Jeremiah 50:35-40
New King James Version
35 “A sword is against the Chaldeans,” says the Lord,
“Against the inhabitants of Babylon,
And (A)against her princes and (B)her wise men.
36 A sword is (C)against the soothsayers, and they will be fools.
A sword is against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
37 A sword is against their horses,
Against their chariots,
And against all (D)the mixed peoples who are in her midst;
And (E)they will become like women.
A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.
38 (F)A [a]drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up.
For it is the land of carved images,
And they are insane with their idols.
39 “Therefore(G) the wild desert beasts shall dwell there with the jackals,
And the ostriches shall dwell in it.
(H)It shall be inhabited no more forever,
Nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
40 (I)As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“So no one shall reside there,
Nor son of man (J)dwell in it.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:38 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; Syr. sword; LXX omits A drought is
Jeremiah 50:35-40
Authorized (King James) Version
35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
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