Jeremiah 51:51-58
Lexham English Bible
51 We are ashamed,
for we have heard taunts,[a]
disgrace covers our faces,
for strangers have come to the holy places of the house of Yahweh.
52 “Therefore[b] look, days are coming,” declares[c] Yahweh,
“and I will punish her images,
and the fatally wounded will sigh through all her land.
53 Though Babylon goes up to the heavens,
and though she fortifies the high place of her strength,
from me destroyers will come to her,” declares[d] Yahweh.
54 The sound of a cry for help from Babylon,
and a great collapse from the land of the Chaldeans.
55 For Yahweh is devastating Babylon,
and he obliterates her loud noise[e] from her.
Their waves roar like mighty waters,
the roar of their voices[f] resounds.
56 For a destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
and her warriors are captured.
Their bows are broken;
for Yahweh is a God of recompense,
certainly he will repay.
57 “And I will make drunk her officials, and her wise men,
her governors, and her officials, and her warriors,
and they will sleep an everlasting sleep,[g]
and they will not wake up,”
declares[h] the King, Yahweh of hosts is his name.
58 Thus says Yahweh of hosts:
“The broad walls of Babylon will be utterly demolished,
and her high gates will burn with fire,
and the peoples will labor for nothing,[i]
and the nations for fire,[j]
and they will grow weary.”
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 51:51 Hebrew “taunt”
- Jeremiah 51:52 Literally “To thus”
- Jeremiah 51:52 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 51:53 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 51:55 Or “voice”
- Jeremiah 51:55 Hebrew “voice”
- Jeremiah 51:57 Literally “a sleep of eternity”
- Jeremiah 51:57 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 51:58 Literally “for enough of empty”
- Jeremiah 51:58 Literally “for enough of fire”
Jeremiah 51:51-58
New King James Version
51 (A)We are ashamed because we have heard reproach.
Shame has covered our faces,
For strangers (B)have come into the [a]sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
52 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will bring judgment on her carved images,
And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.
53 (C)Though Babylon were to [b]mount up to heaven,
And though she were to fortify the height of her strength,
Yet from Me plunderers would come to her,” says the Lord.
54 (D)The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,
55 Because the Lord is plundering Babylon
And silencing her loud voice,
Though her waves roar like great waters,
And the noise of their voice is uttered,
56 Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men are taken.
Every one of their bows is broken;
(E)For the Lord is the God of recompense,
He will surely repay.
57 “And I will make drunk
Her princes and (F)wise men,
Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.
And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says (G)the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
58 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly (H)broken,[c]
And her high gates shall be burned with fire;
(I)The people will labor in vain,
And the nations, because of the fire;
And they shall be weary.”
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 51:51 holy places
- Jeremiah 51:53 ascend
- Jeremiah 51:58 Lit. laid utterly bare
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