Jeremiah 50:17-32

English Standard Version

¹⁷^(A)“Israel is a hunted sheep ^(B)driven away by lions. ^(C)First the king of Assyria ^(D)devoured him, and now at last ^(E)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ^(F)has gnawed his bones. ¹⁸Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, ^(G)I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, ^(H)as I punished the king of Assyria. ¹⁹^(I)I will restore Israel to his pasture, and ^(J)he shall feed on ^(K)Carmel and in ^(L)Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in ^(M)Gilead. ²⁰In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^(N)iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for ^(O)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, ^(P)and devote them to destruction,^[c]
declares the Lord,
    and do all that I have commanded you.
²²^(Q)The noise of battle is in the land,
    and great destruction!
²³^(R)How the hammer of the whole earth
    is cut down and broken!
^(S)How Babylon ^(T)has become
    a horror among the nations!
²⁴^(U)I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon,
    and ^(V)you did not know it;
you were found and caught,
    because you opposed the Lord.
²⁵The Lord has opened his armory
    and brought out ^(W)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;
^(X)pile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction;
    let nothing be left of her.
²⁷Kill all ^(Y)her bulls;
    let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, for their day has come,
    ^(Z)the time of their punishment.

²⁸“A voice! They ^(AA)flee and escape from the land of Babylon, ^(AB)to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for ^(AC)his temple.

²⁹^(AD)“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. ^(AE)Encamp around her; let no one escape. ^(AF)Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has ^(AG)proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. ³⁰^(AH)Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the Lord.

³¹“Behold, I am against you, O ^(AI)proud one,
    declares the Lord God of hosts,
^(AJ)for your day has come,
    the time when I will punish you.
³²^(AK)The proud one shall stumble and fall,
    with none to raise him up,
^(AL)and I will kindle a fire in his cities,
    and it will devour all that is around him.

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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)