Jeremiah 50:4-10
New American Standard Bible
4 “In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, they and the sons of Judah (A)as well; they will go along (B)weeping as they go, and it will be (C)the Lord their God whom they will seek. 5 They will (D)ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces [a]in its direction; [b]they [c]will come so that they may join themselves to the Lord in an (E)everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.
6 “My people have become (F)lost sheep;
(G)Their shepherds have led them astray.
They have made them turn aside on the (H)mountains.
They have gone from mountain to hill,
They have forgotten their (I)resting place.
7 All who found them have devoured them;
And their adversaries have said, ‘(J)We are not guilty,
Since they have sinned against the Lord who is the (K)habitation of righteousness,
The Lord, the (L)hope of their fathers.’
8 “Wander away from the (M)midst of Babylon
And [d]go out from the land of the Chaldeans;
Be like male goats [e]at the head of the flock.
9 For behold, I am going to (N)rouse and bring up against Babylon
A contingent of great nations from the land of the north,
And they will draw up their battle lines against her;
From there she will be taken captive.
Their arrows will be like [f]an expert warrior
Who does not return empty-handed.
10 [g](O)Chaldea will become plunder;
All who plunder her will have enough,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:5 Lit toward here
- Jeremiah 50:5 MT come, that
- Jeremiah 50:5 Or will have come
- Jeremiah 50:8 Another reading is let them go out
- Jeremiah 50:8 Or in front of
- Jeremiah 50:9 As in some mss and ancient versions; MT a warrior who makes childless
- Jeremiah 50:10 Or the Chaldeans
Jeremiah 50:4-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 In 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)
5 They 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.
6 My 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.
7 All 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.”
8 Escape from Babylon;(G)
depart from the Chaldeans’ land.
Be like the rams that lead the flock.
9 For 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.
10 The Chaldeans will become plunder;
all Babylon’s plunderers will be fully satisfied.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:5 LXX; MT reads Come and join yourselves
- Jeremiah 50:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read bereaving
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