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Jeremiah 50
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Jeremiah 50
English Standard Version
Judgment on Babylon
50 The word that the Lord spoke concerning (A)Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, (B)by Jeremiah the prophet:
2 “Declare among the nations and proclaim,
set up a banner and proclaim,
conceal it not, and say:
(C)‘Babylon is taken,
(D)Bel is put to shame,
Merodach is dismayed.
(E)Her images are put to shame,
her idols are dismayed.’
3 “For (F)out of the north a nation has come up against her, (G)which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; (H)both man and beast shall flee away.
4 (I)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (J)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, (K)weeping as they come, and they (L)shall seek the Lord their God. 5 (M)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, (N)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an (O)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’
6 (P)“My people have been lost sheep. (Q)Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold. 7 All who found them have devoured them, (R)and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for (S)they have sinned against the Lord, (T)their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, (U)the hope of their fathers.’
8 (V)“Flee from the midst of Babylon, (W)and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as male goats before the flock. 9 For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon (X)a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. 10 (Y)Chaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated, declares the Lord.
11 (Z)“Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
and neigh like stallions,
12 your mother shall be utterly shamed,
and she who bore you shall be disgraced.
Behold, she shall be the last of the nations,
(AA)a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
13 (AB)Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited
but shall be an utter desolation;
(AC)everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled,
(AD)and hiss because of all her wounds.
14 (AE)Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
(AF)all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her, spare no arrows,
(AG)for she has sinned against the Lord.
15 (AH)Raise a shout against her all around;
she has surrendered;
her bulwarks have fallen;
(AI)her walls are thrown down.
For (AJ)this is the vengeance of the Lord:
take vengeance on her;
(AK)do to her as she has done.
16 Cut off from Babylon the sower,
and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest;
(AL)because of the sword of the oppressor,
(AM)every one shall turn to his own people,
and every one shall flee to his own land.
17 (AN)“Israel is a hunted sheep (AO)driven away by lions. (AP)First the king of Assyria (AQ)devoured him, and now at last (AR)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (AS)has gnawed his bones. 18 Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, (AT)I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, (AU)as I punished the king of Assyria. 19 (AV)I will restore Israel to his pasture, and (AW)he shall feed on (AX)Carmel and in (AY)Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in (AZ)Gilead. 20 In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (BA)iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for (BB)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, (BC)and devote them to destruction,[c]
declares the Lord,
and do all that I have commanded you.
22 (BD)The noise of battle is in the land,
and great destruction!
23 (BE)How the hammer of the whole earth
is cut down and broken!
(BF)How Babylon (BG)has become
a horror among the nations!
24 (BH)I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon,
and (BI)you did not know it;
you were found and caught,
because you opposed the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened his armory
and brought out (BJ)the weapons of his wrath,
for the Lord God of hosts has a work to do
in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come against her from every quarter;
open her granaries;
(BK)pile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction;
let nothing be left of her.
27 Kill all (BL)her bulls;
let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, for their day has come,
(BM)the time of their punishment.
28 “A voice! They (BN)flee and escape from the land of Babylon, (BO)to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for (BP)his temple.
29 (BQ)“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. (BR)Encamp around her; let no one escape. (BS)Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has (BT)proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 30 (BU)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 (BV)proud one,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
(BW)for your day has come,
the time when I will punish you.
32 (BX)The proud one shall stumble and fall,
with none to raise him up,
(BY)and I will kindle a fire in his cities,
and it will devour all that is around him.
33 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (BZ)The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; (CA)they refuse to let them go. 34 (CB)Their Redeemer is strong; (CC)the Lord of hosts is his name. (CD)He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 “A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
and against (CE)her officials and her (CF)wise men!
36 A sword against the diviners,
that they may become fools!
A sword against her (CG)warriors,
that they may be destroyed!
37 A sword against her horses and against her chariots,
and against all (CH)the foreign troops in her midst,
that (CI)they may become women!
(CJ)A sword against all her treasures,
that they may be plundered!
