Jeremiah 50:4-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁴In those days and at that time—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
the Israelites and Judeans will come together,
weeping as they come,
and will seek the Lord their God.^(A)
⁵They will ask about Zion,
turning their faces to this road.
They will come and join themselves^[a] to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant^(B) that will never be forgotten.

⁶My people are lost sheep;^(C)
their shepherds have led them astray,
guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.^(D)
They have wandered from mountain to hill;
they have forgotten their resting place.
⁷All who found them devoured them.
Their adversaries said, “We’re not guilty;
instead, they have sinned against the Lord,
their righteous grazing land,^(E)
the hope of their ancestors,^(F) the Lord.”

⁸Escape from Babylon;^(G)
depart from the Chaldeans’ land.
Be like the rams that lead the flock.
⁹For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon
an assembly of great nations from the north country.
They will line up in battle formation against her;
from there she will be captured.
Their arrows will be like those of a skilled^[b] warrior
who does not return empty-handed.
¹⁰The Chaldeans will become plunder;
all Babylon’s plunderers will be fully satisfied.
This is the Lord’s declaration.