Jeremiah 51:51-58
New Living Translation
51 “We are ashamed,” the people say.
“We are insulted and disgraced
because the Lord’s Temple
has been defiled by foreigners.”
52 “Yes,” says the Lord, “but the time is coming
when I will destroy Babylon’s idols.
The groans of her wounded people
will be heard throughout the land.
53 Though Babylon reaches as high as the heavens
and makes her fortifications incredibly strong,
I will still send enemies to plunder her.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Babylon’s Complete Destruction
54 “Listen! Hear the cry of Babylon,
the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.
55 For the Lord is destroying Babylon.
He will silence her loud voice.
Waves of enemies pound against her;
the noise of battle rings through the city.
56 Destroying armies come against Babylon.
Her mighty men are captured,
and their weapons break in their hands.
For the Lord is a God who gives just punishment;
he always repays in full.
57 I will make her officials and wise men drunk,
along with her captains, officers, and warriors.
They will fall asleep
and never wake up again!”
says the King, whose name is
the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
58 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
“The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground,
and her massive gates will be burned.
The builders from many lands have worked in vain,
for their work will be destroyed by fire!”
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.”
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
