Jeremiah 50:35-40
New Living Translation
35 “The sword of destruction will strike the Babylonians,”
says the Lord.
“It will strike the people of Babylon—
her officials and wise men, too.
36 The sword will strike her wise counselors,
and they will become fools.
The sword will strike her mightiest warriors,
and panic will seize them.
37 The sword will strike her horses and chariots
and her allies from other lands,
and they will all become like women.
The sword will strike her treasures,
and they all will be plundered.
38 A drought[a] will strike her water supply,
causing it to dry up.
And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols,
and the people are madly in love with them.
39 “Soon Babylon will be inhabited by desert animals and hyenas.
It will be a home for owls.
Never again will people live there;
it will lie desolate forever.
40 I will destroy it as I[b] destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns,” says the Lord.
“No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.
Jeremiah 50:35-40
International Standard Version
35 A sword against the Chaldeans,”
declares the Lord,
“and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
against her officials and her wise men.
36 A sword against the diviners.[a]
They’ll be made fools.
A sword against her warriors.
They’ll be shattered.
37 A sword against her horses, against her chariots,[b]
and against all the foreign troops[c] in her midst.
They’ll become women.
A sword against her treasures.
They’ll be plundered.
38 A drought against her waters.
They’ll dry up.
For it’s a land of idols,
and they go mad over their terrifying images.
39 Therefore the desert creatures
along with hyenas will live there.
They’ll live in it with ostriches,
but people won’t live in it again.
They won’t inhabit it from generation to generation.
40 Just as when God overthrew Sodom,
Gomorrah, and their neighbors,”
declares the Lord,
“so also no one will live there.
No human being will reside in it.
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 50:36 Lit. empty talkers; a pun on the Babylonian word for these priests
- Jeremiah 50:37 Lit. against his horses, against his chariots
- Jeremiah 50:37 Lit. mixed peoples
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