使巴比伦变为荒场，使其中的大声灭绝。仇敌仿佛众水，波浪砰訇，响声已经发出。 56 这是行毁灭的临到巴比伦，巴比伦的勇士被捉住，他们的弓折断了，因为耶和华是施行报应的神，必定施行报应。 57 君王，名为万军之耶和华的说：“我必使巴比伦的首领、智慧人、省长、副省长和勇士都沉醉，使他们睡了长觉永不醒起。” 58 万军之耶和华如此说：“巴比伦宽阔的城墙必全然倾倒，她高大的城门必被火焚烧。众民所劳碌的必致虚空，列国所劳碌的被火焚烧，他们都必困乏。”
耶利米录巴比伦将遭之灾于书
59 犹大王西底家在位第四年上巴比伦去的时候，玛西雅的孙子、尼利亚的儿子西莱雅与王同去，西莱雅是王宫的大臣，先知耶利米有话吩咐他。 60 耶利米将一切要临到巴比伦的灾祸，就是论到巴比伦的一切话，写在书上。 61 耶利米对西莱雅说：“你到了巴比伦，务要念这书上的话。 62 又说：‘耶和华啊，你曾论到这地方说要剪除，甚至连人带牲畜没有在这里居住的，必永远荒凉。’
命投于幼发拉底河以示巴比伦必沉沦
63 “你念完了这书，就把一块石头拴在书上，扔在幼发拉底河中， 64 说：‘巴比伦因耶和华所要降于她的灾祸必如此沉下去，不再兴起，人民也必困乏。’”
耶利米的话到此为止。
Footnotes
- 耶利米书 51:33 “城”原文作“女子”。
- 耶利米书 51:41 就是巴比伦。
Jeremiah 51
King James Version
51 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;
2 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.
3 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.
4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
9 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.
10 The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
11 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.
12 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.
13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
14 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.
15 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.
16 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.
17 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.
18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
19 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.
20 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;
21 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;
22 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;
23 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.
24 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.
25 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.
26 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.
27 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.
28 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.
29 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.
30 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.
31 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,
32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
33 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.
34 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.
35 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.
36 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.
37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
39 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.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
43 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.
44 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.
45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord.
46 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.
47 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.
48 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.
49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51 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.
52 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.
53 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.
54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
55 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:
56 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.
57 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.
58 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.
59 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.
60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
62 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.
63 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:
64 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.
Jeremías 51
Reina Valera Actualizada
51 Así ha dicho el SEÑOR: “He aquí que yo levanto un viento destructor contra Babilonia y contra los habitantes de Caldea. 2 Enviaré a Babilonia aventadores que la avienten, y devastarán su tierra; porque en el día del mal estarán contra ella por todos lados. 3 No entese su arco el arquero ni toqueb su cota de malla. No perdonarán la vida a sus jóvenes. ¡Destruyan por completo todo su ejército!
4 “Caerán los muertos en la tierra de los caldeos, y los heridos en sus calles. 5 Porque Israel y Judá no han enviudado de su Dios, del SEÑOR de los Ejércitos. Ciertamente su tierra está llena de culpa contra el Santo de Israel.
6 “¡Huyan de en medio de Babilonia! Libren, cada uno su vida, para que no sean silenciados a causa de la maldad de ella. Porque es el tiempo de la venganza del SEÑOR; él le dará su retribución. 7 Una copa de oro fue Babilonia en las manos del SEÑOR; una copa que embriagó a toda la tierra. De su vino bebieron los pueblos, por lo cual se enloquecieron las naciones. 8 De repente ha caído Babilonia y ha sido quebrantada. Lamenten sobre ella; tomen bálsamo para su dolor. Quizás sanará.
9 “Quisimos curar a Babilonia, pero no ha sanado. Abandónenla y vayamos, cada uno a su país; porque el juicio contra ella ha llegado hasta el cielo y se ha levantado hasta las nubes. 10 El SEÑOR ha sacado a relucir nuestras justas demandas. ¡Vengan y contemos en Sion de la obra del SEÑOR nuestro Dios!
