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Jeremiah 49:34-51:14
New International Version
Jeremiah 49:34-51:14
New International Version
A Message About Elam
34 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(A) early in the reign of Zedekiah(B) king of Judah:
35 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“See, I will break the bow(C) of Elam,
the mainstay of their might.
36 I will bring against Elam the four winds(D)
from the four quarters of heaven;(E)
I will scatter them to the four winds,
and there will not be a nation
where Elam’s exiles do not go.
37 I will shatter Elam before their foes,
before those who want to kill them;
I will bring disaster on them,
even my fierce anger,”(F)
declares the Lord.
“I will pursue them with the sword(G)
until I have made an end of them.
38 I will set my throne in Elam
and destroy her king and officials,”
declares the Lord.
39 “Yet I will restore(H) the fortunes of Elam
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.
A Message About Babylon(I)
50 This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon(J) and the land of the Babylonians[a]:
2 “Announce and proclaim(K) among the nations,
lift up a banner(L) and proclaim it;
keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;(M)
Bel(N) will be put to shame,(O)
Marduk(P) filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
and her idols(Q) filled with terror.’
3 A nation from the north(R) will attack her
and lay waste her land.
No one will live(S) in it;
both people and animals(T) will flee away.
4 “In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(U)
will go in tears(V) to seek(W) the Lord their God.
5 They will ask the way(X) to Zion
and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(Y) and bind themselves to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant(Z)
that will not be forgotten.
6 “My people have been lost sheep;(AA)
their shepherds(AB) have led them astray(AC)
and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill(AD)
and forgot their own resting place.(AE)
7 Whoever found them devoured(AF) them;
their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,(AG)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
the Lord, the hope(AH) of their ancestors.’
8 “Flee(AI) out of Babylon;(AJ)
leave the land of the Babylonians,
and be like the goats that lead the flock.
9 For I will stir(AK) up and bring against Babylon
an alliance of great nations(AL) from the land of the north.(AM)
They will take up their positions against her,
and from the north she will be captured.(AN)
Their arrows(AO) will be like skilled warriors
who do not return empty-handed.
10 So Babylonia[b] will be plundered;(AP)
all who plunder her will have their fill,”
declares the Lord.
11 “Because you rejoice and are glad,
you who pillage my inheritance,(AQ)
because you frolic like a heifer(AR) threshing grain
and neigh like stallions,
12 your mother will be greatly ashamed;
she who gave you birth will be disgraced.(AS)
She will be the least of the nations—
a wilderness, a dry land, a desert.(AT)
13 Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited
but will be completely desolate.(AU)
All who pass Babylon will be appalled;(AV)
they will scoff(AW) because of all her wounds.(AX)
14 “Take up your positions around Babylon,
all you who draw the bow.(AY)
Shoot at her! Spare no arrows,(AZ)
for she has sinned against the Lord.
15 Shout(BA) against her on every side!
She surrenders, her towers fall,
her walls(BB) are torn down.
Since this is the vengeance(BC) of the Lord,
take vengeance on her;
do to her(BD) as she has done to others.(BE)
16 Cut off from Babylon the sower,
and the reaper with his sickle at harvest.
Because of the sword(BF) of the oppressor
let everyone return to their own people,(BG)
let everyone flee to their own land.(BH)
17 “Israel is a scattered flock(BI)
that lions(BJ) have chased away.
The first to devour(BK) them
was the king(BL) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones(BM)
was Nebuchadnezzar(BN) king(BO) of Babylon.”
18 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“I will punish the king of Babylon and his land
as I punished the king(BP) of Assyria.(BQ)
19 But I will bring(BR) Israel back to their own pasture,
and they will graze on Carmel and Bashan;
their appetite will be satisfied(BS)
on the hills(BT) of Ephraim and Gilead.(BU)
20 In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“search will be made for Israel’s guilt,
but there will be none,(BV)
and for the sins(BW) of Judah,
but none will be found,
for I will forgive(BX) the remnant(BY) I spare.
