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Jeremiah 51:36-44
New International Version
Jeremiah 51:36-44
New International Version
36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“See, I will defend your cause(A)
and avenge(B) you;
I will dry up(C) her sea
and make her springs dry.
37 Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
a haunt(D) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,(E)
a place where no one lives.(F)
38 Her people all roar like young lions,(G)
they growl like lion cubs.
39 But while they are aroused,
I will set out a feast for them
and make them drunk,(H)
so that they shout with laughter—
then sleep forever(I) and not awake,”
declares the Lord.(J)
40 “I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.(K)
41 “How Sheshak[a](L) will be captured,(M)
the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate(N) Babylon will be
among the nations!
42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves(O) will cover her.
43 Her towns will be desolate,
a dry and desert(P) land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels.(Q)
44 I will punish Bel(R) in Babylon
and make him spew out(S) what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
And the wall(T) of Babylon will fall.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:36-44
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:36-44
English Standard Version
36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (A)I will plead your cause
and take vengeance for you.
(B)I will dry up her sea
and (C)make her fountain dry,
37 and Babylon shall become (D)a heap of ruins,
(E)the haunt of jackals,
(F)a horror (G)and a hissing,
without inhabitant.
38 (H)“They shall roar together (I)like lions;
they shall growl like lions' cubs.
39 (J)While they are inflamed (K)I will prepare them a feast
and (L)make them drunk, that they may become merry,
(M)then sleep a perpetual sleep
and not wake, declares the Lord.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and male goats.
41 “How (N)Babylon[a] is taken,
(O)the praise of the whole earth (P)seized!
How Babylon has become
a horror among the nations!
42 (Q)The sea has come up on Babylon;
she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
43 Her cities have become a horror,
(R)a land of drought and a desert,
(S)a land in which no one dwells,
and through which no son of man passes.
44 And I will punish (T)Bel in Babylon,
and (U)take out of his mouth (V)what he has swallowed.
(W)The nations shall no longer flow to him;
(X)the wall of Babylon has fallen.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon
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