Jeremiah 50:4-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the people of Israel shall come, they and the people of Judah together; they shall come weeping as they seek the Lord their God.(A) 5 They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, and they shall come and join themselves to the Lord by an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
6 My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their fold.(B) 7 All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, “We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the Lord, the true pasture, the Lord, the hope of their ancestors.”(C)
8 Flee from Babylon, and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be like male goats leading the flock.(D) 9 For I am going to stir up and bring against Babylon a company of great nations from the land of the north, and they shall array themselves against her; from there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like the arrows of a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.(E) 10 Chaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated, says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 50:4-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 In those days and at that time—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
the Israelites and Judeans will come together,
weeping as they come,
and will seek the Lord their God.(A)
5 They will ask about Zion,
turning their faces to this road.
They will come and join themselves[a] to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant(B) that will never be forgotten.
6 My people are lost sheep;(C)
their shepherds have led them astray,
guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.(D)
They have wandered from mountain to hill;
they have forgotten their resting place.
7 All who found them devoured them.
Their adversaries said, “We’re not guilty;
instead, they have sinned against the Lord,
their righteous grazing land,(E)
the hope of their ancestors,(F) the Lord.”
8 Escape from Babylon;(G)
depart from the Chaldeans’ land.
Be like the rams that lead the flock.
9 For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon
an assembly of great nations from the north country.
They will line up in battle formation against her;
from there she will be captured.
Their arrows will be like those of a skilled[b] warrior
who does not return empty-handed.
10 The Chaldeans will become plunder;
all Babylon’s plunderers will be fully satisfied.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:5 LXX; MT reads Come and join yourselves
- Jeremiah 50:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read bereaving
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