Jeremiah 51:1-5
Revised Standard Version
51 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer
against Babylon,
against the inhabitants of Chalde′a;[a]
2 and I will send to Babylon winnowers,
and they shall winnow her,
and they shall empty her land,
when they come against her from every side
on the day of trouble.
3 Let not the archer bend his bow,
and let him not stand up in his coat of mail.
Spare not her young men;
utterly destroy all her host.
4 They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chalde′ans,
and wounded in her streets.
5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
by their God, the Lord of hosts;
but the land of the Chalde′ans[b] is full of guilt
against the Holy One of Israel.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:1 Heb Leb-qamai, a cipher for Chaldea
- Jeremiah 51:5 Heb their land
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