Babylon Judged for Sins against Israel

51 This is what the Lord says:

“Behold, I am going to stir up
[a]The (A)spirit of a destroyer against Babylon
And against the inhabitants of [b]Leb-kamai.
I will send [c]foreigners to Babylon so that they may (B)winnow her
And devastate her land;
For they will be opposed to her on every side
On the day of her disaster.
Let not [d]him who [e](C)bends his bow [f]bend it,
Nor let him rise up in his (D)coat of armor.
Do not spare her young men;
Devote all her army to destruction.
They will fall down [g]dead in the land of the Chaldeans,
And (E)pierced through in their streets.”

For (F)neither Israel nor Judah has been [h]forsaken
By his God, the Lord of armies,
Although their land is (G)full of guilt
[i]Before the Holy One of Israel.

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 51:1 Or a destroying wind
  2. Jeremiah 51:1 Cryptic name for Chaldea; or the heart of those who rise up against Me
  3. Jeremiah 51:2 Some ancient versions winnowers
  4. Jeremiah 51:3 I.e., the Chaldean defender
  5. Jeremiah 51:3 Lit step(s) on; MT in order to string
  6. Jeremiah 51:3 Lit step(s) on; MT in order to string
  7. Jeremiah 51:4 Lit killed; or wounded
  8. Jeremiah 51:5 Lit widowed
  9. Jeremiah 51:5 Lit From

51 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in [a]Leb-kamai, a destroying wind. And I will send unto Babylon [b]strangers, that shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. [c]Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; [d]destroy ye utterly all her host. And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

For Israel is not [e]forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 51:1 That is, The heart of them that rise up against me.
  2. Jeremiah 51:2 Or, winnowers
  3. Jeremiah 51:3 Or, as otherwise read, Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not lift
  4. Jeremiah 51:3 Hebrew devote ye all etc.
  5. Jeremiah 51:5 Or, widowed