“Thus saith the Lord, behold I will raise up against Babylon and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me a destroying wind”
Jeremiah 51
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1This is what the LORD says: "Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
“Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind.”
2I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.
“and I will send unto Babylon the fanners and they shall fan her and shall empty her land for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.”
3Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!
“Against him that bendeth, let the archer bend his bow. Against him that lifted himself up in his brigadine and spare ye not her young men, destroy ye utterly all of her host.”
4And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.
“Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans and they that are thrust through in her streets.”
5For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel."
“For Israel hath not been forsaken nor Judah of his God of the Lord of hosts, though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”
6Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
“Flee out of the midst of Babylon and deliver every man his soul. Be not cut off in her iniquity for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance. He will render unto her a recompense.”
“Flee out of the midst of Babylon and deliver every man his soul be not cut off in her iniquity for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance. He will render unto her a recompense.”
“from the midst of Babylon, and each of you save his life. Do not be destroyed in her punishment, for this is the Lord's time of vengeance. He is going to render recompense to her.”
7Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
“Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand that made all the earth drunken. The nations have drunken of her wine. Therefore the nations are mad”
“Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hands that made the earth drunken. The nations have drunken of her wine, therefore the nations are mad.”
“Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord's hand that made all the earth drunken. The nations have drunken of her wine. Therefore the nations are mad.”
8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
“Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed. How for her a lament. Take God for her pain. If so be she may be healed.”
9"We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds."
“We would have healed Babylon but she is not healed. Forsake her and let us go everyone into his own country for her judgment reaches unto heaven and is lifted up even to the skies.”
10"The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished."
“The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness. Come and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.”
11Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD— vengeance for His temple.
“Sharpen the arrows. Fill the quiver. The Lord has aroused the spirits of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is against Babylon to destroy it, for it is a vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for his temple,”
12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
“Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon. Make the watch strong. Set up the watchmen. Prepare the ambushes for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.”
13You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
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14The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: "Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you."
“The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself saying surely I will fill thee with men as with caterpillars. And they shall lift up a shout against thee.”
“The Lord of hosts is sworn by himself. Surely I'll fill you with a population like locusts and They will cry out with shouts of victory over you.”
15The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
“He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom. He has stretched out the heaven by his understanding.”
16When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
“When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth. He maketh lightnings with rain and bringeth forth the wind of his measures.”
“When he utters his voice there is a multitude of waters in the heavens. He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes the lightnings with rain and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.”
17Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
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18They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
“They are vanity. They are the work of errors. In the time of their visitation they shall perish.”
19The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
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20"You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
“Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war. For with thee will I break in pieces the nations. And with thee will I destroy kingdoms.”
“thou art my battle axe and Weapon of war for with he will I break in pieces the nation's with thee. Will I destroy kingdoms”
21With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.
“And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and the rider. And with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider.”
22With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
“With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman. And with thee will I break in pieces old and young. And with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid.”
23With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.
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24Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion," declares the LORD.
“And I will render unto Babylon and And to all of the inhabitants of Chaldea, all of their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.”
25"Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
“behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyed all the earth, and I will stretch out my hand upon thee and roll thee down from the rocks and make thee a burnt mountain.”
26No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever," declares the LORD.
“And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be desolate forever, saith the Lord.”
27"Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram's horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
“Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minai, and Ashkenaz, appoint a captain against her, and cause the horses to…”
28Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.
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29The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD's intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
“And the land shall tremble in sorrow, for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.”
“So the land quakes that's the earthquake and Rise. For the purpose of the Lord against Babylon stand to make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitants.”
30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon's homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
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31One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
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32The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified."
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33For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: "The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come."
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34"Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me and crushed me. He has sent me down like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a monster. He has filled his stomach with my delicacies. He's washed me away.”
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. Satan has devoured me and crushed me. He has set me down like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a monster. He's filled his stomach with my delicacies. He's washed me away.”
35May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon," says the dweller of Zion. "May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea," says Jerusalem.
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36Therefore this is what the LORD says: "Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
“therefore thus saith the Lord, behold I will plead thy cause and take vengeance for thee and I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.”
37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
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38They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.
“they shall roar together like lions, they shall yell as lions”
39While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.
“in their heat will I make their feast and I will make them drunken that they may rejoice and sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, saith the Lord.”
40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with the he -goats.”
41How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
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42The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
“The sea has come up over Babylon. She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.”
43Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.
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44I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
“And I will punish Bel, the god of the Babylonians, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him, yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.”
45Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
“My people, go ye out of the midst of her and deliver ye every man and soul from the fierce anger of the Lord.”
“Come forth from her my people and each of you save yourselves from the fierce anger of the Lord.”
“my people go ye out of the midst of her and deliver ye every man and soul from the fierce anger of the Lord.”
46Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
“Lest your heart faint and ye fear for the rumor that shall be heard in the land, a rumor shall both come in one year and after that in another year shall come a rumor and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.”
47Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
“Therefore behold, the days come that I will do judgment upon the grave and images of Babylon, her whole land shall be confounded and her slain shall fall in the midst of her.”
48Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her," declares the LORD.
“Then the heaven and the earth and all that is therein shall sing for Babylon for the spoiler shall come unto her from the north, saith the Lord.”
“Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon. For the destroyers will come to her from the north declares the Lord.”
49"Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
“As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.”
“Indeed Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel and also for Babylon the slain. Of all the earth have fallen.”
50You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind."
“Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still, remember the Lord afar off and let Jerusalem come into your mind.”
“You have escaped the sword depart do not stay. Remember the lord from afar and let jerusalem come to your mind,”
51"We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD's house."
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52"Therefore, behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.
“Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images and through all of her land the wounded shall groan,”
53Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her," declares the LORD.
“though Babylon should mount up to heaven and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord.”
“though Babylon should ascend to the heavens and though she should fortify her lofty stronghold for me. Destroyers are going to come to her declares the Lord”
54"The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
“A sound of a cry comes from Babylon and great destruction of the land of the Chaldeans”
“the sound of an outcry from Babylon one of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.”
55For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.
“for the Lord is going to destroy Babylon. He'll make her loud noise vanish from her and their waves will roar like many waters. The tumult of their voices sounds forth”
56For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
“because the spoiler has come upon her, even upon Babylon and her mighty men are taken. Every one of their bows is broken for the Lord God of recompenses shall surely requit.”
57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up," declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
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58This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Babylon's thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames."
“Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the broad walls of Babylon, 80 feet thick, shall be utterly broken. Her high gates shall be burned with fire, and the people shall labor in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.”
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed. That means brought down. Their high gates will be set on fire so the people will toil for nothing and the nations will become exhausted only for…”
59This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah's reign.
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60Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.
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61And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,
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62and say, 'O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.'
“Then shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither some man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate”
63When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.
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64Then you are to say, 'In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.'" Here end the words of Jeremiah.
“And thou shalt say thus shall Babylon sink and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her and they shall be weary thus far are the words of Jeremiah.”