Jeremiah 50:4-10
Legacy Standard Bible
4 “In those days and at that time,” declares Yahweh, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah (A)as well; they will go along (B)weeping as they go, and it will be (C)Yahweh their God they will seek. 5 They will (D)ask for the way to Zion—turning their faces [a]in its direction and saying, ‘[b]Come!’—in order that they may join themselves to Yahweh in an (E)everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.
6 “My people have become (F)lost sheep;
(G)Their shepherds have led them astray.
They have made them turn away on the (H)mountains;
They have gone along from mountain to hill
And have forgotten their (I)resting place.
7 All who came out against them have devoured them;
And their adversaries have said, ‘(J)We are not guilty,
Inasmuch as they have sinned against Yahweh, who is the (K)abode of righteousness,
Even Yahweh, the (L)hope of their fathers.’
8 “Wander away from the (M)midst of Babylon
And [c]go forth from the land of the Chaldeans;
Be also like male goats [d]at the head of the flock.
9 For behold, I am going to (N)arouse and bring up against Babylon
An assembly of great nations from the land of the north,
And they will arrange their battle lines against her;
From there she will be taken captive.
Their arrows will be like [e]a warrior who makes one childless
Who does not return empty-handed.
10 [f](O)Chaldea will become spoil;
All who take her spoil will have enough,” declares Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:5 Lit hither
- Jeremiah 50:5 Gr they will come and join themselves
- Jeremiah 50:8 Or let them go forth
- Jeremiah 50:8 Or in front of
- Jeremiah 50:9 Some mss and versions an expert warrior
- Jeremiah 50:10 Or The Chaldeans
Jeremiah 50:4-10
Common English Bible
4 In those days and at that time,
declares the Lord,
the people of Israel and Judah
will come out of Babylon[a] together;
with weeping they will leave
as they seek the Lord their God.
5 They will search for Zion,
turning their faces toward it.
They will come[b] and
unite with the Lord,
in an everlasting covenant
that will never be forgotten.
6 My people were lost sheep;
their shepherds led them astray;
they deserted them on the mountains,
where they wandered off among the hills,
forgetting their resting place.
7 All who found them devoured them;
and their attackers said,
“It’s not our fault,
because they have sinned against the Lord,
the true pasture,[c]
the hope of their ancestors—the Lord.”
8 Now wander far from Babylon.
Get out of that country.
Like rams of the flock,
lead the way home.
9 I’m stirring up against Babylon
a coalition of mighty nations.
It will mobilize in the north,
and from there she will be captured.
Their arrows are like those of an expert archer
who does not return empty-handed.
10 Babylon will be defeated;
its attackers will carry off all that they want,
declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:4 Heb lacks of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 50:5 Heb uncertain
- Jeremiah 50:7 Or righteous dwelling place
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