Jeremiah 51:51-58
Expanded Bible
51 “We people of Judah are disgraced,
because we have been ·insulted [reproached].
·We have been shamed [L Shame/Humiliation covers our face],
because strangers have gone into
the holy places of the Lord’s Temple [L house]!”
52 So the Lord says, “The ·time is [L days are] coming soon
when I will punish the idols of Babylon.
Wounded people will ·cry with pain [groan]
all over that land.
53 Even if Babylon grows until she touches the ·sky [heavens],
and even if she ·makes her highest cities strong [fortifies her lofty stronghold],
I will send people to destroy her,” says the Lord.
54 “Sounds of people crying are heard in Babylon.
Sounds of ·people destroying things [great destruction]
are heard in the land of the Babylonians.
55 The Lord is destroying Babylon
and making the loud sounds of the city become silent.
Enemies come roaring in like ocean waves.
The roar of their voices is heard all around.
56 ·The army has come to destroy [L Destroyers have come to] Babylon.
Her soldiers have been captured,
and their bows are broken,
because the Lord is a God who punishes people for the evil they do.
He ·gives them the full punishment they deserve [repays them in full].
57 I will make Babylon’s rulers and wise men drunk [C with the cup of God’s wrath; 25:15–38],
and her governors, officers, and soldiers, too.
Then they will sleep forever and never wake up [v. 39],” says the King,
whose name is the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; T of hosts].
58 This is what the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; T of hosts] says:
“Babylon’s ·thick [broad] wall will be completely ·pulled down [leveled]
and her high gates burned with fire.
The people will ·work hard [weary themselves], but it won’t help;
their work will only become fuel for the flames!”
Jeremiah 51:51-58
New American Standard Bible
51 (A)We are ashamed because we have heard rebuke;
Disgrace has covered our faces,
Because (B)strangers have entered
The holy places of the Lord’s house.
52 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will punish her (C)idols,
And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
53 Though Babylon (D)ascends to the heavens,
And though she fortifies [a]her lofty stronghold,
Destroyers will come from (E)Me to her,” declares the Lord.
54 The (F)sound of an outcry from Babylon,
And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 For the Lord is going to destroy Babylon,
And He will make her loud [b]noise vanish from her.
And their (G)waves will roar like many waters;
The clamor of their voices [c]sounds forth.
56 For the (H)destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
And her warriors will be captured,
Their (I)bows shattered;
For the Lord is a God of (J)retribution,
He will fully repay.
57 “I will (K)make her leaders and her wise men drunk,
Her governors, her officials, and her warriors,
So that they will sleep a (L)perpetual sleep and not wake up,”
(M)Declares the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.
58 This is what the Lord of armies says:
“The broad (N)wall of Babylon will be completely demolished,
And her high (O)gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will (P)labor for nothing,
And the nations become (Q)exhausted only for fire.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:53 Lit the height of her strength
- Jeremiah 51:55 Or voice
- Jeremiah 51:55 Lit is given
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