Jeremiah 51:51-58
Legacy Standard Bible
51 (A)We are ashamed because we have heard reproach;
Dishonor has covered our faces,
For (B)strangers have entered
The holy places of the house of Yahweh.
52 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh,
“When I will punish her (C)graven images,
And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
53 Though Babylon should (D)ascend to the heavens,
And though she should fortify [a]her lofty stronghold,
From (E)Me destroyers will come to her,” declares Yahweh.
54 The (F)sound of an outcry from Babylon,
And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 For Yahweh is going to destroy Babylon,
And He will make her loud [b]noise [c]vanish from her.
And their (G)waves will roar like many waters;
The rumbling of their voices [d]sounds forth.
56 For the (H)destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men will be captured;
Their (I)bows are shattered;
For Yahweh is a God of (J)recompense,
He will fully repay.
57 “I will (K)make her princes and her wise men drunk,
Her governors, her prefects, and her mighty men,
That they may sleep a (L)perpetual sleep and not wake up,”
(M)Declares the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts.
58 Thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“The broad (N)wall of Babylon will be completely razed,
And her high (O)gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will (P)toil for nothing,
And the nations become (Q)weary only for fire.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:53 Lit the height of her strength
- Jeremiah 51:55 Or voice
- Jeremiah 51:55 Lit perish
- Jeremiah 51:55 Lit is given
Jeremiah 51:51-58
English Standard Version
51 (A)‘We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach;
(B)dishonor has covered our face,
(C)for foreigners have come
into the holy places of the Lord's house.’
52 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
when (D)I will execute judgment upon her images,
(E)and through all her land
the wounded shall groan.
53 Though Babylon should (F)mount up to heaven,
and though she should (G)fortify her strong height,
yet destroyers would come from me against her,
declares the Lord.
54 (H)“A voice! A cry from Babylon!
The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 For the Lord is laying Babylon waste
and stilling her mighty voice.
(I)Their waves roar like many waters;
the noise of their voice is raised,
56 for a destroyer has come upon her,
upon Babylon;
her warriors are taken;
their bows are broken in pieces,
(J)for the Lord is a God of recompense;
he will surely repay.
57 (K)I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
(L)her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
declares (M)the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
58 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
The broad (N)wall of Babylon
shall be leveled to the ground,
(O)and her high gates
shall be burned with fire.
(P)The peoples labor for nothing,
and (Q)the nations weary themselves only for fire.”
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