11 “Afilen las flechas; embracen los escudos[a]. El SEÑOR ha despertado el espíritu de los reyes de Media; porque su propósito es contra Babilonia, para destruirla. Porque es la venganza del SEÑOR, la venganza por su templo.
12 “Levanten bandera contra los muros de Babilonia; refuercen la guardia, pongan centinelas, dispongan las emboscadas. Porque el SEÑOR ha hecho un plan y realizará lo que ha dicho acerca de los habitantes de Babilonia. 13 Oh, tú que habitas junto a muchas aguas, rica en tesoros, ha venido tu fin, el colmo de tu codicia. 14 El SEÑOR de los Ejércitos ha jurado por sí mismo, diciendo: ‘Yo te llenaré de hombres como de langostas, y contra ti levantarán grito de victoria’.
15 “Él hizo la tierra con su poder; estableció el mundo con su sabiduría y extendió los cielos con su inteligencia. 16 Cuando emite su voz, se produce un tumulto de aguas en los cielos. Hace subir la neblina desde los extremos de la tierra. Hace los relámpagos para la lluvia y saca el viento de sus depósitos.
17 “Todo hombre se embrutece por falta de conocimiento. Todo platero es avergonzado a causa de su ídolo. Porque sus ídolos de fundición son un engaño, y no hay espíritu en ellos. 18 Son vanidad, obra ridícula; en el tiempo de su castigo perecerán. 19 No es como ellos la Porción de Jacob; porque él es el Hacedor de todo, e Israel[b] es la tribu de su heredad. ¡El SEÑOR de los Ejércitos es su nombre!
20 “Una maza y un arma de guerra eres tú para mí. Por medio de ti destrozo naciones; por medio de ti destruyo reinos; 21 por medio de ti destrozo el caballo y a su jinete; por medio de ti destrozo el carro y a su conductor. 22 Por medio de ti destrozo al hombre y a la mujer; por medio de ti destrozo al anciano y al niño; por medio de ti destrozo al joven y a la joven. 23 Por medio de ti destrozo al pastor y su rebaño. Por medio de ti destrozo al labrador y su yunta; por medio de ti destrozo a los gobernadores y a los dirigentes.
24 “Ante sus ojos retribuiré a Babilonia y a todos los habitantes de Caldea, por todo el mal que ellos hicieron a Sion, dice el SEÑOR.
25 “He aquí, yo estoy contra ti, oh monte destructor, dice el SEÑOR, que destruyes toda la tierra. Extenderé mi mano contra ti y te haré rodar de las peñas. Te convertiré en monte quemado. 26 Nadie tomará de ti piedra para esquina ni piedra para cimiento, porque serás perpetua desolación, dice el SEÑOR.
27 “Alcen la bandera en la tierra y toquen corneta en las naciones. Reúnan contra ella a las naciones; convoquen contra ella a los reinos de Ararat, de Mini y de Asquenaz. Comisionen contra ella al capitán; hagan subir caballos como langostas erizadas. 28 Reúnan contra ella a las naciones, a los reyes de Media y a sus gobernadores, a todos sus dirigentes y a la tierra de su señorío. 29 La tierra tiembla y se retuerce; porque se ha cumplido todo el plan del SEÑOR contra Babilonia, para convertir a Babilonia en una soledad, sin ningún habitante.
30 “Los valientes de Babilonia han dejado de combatir y han quedado en sus fortalezas. Se ha agotado su valor; se han vuelto como mujeres. Han incendiado sus casas, y sus cerrojos han sido rotos. 31 Un correo sale al encuentro de otro correo, y un heraldo al encuentro de otro heraldo, para informar al rey de Babilonia que su ciudad es tomada de extremo a extremo. 32 Los vados han sido tomados, los carrizales han sido quemados a fuego, y los hombres de guerra están aterrados. 33 Porque así ha dicho el SEÑOR de los Ejércitos, Dios de Israel: La hija de Babilonia es como una era. Ya es tiempo de trilla. Dentro de poco le vendrá el tiempo de la siega.
