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
Lexham English Bible
51 We are ashamed,
for we have heard taunts,[a]
disgrace covers our faces,
for strangers have come to the holy places of the house of Yahweh.
52 “Therefore[b] look, days are coming,” declares[c] Yahweh,
“and I will punish her images,
and the fatally wounded will sigh through all her land.
53 Though Babylon goes up to the heavens,
and though she fortifies the high place of her strength,
from me destroyers will come to her,” declares[d] Yahweh.
54 The sound of a cry for help from Babylon,
and a great collapse from the land of the Chaldeans.
55 For Yahweh is devastating Babylon,
and he obliterates her loud noise[e] from her.
Their waves roar like mighty waters,
the roar of their voices[f] resounds.
56 For a destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
and her warriors are captured.
Their bows are broken;
for Yahweh is a God of recompense,
certainly he will repay.
57 “And I will make drunk her officials, and her wise men,
her governors, and her officials, and her warriors,
and they will sleep an everlasting sleep,[g]
and they will not wake up,”
declares[h] the King, Yahweh of hosts is his name.
58 Thus says Yahweh of hosts:
“The broad walls of Babylon will be utterly demolished,
and her high gates will burn with fire,
and the peoples will labor for nothing,[i]
and the nations for fire,[j]
and they will grow weary.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:51 Hebrew “taunt”
- Jeremiah 51:52 Literally “To thus”
- Jeremiah 51:52 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 51:53 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 51:55 Or “voice”
- Jeremiah 51:55 Hebrew “voice”
- Jeremiah 51:57 Literally “a sleep of eternity”
- Jeremiah 51:57 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 51:58 Literally “for enough of empty”
- Jeremiah 51:58 Literally “for enough of fire”
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