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Jeremiah 50:4-9
New International Reader's Version
Jeremiah 50:4-9
New International Reader's Version
4 “The days are coming,”
announces the Lord.
“At that time the people of Israel and Judah will gather together.
They will come in tears to me.
I am the Lord their God.
5 They will ask how to get to Zion.
Then they will turn their faces toward it.
They will come and join themselves to me.
They will enter into the covenant I make with them.
It will last forever.
It will never be forgotten.
6 “My people have been like lost sheep.
Their shepherds have led them astray.
They have caused them to wander in the mountains.
They have wandered over mountains and hills.
They have forgotten that I am their true resting place.
7 Everyone who found them destroyed them.
Their enemies said, ‘We aren’t guilty.
They sinned against the Lord.
He gave them everything they needed.
He has always been Israel’s hope.’
8 “People of Judah, run away from Babylon.
Leave the land of Babylon.
Be like the goats that lead the flock.
9 I will stir up great nations
that will join forces against Babylon.
I will bring them from the land of the north.
They will take up their battle positions against Babylon.
They will come from the north and capture it.
Their arrows will be like skilled soldiers.
They will not miss their mark.
Jeremiah 50:4-9
New International Version
Jeremiah 50:4-9
New International Version
4 “In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(A)
will go in tears(B) to seek(C) the Lord their God.
5 They will ask the way(D) to Zion
and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(E) and bind themselves to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant(F)
that will not be forgotten.
6 “My people have been lost sheep;(G)
their shepherds(H) have led them astray(I)
and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill(J)
and forgot their own resting place.(K)
7 Whoever found them devoured(L) them;
their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,(M)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
the Lord, the hope(N) of their ancestors.’
8 “Flee(O) out of Babylon;(P)
leave the land of the Babylonians,
and be like the goats that lead the flock.
9 For I will stir(Q) up and bring against Babylon
an alliance of great nations(R) from the land of the north.(S)
They will take up their positions against her,
and from the north she will be captured.(T)
Their arrows(U) will be like skilled warriors
who do not return empty-handed.
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