34 “‘Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, me ha devorado, me ha causado confusión. Me ha dejado como un vaso vacío; me ha tragado como un monstruo acuático. Ha llenado su estómago con mis delicadezas y a mí me ha expulsado. 35 ¡Caiga sobre Babilonia la violencia hecha contra mí y mi carne!’, dirá la moradora de Sion. ‘¡Caiga mi sangre sobre los habitantes de Caldea!’, dirá Jerusalén.
36 “Por tanto, así ha dicho el SEÑOR: He aquí que yo juzgo tu causa y llevaré a cabo tu venganza. Secaré las aguas de ella y haré que queden secas sus fuentes. 37 Babilonia será convertida en montones de escombros, en morada de chacales, en objeto de horror y de rechifla, sin ningún habitante. 38 A una rugirán como leones; gruñirán como cachorros de león. 39 Cuando estén en pleno calor les serviré sus banquetes; haré que se embriaguen, de modo que se alegren. Dormirán el sueño eterno y no se despertarán, dice el SEÑOR. 40 Los haré descender como corderos al matadero, como los carneros con los machos cabríos.
41 “¡Cómo ha sido tomada Sesac y fue capturada la que era alabada por toda la tierra! ¡Cómo ha llegado Babilonia a ser objeto de horror entre las naciones! 42 Las aguas han subido sobre Babilonia, y ha sido cubierta por el tumulto de sus olas. 43 Sus ciudades se han convertido en desolación, en tierra seca y desierta. Es una tierra en la cual nadie habitará; ni hijo de hombre pasará por ella. 44 Castigaré a Bel en Babilonia, y sacaré de su boca lo que ha tragado. Las naciones no afluirán más a él. ¡El muro de Babilonia ha caído!
45 “¡Salgan de en medio de ella, oh pueblo mío! Libren, cada uno su vida del ardor de la ira del SEÑOR. 46 No sea que desmaye el corazón de ustedes y teman a causa del rumor que se oye en la tierra. Dentro de un año vendrá un rumor, y después de otro año, otro rumor. La violencia cunde en la tierra, y gobernante contiende con gobernante.
47 “Por tanto, he aquí vienen días en que castigaré los ídolos de Babilonia. Toda su tierra será avergonzada, y en medio de ella caerán todos sus muertos. 48 Los cielos y la tierra, y todo lo que en ellos hay, gritarán de alegría por lo de Babilonia; porque del norte vendrán contra ella los destructores, dice el SEÑOR.
49 “Babilonia misma caerá por causa de los muertos de Israel; como por causa de Babilonia han caído los muertos en toda la tierra. 50 Los que escaparon de la espada, ¡márchense; no se detengan! Acuérdense del SEÑOR desde lejos, y esté Jerusalén en vuestra memoria: 51 ‘Estamos avergonzados porque oímos la afrenta; el oprobio ha cubierto nuestros rostros, porque vinieron extranjeros contra los santuarios de la casa del SEÑOR’. 52 Por tanto, he aquí que vienen días, dice el SEÑOR, en que yo castigaré sus ídolos, y en toda su tierra gemirán los heridos. 53 Aunque Babilonia suba hasta el cielo, y aunque fortifique en alto su baluarte, hasta ella llegarán de mi parte los destructores, dice el SEÑOR.
54 “Estruendo de griterío hay en Babilonia; gran quebrantamiento, en la tierra de los caldeos. 55 Porque el SEÑOR destruye Babilonia y quita de ella el gran bullicio. Sus olas rugen como caudalosas aguas, y resuena el estruendo de sus voces. 56 Porque el destructor ha venido contra ella, contra Babilonia, y sus valientes son tomados prisioneros. Su arco ha sido hecho pedazos, porque el SEÑOR es un Dios de retribución. Ciertamente él dará la recompensa.
57 “Embriagaré a sus magistrados, a sus sabios, a sus gobernadores, a sus dirigentes y a sus valientes. Dormirán el sueño eterno y no despertarán, dice el Rey, cuyo nombre es SEÑOR de los Ejércitos. 58 Así ha dicho el SEÑOR de los Ejércitos: La ancha muralla de Babilonia será demolida por completo. Sus puertas altas arderán en el fuego. Los pueblos habrán trabajado para nada, y las naciones se habrán fatigado solo para el fuego”.
