Jeremiah 50:35-40
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35 A sword against the Chaldeans, says the Lord,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon
and against her officials and her sages!(A)
36 A sword against the diviners,
so that they may become fools!
A sword against her warriors,
so that they may be dismayed!(B)
37 A sword against her[a] horses and against her[b] chariots
and against all the foreign troops in her midst,
so that they may become women!
A sword against her treasures,
that they may be plundered!(C)
38 A drought against her waters,
that they may be dried up!
For it is a land of images,
and they go mad over idols.(D)
39 Therefore wild animals shall live with hyenas in Babylon,[c] and ostriches shall inhabit her; she shall never again be peopled or inhabited for all generations.(E) 40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says the Lord, so no one shall live there, nor shall anyone settle in her.(F)
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Jeremiah 50:35-40
Lexham English Bible
35 A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares[a] Yahweh,
“and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
and against her officials,
and against her wise men.
36 A sword against the oracle priests,
and they will become foolish.
A sword against her warriors,
and they will be filled with terror.
37 A sword against his horses,
and against his chariots,[b]
and against all the foreign troops who are in the midst of her,
so that they may become as women.
A sword against her treasures,
so that they may be plundered.
38 A drought will come against her waters,
and they will dry up,
for it is a land of images,
and because of the frightful objects, they act like madmen.
39 Therefore[c] desert creatures will live there[d] with jackals,
and daughters of ostriches[e] will inhabit her.
And she will not be inhabited again forever,[f]
and she will not be dwelt in for all generations.[g]
40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighbors,” declares[h] Yahweh,
“no one will live there,
and the son of humankind will not dwell as an alien in her.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:35 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 50:37 Hebrew “chariot”
- Jeremiah 50:39 Literally “To thus”
- Jeremiah 50:39 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Jeremiah 50:39 Hebrew “ostrich”
- Jeremiah 50:39 Literally “to eternity”
- Jeremiah 50:39 Literally “until generation and generation”
- Jeremiah 50:40 Literally “a declaration of”
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