Jeremiah 50:14-27

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¹⁴^(A)Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
    ^(B)all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her, spare no arrows,
    ^(C)for she has sinned against the Lord.
¹⁵^(D)Raise a shout against her all around;
    she has surrendered;
her bulwarks have fallen;
    ^(E)her walls are thrown down.
For ^(F)this is the vengeance of the Lord:
    take vengeance on her;
    ^(G)do to her as she has done.
¹⁶Cut off from Babylon the sower,
    and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest;
^(H)because of the sword of the oppressor,
    ^(I)every one shall turn to his own people,
    and every one shall flee to his own land.

¹⁷^(J)“Israel is a hunted sheep ^(K)driven away by lions. ^(L)First the king of Assyria ^(M)devoured him, and now at last ^(N)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ^(O)has gnawed his bones. ¹⁸Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, ^(P)I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, ^(Q)as I punished the king of Assyria. ¹⁹^(R)I will restore Israel to his pasture, and ^(S)he shall feed on ^(T)Carmel and in ^(U)Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in ^(V)Gilead. ²⁰In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^(W)iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for ^(X)I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

²¹“Go up against the land of Merathaim,^[a]
    and against the inhabitants of Pekod.^[b]
Kill, ^(Y)and devote them to destruction,^[c]
declares the Lord,
    and do all that I have commanded you.
²²^(Z)The noise of battle is in the land,
    and great destruction!
²³^(AA)How the hammer of the whole earth
    is cut down and broken!
^(AB)How Babylon ^(AC)has become
    a horror among the nations!
²⁴^(AD)I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon,
    and ^(AE)you did not know it;
you were found and caught,
    because you opposed the Lord.
²⁵The Lord has opened his armory
    and brought out ^(AF)the weapons of his wrath,
for the Lord God of hosts has a work to do
    in the land of the Chaldeans.
²⁶Come against her from every quarter;
    open her granaries;
^(AG)pile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction;
    let nothing be left of her.
²⁷Kill all ^(AH)her bulls;
    let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, for their day has come,
    ^(AI)the time of their punishment.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 50:21 Merathaim means double rebellion
Jeremiah 50:21 Pekod means punishment
Jeremiah 50:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)