Epílogo de las palabras de Jeremías
59 Estas son la palabras que envió el profeta Jeremías a Seraías hijo de Nerías, hijo de Maasías, cuando iba con Sedequías, rey de Judá, a Babilonia, en el cuarto año de su reinado. Seraías era el jefe de campamento. 60 Jeremías escribió en un libro acerca de todo el mal que había de venir sobre Babilonia, todas las palabras que están escritas contra Babilonia. 61 Jeremías dijo a Seraías: “Cuando llegues a Babilonia, cumple en leer todas estas palabras. 62 Y dirás: ‘¡Oh SEÑOR, tú has dicho de este lugar que lo habrías de destruir, hasta que no quedara en él quien lo habite, desde los hombres hasta los animales, y que sería una perpetua desolación’.
63 “Cuando acabes de leer este libro, le atarás una piedra y lo arrojarás al Éufrates, 64 diciendo: ‘Así se hundirá Babilonia y no se levantará, a causa del mal que yo traigo sobre ella, de manera que serán abatidos’”.
Hasta aquí son las palabras de Jeremías.
Footnotes
- Jeremías 51:11 Según LXX y Vulgata; heb., reposarás.
- Jeremías 51:19 Según LXX; heb., Aroer.
Jeremiah 51
New King James Version
The Utter Destruction of Babylon
51 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will raise up against (A)Babylon,
Against those who dwell in [a]Leb Kamai,
(B)A destroying wind.
2 And I will send (C)winnowers to Babylon,
Who shall winnow her and empty her land.
(D)For in the day of doom
They shall be against her all around.
3 Against her (E)let the archer bend his bow,
And lift himself up against her in his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
(F)Utterly destroy all her army.
4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
(G)And those thrust through in her streets.
5 For Israel is (H)not forsaken, nor Judah,
By his God, the Lord of hosts,
Though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”
6 (I)Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For (J)this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
(K)He shall recompense her.
7 (L)Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
That made all the earth drunk.
(M)The nations drank her wine;
Therefore the nations (N)are deranged.
8 Babylon has suddenly (O)fallen and been destroyed.
(P)Wail for her!
(Q)Take balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
9 We would have healed Babylon,
But she is not healed.
Forsake her, and (R)let us go everyone to his own country;
(S)For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
10 The Lord has (T)revealed our righteousness.
Come and let us (U)declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
11 (V)Make[b] the arrows bright!
Gather the shields!
(W)The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
(X)For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it,
Because it is (Y)the vengeance of the Lord,
The vengeance for His temple.
12 (Z)Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon;
Make the guard strong,
Set up the watchmen,
Prepare the ambushes.
For the Lord has both devised and done
What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 (AA)O you who dwell by many waters,
Abundant in treasures,
Your end has come,
The measure of your covetousness.
14 (AB)The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself:
“Surely I will fill you with men, (AC)as with locusts,
And they shall lift (AD)up a shout against you.”
15 (AE)He has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom,
And (AF)stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
16 When He utters His voice—
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
(AG)“He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightnings for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
17 (AH)Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge;
Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image;
(AI)For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
18 They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
19 The Portion of Jacob is not like them,
For He is the Maker of all things;
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance.
The Lord of hosts is His name.
20 “You(AJ) are My battle-ax and weapons of war:
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms;
21 With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider;
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;
22 With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;
With you I will break in pieces (AK)old and young;
With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
23 With you also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.
24 “And(AL) I will repay Babylon
And all the inhabitants of Chaldea
For all the evil they have done
In Zion in your sight,” says the Lord.
25 “Behold, I am against you, (AM)O destroying mountain,
Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
Roll you down from the rocks,
(AN)And make you a burnt mountain.
26 They shall not take from you a stone for a corner
Nor a stone for a foundation,
(AO)But you shall be desolate forever,” says the Lord.
