Jeremiah 51:27-33
New American Standard Bible
27 (A)Lift up a signal flag in the land,
Blow a trumpet among the nations!
Consecrate the nations against her,
Summon against her the (B)kingdoms of (C)Ararat, Minni, and (D)Ashkenaz;
Appoint an officer against her,
Bring up the (E)horses like bristly locusts.
28 Consecrate the nations against her,
The kings of the Medes,
[a]Their governors and all [b]their officials,
And every land [c]under their control.
29 So the (F)land quakes and writhes,
For the plans of the Lord against Babylon stand,
To make the land of Babylon
[d]A (G)desolation without inhabitants.
30 The (H)warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They stay in the strongholds;
(I)Their strength is [e]exhausted,
They are becoming (J)like women;
Their homes are set on fire,
The (K)bars of her gates are broken.
31 One [f](L)courier runs to meet [g]another,
And one [h](M)messenger to meet [i]another,
To tell the king of Babylon
That his city has been captured from end to end;
32 The river crossing places have been seized,
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
33 For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says:
“The daughter of Babylon is like a (N)threshing floor
At the time that [j]it is tread down;
In just a little while the time of (O)harvest will come for her.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:28 Lit her
- Jeremiah 51:28 Lit her
- Jeremiah 51:28 Lit of his dominion
- Jeremiah 51:29 Or An object of horror
- Jeremiah 51:30 Lit dried up
- Jeremiah 51:31 Lit runner
- Jeremiah 51:31 Lit runner
- Jeremiah 51:31 Lit announcer
- Jeremiah 51:31 Lit announcer
- Jeremiah 51:33 Lit of treading it
Jeremiah 51:27-33
Lexham English Bible
27 Raise a banner in the land;
blow a horn among the nations;
prepare for holy war against her;
summon the nations against her,
the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;
summon against her an official;
bring up horses[a] like bristling creeping locusts.[b]
28 Prepare the nations for holy war against her,
the kings of the Medes,
with their governors and all their officials,
and every land of their dominion.
29 And the land quakes and writhes,
for the plans of Yahweh against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon as a horror,
without[c] inhabitant.
30 The warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight,
they remain in the strongholds,
their power has dried up,
they have become as women.
Her dwelling places are set on fire,
her bars are broken.
31 one runner runs to meet another runner,
and one messenger to meet another messenger,
to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured,
from end to end.[d]
32 And the fords have been seized,
and the reed marshes have been burned with fire,
and the soldiers[e] are horrified.
33 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel,
“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor
at the time it is trodden down,
just a little while[f]
and the time of the harvest will come for her.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:27 Hebrew “horse”
- Jeremiah 51:27 Hebrew “locust”
- Jeremiah 51:29 Literally “from there is not”
- Jeremiah 51:31 Literally “from end”
- Jeremiah 51:32 Literally “the men of the war”
- Jeremiah 51:33 Literally “still a little”
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