Jeremiah 51:36-44
Legacy Standard Bible
36 Therefore thus says Yahweh,
“Behold, I am going to (A)plead your case
And (B)exact full vengeance for you;
And (C)I will dry up her [a]sea
And make her fountain dry.
37 (D)Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals,
An (E)object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
38 They will roar together like (F)young lions;
They will growl like lions’ cubs.
39 When they become heated up, I will set before them their feast
And (G)make them drunk, that they may exult
And may (H)sleep a perpetual sleep
And not wake up,” declares Yahweh.
40 “I will bring them down like [b]lambs (I)to the slaughter,
Like rams together with male goats.
41 “How [c](J)Sheshak has been captured,
And (K)the praise of the whole earth been seized!
How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!
42 The [d](L)sea has come up over Babylon;
She has been covered with its tumultuous waves.
43 Her cities have become an (M)object of horror,
A parched land, and a desert,
A land in which (N)no man lives
And through which no son of man passes.
44 (O)I will punish Bel in Babylon,
And I will make what he has swallowed (P)come out of his mouth;
And the nations will no longer (Q)stream to him.
Even the (R)wall of Babylon has fallen down!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:36 Or broad river
- Jeremiah 51:40 Or young rams
- Jeremiah 51:41 Cryptic name for Babylon
- Jeremiah 51:42 Or broad river
Jeremiah 51:36-44
New King James Version
36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (A)I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
(B)I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
37 (C)Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
(D)An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
38 They shall roar together like lions,
They shall growl like lions’ whelps.
39 In their excitement I will prepare their feasts;
(E)I will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the Lord.
40 “I will bring them down
Like lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams with male goats.
41 “Oh, how (F)Sheshach[a] is taken!
Oh, how (G)the praise of the whole earth is seized!
How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!
42 (H)The sea has come up over Babylon;
She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
43 (I)Her cities are a desolation,
A dry land and a wilderness,
A land where (J)no one dwells,
Through which no son of man passes.
44 I will punish (K)Bel[b] in Babylon,
And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed;
And the nations shall not stream to him anymore.
Yes, (L)the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 A code word for Babylon, Jer. 25:26
- Jeremiah 51:44 A Babylonian god
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