27 (AP)Set up a banner in the land,
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
(AQ)Prepare the nations against her,
Call (AR)the kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
28 Prepare against her the nations,
With the kings of the Medes,
Its governors and all its rulers,
All the land of his dominion.
29 And the land will tremble and sorrow;
For every (AS)purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon,
(AT)To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
(AU)They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
(AV)The bars of her gate are broken.
31 (AW)One runner will run to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;
32 (AX)The passages are blocked,
The reeds they have burned with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
33 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“The daughter of Babylon is (AY)like a threshing floor
When (AZ)it is time to thresh her;
Yet a little while
(BA)And the time of her harvest will come.”
34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
Has (BB)devoured me, he has crushed me;
He has made me an (BC)empty vessel,
He has swallowed me up like a monster;
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies,
He has spit me out.
35 Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.
36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (BD)I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
(BE)I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
37 (BF)Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
(BG)An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
38 They shall roar together like lions,
They shall growl like lions’ whelps.
39 In their excitement I will prepare their feasts;
(BH)I will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the Lord.
40 “I will bring them down
Like lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams with male goats.
41 “Oh, how (BI)Sheshach[c] is taken!
Oh, how (BJ)the praise of the whole earth is seized!
How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!
42 (BK)The sea has come up over Babylon;
She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
43 (BL)Her cities are a desolation,
A dry land and a wilderness,
A land where (BM)no one dwells,
Through which no son of man passes.
44 I will punish (BN)Bel[d] in Babylon,
And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed;
And the nations shall not stream to him anymore.
Yes, (BO)the wall of Babylon shall fall.
45 “My(BP) people, go out of the midst of her!
And let everyone deliver [e]himself from the fierce anger of the Lord.
46 And lest your heart faint,
And you fear (BQ)for the rumor that will be heard in the land
(A rumor will come one year,
And after that, in another year
A rumor will come,
And violence in the land,
Ruler against ruler),
47 Therefore behold, the days are coming
That I will bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon;
Her whole land shall be ashamed,
And all her slain shall fall in her midst.
48 Then (BR)the heavens and the earth and all that is in them
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
(BS)For the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the Lord.
49 As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,
So at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall.
50 (BT)You who have escaped the sword,
Get away! Do not stand still!
(BU)Remember the Lord afar off,
And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
51 (BV)We are ashamed because we have heard reproach.
Shame has covered our faces,
For strangers (BW)have come into the [f]sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
52 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will bring judgment on her carved images,
And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.
53 (BX)Though Babylon were to [g]mount up to heaven,
And though she were to fortify the height of her strength,
Yet from Me plunderers would come to her,” says the Lord.
54 (BY)The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,
55 Because the Lord is plundering Babylon
And silencing her loud voice,
Though her waves roar like great waters,
And the noise of their voice is uttered,
56 Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men are taken.
Every one of their bows is broken;
(BZ)For the Lord is the God of recompense,
He will surely repay.
57 “And I will make drunk
Her princes and (CA)wise men,
Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.
And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says (CB)the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
58 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly (CC)broken,[h]
And her high gates shall be burned with fire;
(CD)The people will labor in vain,
And the nations, because of the fire;
And they shall be weary.”
Jeremiah’s Command to Seraiah
59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of (CE)Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And Seraiah was the quartermaster. 60 So Jeremiah (CF)wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon and see it, and read all these words, 62 then you shall say, ‘O Lord, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that (CG)none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but it shall be desolate forever.’ 63 Now it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, (CH)that you shall tie a stone to it and throw it out into the Euphrates. 64 Then you shall say, ‘Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.’ ”
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:1 Lit. The Midst of Those Who Rise Up Against Me; a code word for Chaldea, Babylonia
- Jeremiah 51:11 Polish the arrows!
- Jeremiah 51:41 A code word for Babylon, Jer. 25:26
- Jeremiah 51:44 A Babylonian god
- Jeremiah 51:45 Lit. his soul
- Jeremiah 51:51 holy places
- Jeremiah 51:53 ascend
- Jeremiah 51:58 Lit. laid utterly bare
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