38 (CK)A drought against her waters,
that they may be dried up!
(CL)For it is a land of images,
and they are mad over idols.
39 (CM)“Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon,[d] and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations. 40 (CN)As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, (CO)so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.
41 (CP)“Behold, a people comes from the north;
a mighty nation and many kings
are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
42 They lay hold of bow and spear;
they are cruel and have no mercy.
The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea;
they ride on horses,
arrayed as a man for battle
against you, O daughter of Babylon!
43 “The king of Babylon heard the report of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain as of a woman in labor.
44 (CQ)“Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd (CR)can stand before me? 45 Therefore hear (CS)the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, (CT)and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: (CU)Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 46 (CV)At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations.”
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)
- Jeremiah 50:39 Hebrew lacks in Babylon
Jeremia 50
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Jeremia 50
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Profetia om Babel
50 Detta är det ord som Herren talade om Babel, om kaldeernas land, genom profeten Jeremia:
2 Förkunna bland hednafolken,
ge det till känna, res upp ett baner,
kungör och dölj det inte.
Säg: Babel är intaget,
Bel har kommit på skam,
Merodak är krossad.
Dess avgudabilder har kommit på skam,
dess avgudar är krossade.
3 Ty ett folk drar upp mot det norrifrån.
Det skall göra dess land till en ödemark,
så att ingen kan bo i det.
Både människor och djur skall fly.
4 I de dagarna och på den tiden, säger Herren,
skall Israels barn komma tillsammans med Juda barn.
Under gråt skall de gå
och Herren, sin Gud, skall de söka.
5 De skall fråga efter Sion
och vända sig hitåt:
"Kom! Låt oss hålla fast vid Herren
i ett evigt förbund, som aldrig skall glömmas."
6 Mitt folk var förlorade får.
Deras herdar förde dem vilse
och lät dem irra omkring på bergen.
De strövade från berg till höjd
och glömde sin viloplats.
7 Alla som träffade på dem slukade dem,
och deras motståndare sade:
"Vi är utan skuld."
Det skedde därför att de hade syndat mot Herren,
rättfärdighetens boning,
mot Herren, deras fäders hopp.
8 Fly ut ur Babel,
drag bort från kaldeernas land,
och var som bockar framför hjorden.
9 Ty se, jag skall uppväcka från nordlandet
en mängd stora hednafolk
och föra dem upp mot Babel.
De skall rusta sig till strid mot det,
från det hållet skall det erövras.
Deras pilar skall vara som en framgångsrik hjältes,
som inte vänder tillbaka tomhänt.
10 Kaldeen skall plundras.
Plundrarna skall alla få nog, säger Herren.
11 Ty ni gladde er och jublade,
när ni skövlade min arvedel.
Ni hoppade som kvigor på tröskplatsen
och frustade som hingstar.
12 Er mor skall ändå fullständigt komma på skam,
ja, hon som har fött er skall få skämmas.
Se, sist av hednafolken skall hon bli en ödemark,
ett torrt land och en öken!
13 På grund av Herrens vrede måste det ligga obebott
och helt och hållet vara en ödemark.
Var och en som går förbi Babel skall häpna och vissla
vid tanken på alla dess plågor.
14 Rusta er till strid mot Babel från alla sidor,
ni som spänner båge.
Skjut på henne, spar inte på pilarna,
ty mot Herren har hon syndat.
15 Höj segerrop över henne från alla håll:
"Hon har tvingats ge upp.
Hennes stöd har fallit,
hennes murar är nerrivna!"
Detta är Herrens hämnd.
Hämnas då på henne.
Gör mot henne som hon har gjort.
16 Utrota ur Babel den som sår
och den som i skördens tid brukar lien.
Undan det härjande svärdet
skall var och en vända om till sitt folk
och var och en fly hem till sitt land.
17 Israel är ett vilsekommet får
som jagats av lejon.
