Jeremiah 50:4-10
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 “In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “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)the Lord their God they will seek. 5 They will (D)ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces [a]in its direction; [b]they [c]will come that they may join themselves to the Lord 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 aside on the (H)mountains;
They have gone along from mountain to hill
And have forgotten their (I)resting place.
7 “All who came upon them have devoured them;
And their adversaries have said, ‘(J)We are not guilty,
Inasmuch as they have sinned against the Lord who is the (K)habitation of righteousness,
Even the Lord, the (L)hope of their fathers.’
8 “Wander away from the (M)midst of Babylon
And [d]go forth from the land of the Chaldeans;
Be also like male goats [e]at the head of the flock.
9 “For behold, I am going to (N)arouse and bring up against Babylon
A horde of great nations from the land of the north,
And they will draw up their battle lines against her;
From there she will be taken captive.
Their arrows will be like [f]an expert warrior
Who does not return empty-handed.
10 “[g](O)Chaldea will become plunder;
All who plunder her will have enough,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:5 Lit hither
- Jeremiah 50:5 M.T. reads come ye!
- Jeremiah 50:5 Or will have come
- Jeremiah 50:8 Another reading is let them go forth
- Jeremiah 50:8 Or in front of
- Jeremiah 50:9 So some mss and versions; M.T. reads a warrior who makes childless
- Jeremiah 50:10 Or the Chaldeans
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