Jeremiah 51:1-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
God’s Judgment on Babylon
51 This is what the Lord says:
I am about to stir up a destructive wind[a] against Babylon(A)
and against the population of Leb-qamai.[b][c]
2 I will send strangers to Babylon
who will scatter her and strip her land bare,(B)
for they will come against her
from every side in the day of disaster.
3 Don’t let the archer string his bow;
don’t let him put on[d] his armor.(C)
Don’t spare her young men;
completely destroy her entire army!
4 Those who were slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
those who were pierced through, in her streets.(D)
5 For Israel and Judah are not left widowed
by their God, the Lord of Hosts,
though their land is full of guilt
against the Holy One of Israel.(E)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:1 Or stir up the spirit of a destroyer
- Jeremiah 51:1 Lit heart of my adversaries
- Jeremiah 51:1 = Chaldeans
- Jeremiah 51:3 Hb obscure
Jeremiah 51:1-5
Common English Bible
51 The Lord proclaims:
I’m stirring up a violent wind against Babylon
and those who live in Leb-qamai.[a]
2 I will send mercenaries[b] to Babylon
who will sift her and clear out her land.
They will surround her
on the day of disaster.
3 Let the archers draw their bows;
let them prepare their armor.
Show no mercy to her young men;
wipe out her entire company!
4 They will fall wounded in the land of Babylon,
struck down in her streets.
5 God, the Lord of heavenly forces,
hasn’t abandoned Israel and Judah,
even though they live in a land filled with guilt
before the holy one of Israel.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:1 Or the inhabitants of Leb qamai, a reference to Chaldea (Babylonia); or those who rise up against me
- Jeremiah 51:2 Or foreigners
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