Först slukade kungen i Assyrien det, och till slut har Nebukadressar, kungen i Babel, gnagt dess ben. 18 Därför säger Herren Sebaot, Israels Gud, så: Se, jag skall straffa kungen i Babel och hans land, liksom jag har straffat kungen i Assyrien. 19 Jag skall föra Israel tillbaka till hans betesmarker, och han skall få gå i bet på Karmel och i Basan. På Efraims berg och i Gilead skall han få äta sig mätt.
20 I de dagarna och på den tiden, säger Herren,
skall man söka efter Israels missgärning
och den skall inte mer vara till,
efter Juda synder och de skall inte mer finnas.
Ty jag skall förlåta dem som jag låter leva kvar.
21 Drag ut mot Meratajims land och mot invånarna i Pekod.[a]
Förgör dem och ge dem till spillo, säger Herren,
och gör i allt som jag har befallt dig.
22 Det är stridslarm och stor förödelse i landet.
23 Hur sönderbruten och krossad är den inte,
den hammare som slog hela jorden!
Hur har inte Babel kommit hednafolken att häpna!
24 Jag lade ut en snara för dig, Babel,
och du blev fångad innan du visste om det.
Du ertappades och greps,
ty det var mot Herren du hade givit dig i strid.
25 Herren öppnade sitt vapenförråd
och tog fram sin vredes vapen.
Ty ett verk hade Herren, Herren Sebaot,
att utföra i kaldeernas land.
26 Ryck fram mot det från alla håll,
öppna dess förrådshus,
kasta i en hög vad där finns, som man gör med säd,
och ge det till spillo.
Låt ingenting bli kvar av det.
27 Döda alla dess tjurar, för ner dem till slakt.
Ve dem, ty deras dag har kommit, tiden för deras straff!
28 Lyssna till flyktingarna
som söker rädda sig ut ur Babels land,
för att i Sion förkunna Herrens, vår Guds, hämnd,
hämnden för hans tempel.
29 Kalla samman bågskyttar mot Babel,
alla som kan spänna en båge.
Slå läger runt omkring det, låt ingen komma undan.
Vedergäll det för dess gärningar.
Gör mot det alldeles så som det har gjort.
Ty mot Herren har det handlat övermodigt,
mot Israels Helige.
30 Därför skall dess unga män falla på gatorna,
alla dess stridsmän skall gå under på den dagen,
säger Herren.
31 Se, jag är emot dig, du övermodige,
säger Herren, Herren Sebaot,
ty din dag har kommit,
den tid då jag skall straffa dig.
32 Då skall den övermodige stappla och falla
och ingen skall resa upp honom.
Jag skall tända eld på hans städer
och elden skall förtära allt omkring honom.
33 Så säger Herren Sebaot:
Förtryckta är Israels barn
och Juda barn med dem.
Alla de som har fört dem i fångenskap
håller dem fast
och vägrar att släppa dem.
34 Men deras återlösare är stark,
Herren Sebaot är hans namn.
Han tar sig an deras sak,
och skaffar ro åt jorden
men oro åt Babels invånare.
35 Svärd mot kaldeerna, säger Herren,
mot Babels invånare,
mot dess furstar och vise män!
36 Svärd mot lögnprofeterna,
de skall stå där som dårar.
Svärd mot dess hjältar,
de skall bli förfärade.
37 Svärd mot dess hästar och vagnar,
mot alla främmande folk därinne,
de skall bli som kvinnor.
Svärd mot dess skatter,
så att de rövas bort.
38 Torka skall drabba dess vatten,
de skall torka ut.
Ty det är ett gudabildernas land,
med sina skrämmande avgudar uppför de sig som galna.
39 Därför skall schakaler bo där
tillsammans med andra ökendjur.
Strutsar skall där ha sin boning.
Aldrig mer skall någon människa bo där,
från släkte till släkte skall det vara obebott.
40 Liksom när Sodom och Gomorra med sina grannstäder
ödelades av Gud,
säger Herren,
så skall ingen bo där,
ingen människa mer vistas där.
