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Jeremiah 51:24-44
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Jeremiah 51:24-44
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24 “Before your eyes I will repay(A) Babylon(B) and all who live in Babylonia[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.
25 “I am against(C) you, you destroying mountain,
you who destroy the whole earth,”(D)
declares the Lord.
“I will stretch out my hand(E) against you,
roll you off the cliffs,
and make you a burned-out mountain.(F)
26 No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone,
nor any stone for a foundation,
for you will be desolate(G) forever,”
declares the Lord.
27 “Lift up a banner(H) in the land!
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
summon against her these kingdoms:(I)
Ararat,(J) Minni and Ashkenaz.(K)
Appoint a commander against her;
send up horses like a swarm of locusts.(L)
28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—
the kings of the Medes,(M)
their governors and all their officials,
and all the countries they rule.(N)
29 The land trembles(O) and writhes,
for the Lord’s purposes(P) against Babylon stand—
to lay waste(Q) the land of Babylon
so that no one will live there.(R)
30 Babylon’s warriors(S) have stopped fighting;
they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
they have become weaklings.(T)
Her dwellings are set on fire;(U)
the bars(V) of her gates are broken.
31 One courier(W) follows another
and messenger follows messenger
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his entire city is captured,(X)
32 the river crossings seized,
the marshes set on fire,(Y)
and the soldiers terrified.(Z)”
33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“Daughter Babylon(AA) is like a threshing floor(AB)
at the time it is trampled;
the time to harvest(AC) her will soon come.(AD)”
34 “Nebuchadnezzar(AE) king of Babylon has devoured(AF) us,(AG)
he has thrown us into confusion,
he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
and then has spewed(AH) us out.
35 May the violence(AI) done to our flesh[b] be on Babylon,”
say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
says Jerusalem.(AJ)
36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“See, I will defend your cause(AK)
and avenge(AL) you;
I will dry up(AM) her sea
and make her springs dry.
37 Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
a haunt(AN) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,(AO)
a place where no one lives.(AP)
38 Her people all roar like young lions,(AQ)
they growl like lion cubs.
39 But while they are aroused,
I will set out a feast for them
and make them drunk,(AR)
so that they shout with laughter—
then sleep forever(AS) and not awake,”
declares the Lord.(AT)
40 “I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.(AU)
41 “How Sheshak[c](AV) will be captured,(AW)
the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate(AX) Babylon will be
among the nations!
42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves(AY) will cover her.
43 Her towns will be desolate,
a dry and desert(AZ) land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels.(BA)
44 I will punish Bel(BB) in Babylon
and make him spew out(BC) what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
And the wall(BD) of Babylon will fall.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35
- Jeremiah 51:35 Or done to us and to our children
- Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:24-44
King James Version
Jeremiah 51:24-44
King James Version
24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.
25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord.
27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
36 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
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Hebrews 13:1-16
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Hebrews 13:1-16
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Concluding Exhortations
13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(A) 2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(B) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(C) 3 Continue to remember those in prison(D) as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
4 Marriage should be honored by all,(E) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(F) 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money(G) and be content with what you have,(H) because God has said,
6 So we say with confidence,
7 Remember your leaders,(K) who spoke the word of God(L) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate(M) their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(N)
9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(O) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(P) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(Q) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(R) 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle(S) have no right to eat.(T)
11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,(U) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.(V) 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate(W) to make the people holy(X) through his own blood.(Y) 13 Let us, then, go to him(Z) outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.(AA) 14 For here we do not have an enduring city,(AB) but we are looking for the city that is to come.(AC)
15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(AD) of praise—the fruit of lips(AE) that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others,(AF) for with such sacrifices(AG) God is pleased.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
- Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7
Hebrews 13:1-16
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Hebrews 13:1-16
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13 Let brotherly love continue.
2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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