A Message About Babylon(A)

50 This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon(B) and the land of the Babylonians[a]:

“Announce and proclaim(C) among the nations,
    lift up a banner(D) and proclaim it;
    keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;(E)
    Bel(F) will be put to shame,(G)
    Marduk(H) filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
    and her idols(I) filled with terror.’
A nation from the north(J) will attack her
    and lay waste her land.
No one will live(K) in it;
    both people and animals(L) will flee away.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 8, 25, 35 and 45

50 The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

“Declare among the nations and publish,
    and set up a standard;
    publish, and don’t conceal:
say, ‘Babylon has been taken,
    Bel is disappointed,
    Merodach is dismayed!
Her images are disappointed.
    Her idols are dismayed.’
For a nation comes up out of the north against her,
    which will make her land desolate,
    and no one will dwell in it.
They have fled.
    They are gone,
    both man and animal.

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