41 Se, ett folk kommer norrifrån,
ett stort hednafolk,
många kungar reser sig
från jordens yttersta ände.
42 De har båge och lans,
de är grymma och utan förbarmande.
Larmet från dem är som havets dån,
på hästar rider de fram,
rustade som kämpar till strid
mot dig, du dotter Babel.
43 När kungen i Babel hör ryktet om dem
sjunker hans händer ner.
Ängslan griper honom,
ångest som hos en barnaföderska.
44 Se, likt ett lejon skall han dra upp från Jordanbygdens täta snår till frodiga betesmarker. Ja, på ett ögonblick skall jag jaga bort dem därifrån. Och den som är utvald skall jag sätta över dem. Ty vem är min like och vem kan ställa mig till svars? Eller vem är den herde som kan stå mig emot? 45 Hör därför vad Herren har beslutat om Babel, och de tankar som han tänkt om kaldeernas land.
Även de minsta i hjorden skall släpas bort,
och deras betesmark skall häpna över dem.
46 Vid ropet: "Babel är intaget!"
skall jorden bäva och ett skriande höras bland hednafolken.
Footnotes
- Jeremia 50:21 Meratajim . . . Pekod Meratajim betyder "tvåfaldig motsträvighet", Pekod betyder "hemsökelse". Här namn på områden i södra och östra Babylonien.
Jeremiah 50
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Jeremiah 50
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A Message About Babylon(A)
50 This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon(B) and the land of the Babylonians[a]:
2 “Announce and proclaim(C) among the nations,
lift up a banner(D) and proclaim it;
keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;(E)
Bel(F) will be put to shame,(G)
Marduk(H) filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
and her idols(I) filled with terror.’
3 A nation from the north(J) will attack her
and lay waste her land.
No one will live(K) in it;
both people and animals(L) will flee away.
4 “In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(M)
will go in tears(N) to seek(O) the Lord their God.
5 They will ask the way(P) to Zion
and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(Q) and bind themselves to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant(R)
that will not be forgotten.
6 “My people have been lost sheep;(S)
their shepherds(T) have led them astray(U)
and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill(V)
and forgot their own resting place.(W)
7 Whoever found them devoured(X) them;
their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,(Y)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
the Lord, the hope(Z) of their ancestors.’
8 “Flee(AA) out of Babylon;(AB)
leave the land of the Babylonians,
and be like the goats that lead the flock.
9 For I will stir(AC) up and bring against Babylon
an alliance of great nations(AD) from the land of the north.(AE)
They will take up their positions against her,
and from the north she will be captured.(AF)
Their arrows(AG) will be like skilled warriors
who do not return empty-handed.
10 So Babylonia[b] will be plundered;(AH)
all who plunder her will have their fill,”
declares the Lord.
11 “Because you rejoice and are glad,
you who pillage my inheritance,(AI)
because you frolic like a heifer(AJ) threshing grain
and neigh like stallions,
12 your mother will be greatly ashamed;
she who gave you birth will be disgraced.(AK)
She will be the least of the nations—
a wilderness, a dry land, a desert.(AL)
13 Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited
but will be completely desolate.(AM)
All who pass Babylon will be appalled;(AN)
they will scoff(AO) because of all her wounds.(AP)
14 “Take up your positions around Babylon,
all you who draw the bow.(AQ)
Shoot at her! Spare no arrows,(AR)
for she has sinned against the Lord.
15 Shout(AS) against her on every side!
She surrenders, her towers fall,
her walls(AT) are torn down.
Since this is the vengeance(AU) of the Lord,
take vengeance on her;
do to her(AV) as she has done to others.(AW)
16 Cut off from Babylon the sower,
and the reaper with his sickle at harvest.
Because of the sword(AX) of the oppressor
let everyone return to their own people,(AY)
let everyone flee to their own land.(AZ)
17 “Israel is a scattered flock(BA)
that lions(BB) have chased away.