21 “Attack the land of Merathaim
and those who live in Pekod.(BZ)
Pursue, kill and completely destroy[c] them,”
declares the Lord.
“Do everything I have commanded you.
22 The noise(CA) of battle is in the land,
the noise of great destruction!
23 How broken and shattered
is the hammer(CB) of the whole earth!(CC)
How desolate(CD) is Babylon
among the nations!
24 I set a trap(CE) for you, Babylon,
and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured(CF)
because you opposed(CG) the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened his arsenal
and brought out the weapons(CH) of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
in the land of the Babylonians.(CI)
26 Come against her from afar.(CJ)
Break open her granaries;
pile her up like heaps of grain.(CK)
Completely destroy(CL) her
and leave her no remnant.
27 Kill all her young bulls;(CM)
let them go down to the slaughter!(CN)
Woe to them! For their day(CO) has come,
the time(CP) for them to be punished.
28 Listen to the fugitives(CQ) and refugees from Babylon
declaring in Zion(CR)
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance,(CS)
vengeance for his temple.(CT)
29 “Summon archers against Babylon,
all those who draw the bow.(CU)
Encamp all around her;
let no one escape.(CV)
Repay(CW) her for her deeds;(CX)
do to her as she has done.
For she has defied(CY) the Lord,
the Holy One(CZ) of Israel.
30 Therefore, her young men(DA) will fall in the streets;
all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”
declares the Lord.
31 “See, I am against(DB) you, you arrogant one,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
“for your day(DC) has come,
the time for you to be punished.
32 The arrogant(DD) one will stumble and fall(DE)
and no one will help her up;(DF)
I will kindle a fire(DG) in her towns
that will consume all who are around her.”
33 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“The people of Israel are oppressed,(DH)
and the people of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast,
refusing to let them go.(DI)
34 Yet their Redeemer(DJ) is strong;
the Lord Almighty(DK) is his name.
He will vigorously defend their cause(DL)
so that he may bring rest(DM) to their land,
but unrest to those who live in Babylon.
35 “A sword(DN) against the Babylonians!”(DO)
declares the Lord—
“against those who live in Babylon
and against her officials and wise(DP) men!
36 A sword against her false prophets!
They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!(DQ)
They will be filled with terror.(DR)
37 A sword against her horses and chariots(DS)
and all the foreigners in her ranks!
They will become weaklings.(DT)
A sword against her treasures!(DU)
They will be plundered.
38 A drought on[d] her waters!(DV)
They will dry(DW) up.
For it is a land of idols,(DX)
idols that will go mad with terror.
39 “So desert creatures(DY) and hyenas will live there,
and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in from generation to generation.(DZ)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah(EA)
along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
no people will dwell in it.(EB)
41 “Look! An army is coming from the north;(EC)
a great nation and many kings
are being stirred(ED) up from the ends of the earth.(EE)
42 They are armed with bows(EF) and spears;
they are cruel(EG) and without mercy.(EH)
They sound like the roaring sea(EI)
as they ride on their horses;
they come like men in battle formation
to attack you, Daughter Babylon.(EJ)
43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands hang limp.(EK)
Anguish has gripped him,
pain like that of a woman in labor.(EL)
44 Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets(EM)
to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen(EN) one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?(EO)
And what shepherd can stand against me?”
45 Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Babylon,
what he has purposed(EP) against the land of the Babylonians:(EQ)
The young of the flock will be dragged away;
their pasture will be appalled at their fate.
46 At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will tremble;(ER)
its cry(ES) will resound among the nations.
51 This is what the Lord says:
“See, I will stir(ET) up the spirit of a destroyer
against Babylon(EU) and the people of Leb Kamai.[e]
2 I will send foreigners(EV) to Babylon
to winnow(EW) her and to devastate her land;
they will oppose her on every side
in the day(EX) of her disaster.
