Jeremiah 51:51-58
Christian Standard Bible
51 We are ashamed
because we have heard insults.(A)
Humiliation covers our faces
because foreigners have entered
the holy places of the Lord’s temple.(B)
52 Therefore, look, the days are coming—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when I will punish her carved images,
and the wounded will groan
throughout her land.
53 Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens(C)
and fortify her tall fortresses,
destroyers will come against her from me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
54 The sound of a cry from Babylon!(D)
The sound of terrible destruction(E)
from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 For the Lord is going to devastate Babylon;
he will silence her mighty voice.
Their waves roar like a huge torrent;
the tumult of their voice resounds,
56 for a destroyer is coming against her,
against Babylon.
Her warriors will be captured,
their bows shattered,
for the Lord is a God of retribution;
he will certainly repay.
57 I will make her princes and sages drunk,
along with her governors, officials, and warriors.
Then they will fall asleep forever
and never wake up.(F)
This is the King’s declaration;
the Lord of Armies is his name.(G)
58 This is what the Lord of Armies says:
Babylon’s thick walls will be totally demolished,(H)
and her high gates set ablaze.
The peoples will have labored for nothing;(I)
the nations will weary themselves only to feed the fire.
Jeremiah 51:51-58
English Standard Version
51 (A)‘We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach;
(B)dishonor has covered our face,
(C)for foreigners have come
into the holy places of the Lord's house.’
52 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
when (D)I will execute judgment upon her images,
(E)and through all her land
the wounded shall groan.
53 Though Babylon should (F)mount up to heaven,
and though she should (G)fortify her strong height,
yet destroyers would come from me against her,
declares the Lord.
54 (H)“A voice! A cry from Babylon!
The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 For the Lord is laying Babylon waste
and stilling her mighty voice.
(I)Their waves roar like many waters;
the noise of their voice is raised,
56 for a destroyer has come upon her,
upon Babylon;
her warriors are taken;
their bows are broken in pieces,
(J)for the Lord is a God of recompense;
he will surely repay.
57 (K)I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
(L)her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
declares (M)the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
58 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
The broad (N)wall of Babylon
shall be leveled to the ground,
(O)and her high gates
shall be burned with fire.
(P)The peoples labor for nothing,
and (Q)the nations weary themselves only for fire.”
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