36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (A)I will plead your cause
    and take vengeance for you.
(B)I will dry up her sea
    and (C)make her fountain dry,
37 and Babylon shall become (D)a heap of ruins,
    (E)the haunt of jackals,
(F)a horror (G)and a hissing,
    without inhabitant.

38 (H)“They shall roar together (I)like lions;
    they shall growl like lions' cubs.
39 (J)While they are inflamed (K)I will prepare them a feast
    and (L)make them drunk, that they may become merry,
(M)then sleep a perpetual sleep
    and not wake, declares the Lord.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
    like rams and male goats.

41 “How (N)Babylon[a] is taken,
    (O)the praise of the whole earth (P)seized!
How Babylon has become
    a horror among the nations!
42 (Q)The sea has come up on Babylon;
    she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
43 Her cities have become a horror,
    (R)a land of drought and a desert,
(S)a land in which no one dwells,
    and through which no son of man passes.
44 And I will punish (T)Bel in Babylon,
    and (U)take out of his mouth (V)what he has swallowed.
(W)The nations shall no longer flow to him;
    (X)the wall of Babylon has fallen.

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 51:41 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon

36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will plead your cause
    and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
    and make her fountain dry;
37 and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins,
    the haunt of jackals,
a horror and a hissing,
    without inhabitant.

38 “They shall roar together like lions;
    they shall growl like lions’ whelps.
39 While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast
    and make them drunk, till they swoon away[a]
and sleep a perpetual sleep
    and not wake, says the Lord.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
    like rams and he-goats.

41 “How Babylon[b] is taken,
    the praise of the whole earth seized!
How Babylon has become
    a horror among the nations!
42 The sea has come up on Babylon;
    she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
43 Her cities have become a horror,
    a land of drought and a desert,
a land in which no one dwells,
    and through which no son of man passes.
44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon,
    and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed.
The nations shall no longer flow to him;
    the wall of Babylon has fallen.

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 51:39 Gk Vg: Heb rejoice
  2. Jeremiah 51:41 Heb Sheshach, a cipher for Babylon