3 Let not the archer string his bow,(EY)
nor let him put on his armor.(EZ)
Do not spare her young men;
completely destroy[f] her army.
4 They will fall(FA) down slain in Babylon,[g]
fatally wounded in her streets.(FB)
5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken(FC)
by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land[h] is full of guilt(FD)
before the Holy One of Israel.
6 “Flee(FE) from Babylon!
Run for your lives!
Do not be destroyed because of her sins.(FF)
It is time(FG) for the Lord’s vengeance;(FH)
he will repay(FI) her what she deserves.
7 Babylon was a gold cup(FJ) in the Lord’s hand;
she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
therefore they have now gone mad.
8 Babylon will suddenly fall(FK) and be broken.
Wail over her!
Get balm(FL) for her pain;
perhaps she can be healed.
9 “‘We would have healed Babylon,
but she cannot be healed;
let us leave(FM) her and each go to our own land,
for her judgment(FN) reaches to the skies,
it rises as high as the heavens.’
11 “Sharpen the arrows,(FQ)
take up the shields!(FR)
The Lord has stirred up the kings(FS) of the Medes,(FT)
because his purpose(FU) is to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will take vengeance,(FV)
vengeance for his temple.(FW)
12 Lift up a banner(FX) against the walls of Babylon!
Reinforce the guard,
station the watchmen,(FY)
prepare an ambush!(FZ)
The Lord will carry out his purpose,(GA)
his decree against the people of Babylon.
13 You who live by many waters(GB)
and are rich in treasures,(GC)
your end has come,
the time for you to be destroyed.(GD)
14 The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself:(GE)
I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts,(GF)
and they will shout(GG) in triumph over you.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 8, 25, 35 and 45
- Jeremiah 50:10 Or Chaldea
- Jeremiah 50:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.
- Jeremiah 50:38 Or A sword against
- Jeremiah 51:1 Leb Kamai is a cryptogram for Chaldea, that is, Babylonia.
- Jeremiah 51:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- Jeremiah 51:4 Or Chaldea
- Jeremiah 51:5 Or Almighty, / and the land of the Babylonians
Jeremiah 49:34-51:14
King James Version
Jeremiah 49:34-51:14
King James Version
34 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord.
39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.
50 The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
4 In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God.
5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord.
11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
13 Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord.
15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
18 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
20 In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.
25 The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.
29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.
31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
33 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
34 Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
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.
Jeremiah 49:34-51:14
New King James Version
Jeremiah 49:34-51:14
New King James Version
Judgment on Elam
34 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against (A)Elam, in the (B)beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘Behold, I will break (C)the [a]bow of Elam,
The foremost of their might.
36 Against Elam I will bring the four winds
From the four quarters of heaven,
And scatter them toward all those winds;
There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go.
37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies
And before those who seek their life.
(D)I will bring disaster upon them,
My fierce anger,’ says the Lord;
‘And I will send the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.
38 I will (E)set My throne in Elam,
And will destroy from there the king and the princes,’ says the Lord.
39 ‘But it shall come to pass (F)in the latter days:
I will bring back the captives of Elam,’ says the Lord.”
Judgment on Babylon and Babylonia
50 The word that the Lord spoke (G)against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
2 “Declare among the nations,
Proclaim, and [b]set up a standard;
Proclaim—do not conceal it—
Say, ‘Babylon is (H)taken, (I)Bel is shamed.
[c]Merodach is broken in pieces;
(J)Her idols are humiliated,
Her images are broken in pieces.’
3 (K)For out of the north (L)a nation comes up against her,
Which shall make her land desolate,
And no one shall dwell therein.
They shall [d]move, they shall depart,
Both man and beast.
4 “In those days and in that time,” says the Lord,
“The children of Israel shall come,
(M)They and the children of Judah together;
(N)With continual weeping they shall come,
(O)And seek the Lord their God.
5 They shall ask the way to Zion,
With their faces toward it, saying,
‘Come and let us join ourselves to the Lord
In (P)a perpetual covenant
That will not be forgotten.’
