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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
New Living Translation
Jeremiah 51:36-44
New Living Translation
The Lord’s Vengeance on Babylon
36 This is what the Lord says to Jerusalem:
“I will be your lawyer to plead your case,
and I will avenge you.
I will dry up her river,
as well as her springs,
37 and Babylon will become a heap of ruins,
haunted by jackals.
She will be an object of horror and contempt,
a place where no one lives.
38 Her people will roar together like strong lions.
They will growl like lion cubs.
39 And while they lie inflamed with all their wine,
I will prepare a different kind of feast for them.
I will make them drink until they fall asleep,
and they will never wake up again,”
says the Lord.
40 “I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats to be sacrificed.
41 “How Babylon[a] is fallen—
great Babylon, praised throughout the earth!
Now she has become an object of horror
among the nations.
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
she is covered by its crashing waves.
43 Her cities now lie in ruins;
she is a dry wasteland
where no one lives or even passes by.
44 And I will punish Bel, the god of Babylon,
and make him vomit up all he has eaten.
The nations will no longer come and worship him.
The wall of Babylon has fallen!
Footnotes
- 51:41 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon.
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