The first to devour(BC) them
was the king(BD) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones(BE)
was Nebuchadnezzar(BF) king(BG) 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(BH) of Assyria.(BI)
19 But I will bring(BJ) Israel back to their own pasture,
and they will graze on Carmel and Bashan;
their appetite will be satisfied(BK)
on the hills(BL) of Ephraim and Gilead.(BM)
20 In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“search will be made for Israel’s guilt,
but there will be none,(BN)
and for the sins(BO) of Judah,
but none will be found,
for I will forgive(BP) the remnant(BQ) I spare.
21 “Attack the land of Merathaim
and those who live in Pekod.(BR)
Pursue, kill and completely destroy[c] them,”
declares the Lord.
“Do everything I have commanded you.
22 The noise(BS) of battle is in the land,
the noise of great destruction!
23 How broken and shattered
is the hammer(BT) of the whole earth!(BU)
How desolate(BV) is Babylon
among the nations!
24 I set a trap(BW) for you, Babylon,
and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured(BX)
because you opposed(BY) the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened his arsenal
and brought out the weapons(BZ) of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
in the land of the Babylonians.(CA)
26 Come against her from afar.(CB)
Break open her granaries;
pile her up like heaps of grain.(CC)
Completely destroy(CD) her
and leave her no remnant.
27 Kill all her young bulls;(CE)
let them go down to the slaughter!(CF)
Woe to them! For their day(CG) has come,
the time(CH) for them to be punished.
28 Listen to the fugitives(CI) and refugees from Babylon
declaring in Zion(CJ)
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance,(CK)
vengeance for his temple.(CL)
29 “Summon archers against Babylon,
all those who draw the bow.(CM)
Encamp all around her;
let no one escape.(CN)
Repay(CO) her for her deeds;(CP)
do to her as she has done.
For she has defied(CQ) the Lord,
the Holy One(CR) of Israel.
30 Therefore, her young men(CS) will fall in the streets;
all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”
declares the Lord.
31 “See, I am against(CT) you, you arrogant one,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
“for your day(CU) has come,
the time for you to be punished.
32 The arrogant(CV) one will stumble and fall(CW)
and no one will help her up;(CX)
I will kindle a fire(CY) 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,(CZ)
and the people of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast,
refusing to let them go.(DA)
34 Yet their Redeemer(DB) is strong;
the Lord Almighty(DC) is his name.
He will vigorously defend their cause(DD)
so that he may bring rest(DE) to their land,
but unrest to those who live in Babylon.
35 “A sword(DF) against the Babylonians!”(DG)
declares the Lord—
“against those who live in Babylon
and against her officials and wise(DH) men!
36 A sword against her false prophets!
They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!(DI)
They will be filled with terror.(DJ)
37 A sword against her horses and chariots(DK)
and all the foreigners in her ranks!
They will become weaklings.(DL)
A sword against her treasures!(DM)
They will be plundered.
38 A drought on[d] her waters!(DN)
They will dry(DO) up.
For it is a land of idols,(DP)
idols that will go mad with terror.
39 “So desert creatures(DQ) and hyenas will live there,
and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in from generation to generation.(DR)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah(DS)
along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
no people will dwell in it.(DT)
41 “Look! An army is coming from the north;(DU)
a great nation and many kings
are being stirred(DV) up from the ends of the earth.(DW)
42 They are armed with bows(DX) and spears;
they are cruel(DY) and without mercy.(DZ)
They sound like the roaring sea(EA)
as they ride on their horses;
they come like men in battle formation
to attack you, Daughter Babylon.(EB)
43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands hang limp.(EC)
Anguish has gripped him,
pain like that of a woman in labor.(ED)
44 Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets(EE)
to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen(EF) one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?(EG)
And what shepherd can stand against me?”
45 Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Babylon,
what he has purposed(EH) against the land of the Babylonians:(EI)
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;(EJ)
its cry(EK) will resound among the nations.
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
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