6 “My people have been (Q)lost sheep.
Their shepherds have led them (R)astray;
They have turned them away on (S)the mountains.
They have gone from mountain to hill;
They have forgotten their resting place.
7 All who found them have (T)devoured them;
And (U)their adversaries said, (V)‘We have not offended,
Because they have sinned against the Lord, (W)the habitation of justice,
The Lord, (X)the hope of their fathers.’
8 “Move(Y) from the midst of Babylon,
Go out of the land of the Chaldeans;
And be like the [e]rams before the flocks.
9 (Z)For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon
An assembly of great nations from the north country,
And they shall array themselves against her;
From there she shall be captured.
Their arrows shall be like those of [f]an expert warrior;
(AA)None shall return in vain.
10 And Chaldea shall become plunder;
(AB)All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the Lord.
11 “Because(AC) you were glad, because you rejoiced,
You destroyers of My heritage,
Because you have grown fat (AD)like a heifer threshing grain,
And you [g]bellow like bulls,
12 Your mother shall be deeply ashamed;
She who bore you shall be ashamed.
Behold, the least of the nations shall be a (AE)wilderness,
A dry land and a desert.
13 Because of the wrath of the Lord
She shall not be inhabited,
(AF)But she shall be wholly desolate.
(AG)Everyone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified
And hiss at all her plagues.
14 “Put(AH) yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
All you who bend the bow;
Shoot at her, spare no arrows,
For she has sinned against the Lord.
15 Shout against her all around;
She has (AI)given her hand,
Her foundations have fallen,
(AJ)Her walls are thrown down;
For (AK)it is the vengeance of the Lord.
Take vengeance on her.
As she has done, so do to her.
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon,
And him who handles the sickle at harvest time.
For fear of the oppressing sword
(AL)Everyone shall turn to his own people,
And everyone shall flee to his own land.
17 “Israel is like (AM)scattered sheep;
(AN)The lions have driven him away.
First (AO)the king of Assyria devoured him;
Now at last this (AP)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
18 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land,
As I have punished the king of (AQ)Assyria.
19 (AR)But I will bring back Israel to his home,
And he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan;
His soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.
20 In those days and in that time,” says the Lord,
(AS)“The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none;
And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found;
For I will pardon those (AT)whom I preserve.
21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim, against it,
And against the inhabitants of (AU)Pekod.
[h]Waste and utterly destroy them,” says the Lord,
“And do (AV)according to all that I have commanded you.
22 (AW)A sound of battle is in the land,
And of great destruction.
23 How (AX)the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken!
How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
24 I have laid a snare for you;
You have indeed been (AY)trapped, O Babylon,
And you were not aware;
You have been found and also caught,
Because you have (AZ)contended against the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened His armory,
And has brought out (BA)the weapons of His indignation;
For this is the work of the Lord God of hosts
In the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come against her from the farthest border;
Open her storehouses;
Cast her up as heaps of ruins,
And destroy her utterly;
Let nothing of her be left.
27 Slay all her (BB)bulls,
Let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them!
For their day has come, the time of (BC)their punishment.
28 The voice of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon
(BD)Declares in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
The vengeance of His temple.
29 “Call together the archers against Babylon.
All you who bend the bow, encamp against it all around;
Let none of them [i]escape.
(BE)Repay her according to her work;
According to all she has done, do to her;
(BF)For she has been proud against the Lord,
Against the Holy One of Israel.
30 (BG)Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets,
And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord.
31 “Behold, I am against you,
O most haughty one!” says the Lord God of hosts;
“For your day has come,
[j]The time that I will punish you.
32 The most (BH)proud shall stumble and fall,
And no one will raise him up;
(BI)I will kindle a fire in his cities,
And it will devour all around him.”
33 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The children of Israel were oppressed,
Along with the children of Judah;
All who took them captive have held them fast;
They have refused to let them go.
