Jeremiah 51:1-5
International Standard Version
Judgment against Babylon
51 This is what the Lord says:
“Look, I’m going to stir up a destroying wind
against Babylon and the inhabitants of Leb-kamai.[a]
2 I’ll send foreigners to Babylon,
and they’ll winnow her,
and devastate[b] her land.
They’ll come against her from every side
on the day of her[c] disaster.
3 Don’t let the archer[d] bend the bow;
don’t let him rise up in his armor.
Don’t spare her young men.
Completely destroy her entire army.
4 The slain will fall in the land of Chaldea,
pierced through in her streets.
5 Indeed, Israel and Judah haven’t been
abandoned[e] by their[f] God,
by the Lord of the Heavenly Armies,
although their land is full of guilt
against the Holy One of Israel.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:1 I.e. a cryptogram for Chaldea
- Jeremiah 51:2 Lit. empty out
- Jeremiah 51:2 The Heb. lacks her
- Jeremiah 51:3 Lit. one who bends the bow
- Jeremiah 51:5 Lit. widowed
- Jeremiah 51:5 Lit. his
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