“The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.”
Jeremiah 50
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1This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
2"Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, 'Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.'
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3For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee."
“For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her which shall make her land desolate and none shall dwell therein. They shall remove, they shall depart both man and beast.”
4"In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
“In those days and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping, and shall go and seek the Lord their God.”
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“in those days? And in that time saith the Lord the children of Israel shall come they and the children of Judah together going and weeping. They shall go and seek the Lord their God.”
“In those days, in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping, they shall go and seek the Lord their God.”
5They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
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“They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, come and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten,”
“They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward or turn towards Zion saying come and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.”
“They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces to the with saying, Come and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.”
6My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
“My people hath been lost sheep, their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains, they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their”
“My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.”
“My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill and they have forgotten their resting place.”
7All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'
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8Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.
“Remove out of the midst of Babylon and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans and be as the he goats before the flocks”
9For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
“for lo I will rise and cause to come up against Babylon and assembly of great nations from the north country and they shall set themselves in array against her from thence she shall be taken their arrows shall be as a mighty…”
10Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill," declares the LORD.
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11"Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
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12your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
“Your mother will be greatly ashamed. She, this poor harlot church who gave you birth will be humiliated. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a parched land, and a desert.”
13Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
“because of the wrath of the Lord. It shall not be inhabited but it shall be wholly desolate. Everyone that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished and hiss at all her plagues.”
14Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
“Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on every side. All you who bend the bow, shoot at her. Do not be sparing with your arrows, for she sinned against the Lord.”
15Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
“Shout against her roundabout. She hath given her hand. Her foundations are fallen. Her walls are thrown down for it is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance upon her as she hath done. Do it unto her.”
“Raise up your battle cry against her on every side. She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen, her walls, those white, orange walls again, have been torn down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance on her…”
16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor's sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.
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17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon."
“Israel is a scattered sheep. The lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria hath devoured him and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
18Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: "I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.
“Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel. Behold I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I have punished the king of Assyria.”
19I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
“And I will bring Israel again to his habitation and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan and his soul shall be satisfied upon Mount Ephraim and Gilead.”
20In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel's guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah's sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
“In those days and in that time saith the Lord the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for and there shall be none. And the sins of Judah they shall not be found for I will pardon them whom I reserve.”
“In those days and in that time saith the Lord the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for and there shall be none and the sins of Judah and they shall not be found for I will pardon them whom I reserve.”
“in those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none. And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found. I will pardon them whom I reserve.”
“In those days and in that time says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for but there shall be none. And the sins of Judah but they shall not be found. For I will pardon those whom I preserve.”
21Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you," declares the LORD.
“Go up against the land of Merathim even against it and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Waste and utterly destroy after them saith the Lord and do according to all that I have commanded thee.”
22"The noise of battle is in the land— the noise of great destruction.
“A sound of battle is in the land and of great destruction.”
23How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
“How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken? How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations?”
24I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
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25The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
“The Lord has opened his armory. He has brought forth the weapons of his indignation. For this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.”
26Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.
“Come against her from the utmost border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps and destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left.”
27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
“Slay all of her bullocks. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe unto them for their day is come. The time of their visitation.”
28Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
“The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God. The vengeance of his temple.”
29Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
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30Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day," declares the LORD.
“Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets. And all of her men of war shall be cut off in that day saith the Lord.”
“Therefore her young men will fall in their streets and all her men of war will be Silenced in that day of the Lord declares the Lord”
31"Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, "for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
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32The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him."
“And the most proud shall stumble and fall and none shall raise him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities and it shall devour all around about him.”
33This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
“Thus saith the Lord of hosts the children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together and all that took them captives held them fast. They refused to let them go.”
“Thus says the Lord of hosts the Son of Israel are oppressed and the Son of Judah as well and all who took them captive have helped them fast they have refused to let them go.”
34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
“their redeemer is strong. The Lord of hosts is his name and he shall thoroughly plead their cause that he may give rest to the land and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.”
35A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
“A sword is upon the Chaldeans saith the Lord and upon the inhabitants of Babylon and upon her princes and upon her wise men.”
36A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
“A sword is upon the liars and they shall dote and a sword is upon her mighty men and they shall be dismayed.”
37A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
“A sword is upon their horses and upon their chariots upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her and they shall become as women. A sword is upon her treasures and they shall be robbed.”
38A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
“drought is upon her waters and they shall be dried up for it is the land of graven images and they are mad upon their idols.”
“a drought is upon her waters and they should be dried up. For it is the land of graven images and they are mad upon their idols.”
39So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
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40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors," declares the LORD, "no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
“As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith the Lord, so shall no man abide there neither shall any son of man dwell therein.”
41Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.
“Behold, a people shall come from the north, a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coast of the earth”
“Behold the people is coming from the north and a great nation and many Kings. Will it be aroused from the remote parts of the earth?”
42They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
“they shall hold the bow and the lance. They are cruel, they'll not show mercy, their voice will roar like the sea and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array like a man to the battle against the daughter of Babylon.”
43The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
“The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them and his hands waxed feeble, anguish took hold of him and pangs as of a woman in travail.”
44Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?"
“Behold he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan under the habitation of the strong but I will make them suddenly run away from her and who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her? For who is like me and who…”
45Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
“Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that he hath taken against Babylon and his purposes that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans. Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out, surely he shall make their…”
46At the sound of Babylon's capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
“At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved and the cry is heard among the nations.”