Jeremiah 50:35-40
Legacy Standard Bible
35 A (A)sword against the Chaldeans,” declares Yahweh,
“And against the inhabitants of Babylon
And against her (B)officials and her (C)wise men!
36 A sword against the (D)oracle priests, and they will become fools!
A sword against her (E)mighty men, and they will be [a](F)shattered!
37 A sword against [b]their (G)horses and against [c]their chariots
And against all the [d](H)foreigners who are in the midst of her,
And they will become (I)women!
A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
38 A [e](J)drought on her waters, and they will be dried up!
For it is a land of (K)graven images,
And they are mad over terrifying idols.
39 “Therefore the (L)desert creatures will live there along with the jackals;
The ostriches also will live in it,
And it will (M)never again be lived in
Or dwelt in from generation to generation.
40 As when God overthrew (N)Sodom
And Gomorrah with its neighbors,” declares Yahweh,
“No man will live there,
Nor will any son of man sojourn in it.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:36 Or dismayed
- Jeremiah 50:37 Lit his
- Jeremiah 50:37 Lit his
- Jeremiah 50:37 Lit mixed multitude
- Jeremiah 50:38 Or sword
Jeremiah 50:35-40
English Standard Version
35 “A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
and against (A)her officials and her (B)wise men!
36 A sword against the diviners,
that they may become fools!
A sword against her (C)warriors,
that they may be destroyed!
37 A sword against her horses and against her chariots,
and against all (D)the foreign troops in her midst,
that (E)they may become women!
(F)A sword against all her treasures,
that they may be plundered!
38 (G)A drought against her waters,
that they may be dried up!
(H)For it is a land of images,
and they are mad over idols.
39 (I)“Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon,[a] and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations. 40 (J)As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, (K)so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.
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- Jeremiah 50:39 Hebrew lacks in Babylon
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