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.”
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 51:53 Lit the height of her strength
- Jeremiah 51:55 Or voice
- Jeremiah 51:55 Lit is given
Jeremiah 51:51-58
Common English Bible
51 We’re humiliated by their taunts;
we’re disgraced that strangers have violated the sacred places
of the Lord’s temple.
52 The time is coming,
declares the Lord,
when I will deal with her idols,
and the wounded in her land will groan.
53 Even if Babylon scales the heavens
and strengthens its towering defenses,
the destroying armies will still come
against her, at my command,
declares the Lord.
54 Listen to the cries for help from Babylon,
signs of massive devastation in the land,
declares the Lord.
55 The Lord is destroying Babylon
and silencing her outcry,
whose roar is like the crushing waves,
a deafening crash.
56 He certainly comes against her;
the destroyer comes against Babylon.
Her warriors are captured;
their bows are broken.
The Lord is an exacting God
who repays in full.
57 I’ll make her leaders and sages drunk,
her governors, officials, and warriors as well.
They will sleep forever, never to get up,
declares the king,
whose name is the Lord of heavenly forces.
58 The Lord of heavenly forces proclaims:
Babylon’s massive walls will come down,
down to the ground;
and its high gates will be burned to the ground.
People labor in vain;
nations toil for nothing but ashes!
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