Jeremiah 51:36-44
New American Standard Bible
36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“Behold, I am going to (A)plead your case
And (B)take vengeance for you;
And (C)I will dry up her [a]sea
And make her fountain dry.
37 (D)Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals,
An (E)object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
38 They will roar together like (F)young lions,
They will growl like lions’ cubs.
39 When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet
And (G)make them drunk, so that they may rejoice in triumph,
And may (H)sleep a perpetual sleep
And not wake up,” declares the Lord.
40 “I will bring them down like [b]lambs (I)to the slaughter,
Like rams together with male goats.
41 “How [c](J)Sheshak has been captured,
And (K)the praise of the whole earth has been seized!
How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!
42 The [d](L)sea has come up over Babylon;
She has been engulfed by its roaring waves.
43 Her cities have become an (M)object of horror,
A dry land and a desert,
A land in which (N)no one lives
And through which no [e]one of mankind passes.
44 (O)I will punish Bel in Babylon,
And I will make what he has swallowed (P)come out of his mouth;
And the nations will no longer (Q)stream toward him.
Even the (R)wall of Babylon has fallen down!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:36 Or broad river
- Jeremiah 51:40 Or young rams
- Jeremiah 51:41 Cryptic name for Babylon
- Jeremiah 51:42 Or broad river
- Jeremiah 51:43 Lit son of man
Jeremiah 51:36-44
English Standard Version
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.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon
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