34 (BJ)Their Redeemer is strong;
(BK)The Lord of hosts is His name.
He will thoroughly plead their (BL)case,
That He may give rest to the land,
And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 “A sword is against the Chaldeans,” says the Lord,
“Against the inhabitants of Babylon,
And (BM)against her princes and (BN)her wise men.
36 A sword is (BO)against the soothsayers, and they will be fools.
A sword is against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
37 A sword is against their horses,
Against their chariots,
And against all (BP)the mixed peoples who are in her midst;
And (BQ)they will become like women.
A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.
38 (BR)A [k]drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up.
For it is the land of carved images,
And they are insane with their idols.
39 “Therefore(BS) the wild desert beasts shall dwell there with the jackals,
And the ostriches shall dwell in it.
(BT)It shall be inhabited no more forever,
Nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
40 (BU)As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“So no one shall reside there,
Nor son of man (BV)dwell in it.
41 “Behold,(BW) a people shall come from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.
42 (BX)They shall hold the bow and the lance;
(BY)They are cruel and shall not show mercy.
(BZ)Their voice shall roar like the sea;
They shall ride on horses,
Set in array, like a man for the battle,
Against you, O daughter of Babylon.
43 “The king of Babylon has (CA)heard the report about them,
And his hands grow feeble;
Anguish has taken hold of him,
Pangs as of a woman in (CB)childbirth.
44 “Behold,(CC) he shall come up like a lion from the [l]floodplain of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will make them suddenly run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And (CD)who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”
45 Therefore hear (CE)the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Babylon,
And His (CF)purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
(CG)Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He will make their dwelling place desolate with them.
46 (CH)At the noise of the taking of Babylon
The earth trembles,
And the cry is heard among the nations.
The Utter Destruction of Babylon
51 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will raise up against (CI)Babylon,
Against those who dwell in [m]Leb Kamai,
(CJ)A destroying wind.
2 And I will send (CK)winnowers to Babylon,
Who shall winnow her and empty her land.
(CL)For in the day of doom
They shall be against her all around.
3 Against her (CM)let the archer bend his bow,
And lift himself up against her in his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
(CN)Utterly destroy all her army.
4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
(CO)And those thrust through in her streets.
5 For Israel is (CP)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 (CQ)Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For (CR)this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
(CS)He shall recompense her.
7 (CT)Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
That made all the earth drunk.
(CU)The nations drank her wine;
Therefore the nations (CV)are deranged.
8 Babylon has suddenly (CW)fallen and been destroyed.
(CX)Wail for her!
(CY)Take balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
9 We would have healed Babylon,
But she is not healed.
Forsake her, and (CZ)let us go everyone to his own country;
(DA)For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
10 The Lord has (DB)revealed our righteousness.
Come and let us (DC)declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
11 (DD)Make[n] the arrows bright!
Gather the shields!
(DE)The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
(DF)For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it,
Because it is (DG)the vengeance of the Lord,
The vengeance for His temple.
12 (DH)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 (DI)O you who dwell by many waters,
Abundant in treasures,
Your end has come,
The measure of your covetousness.
14 (DJ)The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself:
“Surely I will fill you with men, (DK)as with locusts,
And they shall lift (DL)up a shout against you.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:35 Power
- Jeremiah 50:2 lift
- Jeremiah 50:2 Or Marduk; a Babylonian god
- Jeremiah 50:3 Or wander
- Jeremiah 50:8 male goats
- Jeremiah 50:9 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr.; MT, Tg., Vg. a warrior who makes childless
- Jeremiah 50:11 Or neigh like steeds
- Jeremiah 50:21 Or Attack with the sword
- Jeremiah 50:29 Qr., some Heb. mss., LXX, Tg. add to her
- Jeremiah 50:31 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. The time of your punishment
- Jeremiah 50:38 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; Syr. sword; LXX omits A drought is
- Jeremiah 50:44 Or thicket
- 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!
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