All that found them have devoured them, and their enemies said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, [a]the habitation of justice, even the Lord the hope of their fathers.

[b]Flee from the midst of Babel, and depart out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be ye as the he goats [c]before the flock.

For lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babel a multitude of mighty nations from the North country, and they shall set themselves in array against her, whereby she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a strong man, which is expert, for none shall return in vain.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:7 For the Lord dwelt among them in his Temple, and would have maintained them by his justice against their enemies.
  2. Jeremiah 50:8 When God shall deliver you by Cyrus.
  3. Jeremiah 50:8 That is, most forward and without fear.

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