35 “A sword(A) against the Babylonians!”(B)
    declares the Lord
“against those who live in Babylon
    and against her officials and wise(C) men!
36 A sword against her false prophets!
    They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!(D)
    They will be filled with terror.(E)
37 A sword against her horses and chariots(F)
    and all the foreigners in her ranks!
    They will become weaklings.(G)
A sword against her treasures!(H)
    They will be plundered.
38 A drought on[a] her waters!(I)
    They will dry(J) up.
For it is a land of idols,(K)
    idols that will go mad with terror.

39 “So desert creatures(L) and hyenas will live there,
    and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
    or lived in from generation to generation.(M)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah(N)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.(O)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:38 Or A sword against

35 A (A)sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the Lord,
“And against the inhabitants of Babylon
And against her (B)leaders and her (C)wise men!
36 A sword against the (D)oracle priests, and they will become fools!
A sword against her (E)warriors, and they will be [a](F)shattered!
37 A sword against [b]their (G)horses, against [c]their chariots,
And against all the [d](H)foreigners who are in the midst of her,
And they will become (I)women!
A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
38 A [e](J)drought on her waters, and they will be dried up!
For it is a land of (K)idols,
And they go insane at frightful images.

39 “Therefore the (L)desert creatures will live there with the jackals;
The ostriches also will live in it.
It will (M)never again be inhabited
Nor lived in from generation to generation.
40 As when God overthrew (N)Sodom
And Gomorrah with its neighbors,” declares the Lord,
“No one will live there,
Nor will [f]anyone of mankind reside in it.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:36 Or filled with terror
  2. Jeremiah 50:37 Lit his
  3. Jeremiah 50:37 Lit his
  4. Jeremiah 50:37 Lit mixed multitude
  5. Jeremiah 50:38 Another reading is sword
  6. Jeremiah 50:40 Lit a son of man