Prophecies against Babylon

50 This is the word the Lord spoke about Babylon,(A) the land of the Chaldeans, through the prophet Jeremiah:

Announce to the nations;
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;(B)
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say, “Babylon is captured;
Bel(C) is put to shame;
Marduk is terrified.”
Her idols are put to shame;
her false gods, devastated.
For a nation from the north will attack her;(D)
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it—
both people and animals will escape.[a](E)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 50:3 Lit escape; they will walk

Prophecies against Babylon

50 This is[a] the message that the Lord spoke through the prophet Jeremiah about Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans.

“Declare and proclaim among the nations.
    Lift up a banner and proclaim.
Don’t conceal anything.[b]
    Say, ‘Babylon will be captured.
Bel[c] will be disgraced,
    and Marduk will be destroyed.
Her idols will be disgraced,
    and her filthy images will be destroyed.’
For a nation from the north will go up against her.
    It will make her land into an object of horror,
        and no one will live in it.
Both people and animals will wander off,
    and they’ll leave.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:1 The Heb. lacks This is
  2. Jeremiah 50:2 The Heb. lacks anything
  3. Jeremiah 50:2 Bel was another name for Marduk, the sun god of Babylon