| Jeremiah 50 - Versions
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| Jeremiah 50 Text (WEB)
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- The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
- Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don't conceal: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.
- For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.
- In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Yahweh their God.
- They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, [saying], Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
- 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.
- All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.
- Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.
- For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.
- Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied, says Yahweh.
- Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out [the grain], and neigh as strong horses;
- your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
- Because of the wrath of Yahweh she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
- Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Yahweh.
- Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.
- Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.
- Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.
- Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
- I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
- In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, 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 leave as a remnant.
- Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them, says Yahweh, and do according to all that I have commanded you.
- A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
- I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh.
- Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work [to do] in the land of the Chaldeans.
- 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.
- Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
- The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple.
- Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.
- Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh.
- Behold, I am against you, you proud one, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies; for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.
- The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him.
- Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.
- Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.
- A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.
- A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed.
- A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
- Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.
- As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live therein.
- Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
- They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
- The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
- Behold, [the enemy] shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before me?
- Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
- At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations.
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| Jeremiah 50 Text (Hebrew)
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- הדבר אשר דבר יהוה אל־בבל אל־ארץ כשדים ביד ירמיהו הנביא׃
- הגידו בגוים והשמיעו ושאו־נס השמיעו אל־תכחדו אמרו נלכדה בבל הביש בל חת מרדך הבישו עצביה חתו גלוליה׃
- כי עלה עליה גוי מצפון הוא־ישית את־ארצה לשמה ולא־יהיה יושב בה מאדם ועד־בהמה נדו הלכו׃
- בימים ההמה ובעת ההיא נאם־יהוה יבאו בני־ישראל המה ובני־יהודה יחדו הלוך ובכו ילכו ואת־יהוה אלהיהם יבקשו׃
- ציון ישאלו דרך הנה פניהם באו ונלוו אל־יהוה ברית עולם לא תשכח׃ ס
- צאן אבדות עמי רעיהם התעום הרים מהר אל־גבעה הלכו שכחו רבצם׃
- כל־מוצאיהם אכלום וצריהם אמרו לא נאשם תחת אשר חטאו ליהוה נוה־צדק ומקוה אבותיהם יהוה׃ ס
- נדו מתוך בבל ומארץ כשדים והיו כעתודים לפני־צאן׃
- כי הנה אנכי מעיר ומעלה על־בבל קהל־גוים גדלים מארץ צפון וערכו לה משם תלכד חציו כגבור משכיל לא ישוב ריקם׃
- והיתה כשדים לשלל כל־שלליה ישבעו נאם־יהוה׃
- כי כי שסי נחלתי כי כעגלה דשה כאברים׃
- בושה אםכם מאד חפרה יולדתכם הנה אחרית גוים מדבר ציה וערבה׃
- מקצף יהוה לא תשב והיתה שממה כלה כל עבר על־בבל ישם וישרק על־כל־מכותיה׃
- ערכו על־בבל סביב כל־דרכי קשת ידו אליה אל־תחמלו אל־חץ כי ליהוה חטאה׃
- הריעו עליה סביב נתנה ידה נפלו נהרסו חומותיה כי נקמת יהוה היא הנקמו בה כאשר עשתה עשו־לה׃
- כרתו זורע מבבל ותפש מגל בעת קציר מפני חרב היונה איש אל־עמו יפנו ואיש לארצו ינסו׃ ס
- שה פזורה ישראל אריות הדיחו הראשון אכלו מלך אשור וזה האחרון עצמו נבוכדראצר מלך בבל׃ ס
- לכן כה־אמר יהוה צבאות אלהי ישראל הנני פקד אל־מלך בבל ואל־ארצו כאשר פקדתי אל־מלך אשור׃
- ושבבתי את־ישראל אל־נוהו ורעה הכרמל והבשן ובהר אפרים והגלעד תשבע נפשו׃
- בימים ההם ובעת ההיא נאם־יהוה יבקש את־עון ישראל ואיננו ואת־חטאת יהודה ולא תמצאינה כי אסלח לאשר אשאיר׃
- על־הארץ מרתים עלה עליה ואל־יושבי פקוד חרב והחרם אחריהם נאם־יהוה ועשה ככל אשר צויתיך׃ ס
- קול מלחמה בארץ ושבר גדול׃
- איך נגדע וישבר פטיש כל־הארץ איך היתה לשמה בבל בגוים׃
- יקשתי לך וגם־נלכדת בבל ואת לא ידעת נמצאת וגם־נתפשת כי ביהוה התגרית׃
- פתח יהוה את־אוצרו ויוצא את־כלי זעמו כי־מלאכה היא לאדני יהוה צבאות בארץ כשדים׃
- באו־לה מקץ פתחו מאבסיה סלוה כמו־ערמים והחרימוה אל־תהי־לה שארית׃
- חרבו כל־פריה ירדו לטבח הוי עליהם כי־בא יוםם עת פקדתם׃ ס
- קול נסים ופלטים מארץ בבל להגיד בציון את־נקמת יהוה אלהינו נקמת היכלו׃
- השמיעו אל־בבל רבים כל־דרכי קשת חנו עליה סביב אל־יהי־ פלטה שלמו־לה כפעלה ככל אשר עשתה עשו־לה כי אל־יהוה זדה אל־קדוש ישראל׃
- לכן יפלו בחוריה ברחבתיה וכל־אנשי מלחמתה ידמו ביום ההוא נאם־יהוה׃ ס
- הנני אליך זדון נאם־אדני יהוה צבאות כי בא יומך עת פקדתיך׃
- וכשל זדון ונפל ואין לו מקים והצתי אש בעריו ואכלה כל־סביבתיו׃ ס
- כה אמר יהוה צבאות עשוקים בני־ישראל ובני־יהודה יחדו וכל־שביהם החזיקו בם מאנו שלחם׃
- גאלם חזק יהוה צבאות שמו ריב יריב את־ריבם למען הרגיע את־הארץ והרגיז לישבי בבל׃
- חרב על־כשדים נאם־יהוה ואל־ישבי בבל ואל־שריה ואל־חכמיה׃
- חרב אל־הבדים ונאלו חרב אל־גבוריה וחתו׃
- חרב אל־סוסיו ואל־רכבו ואל־כל־הערב אשר בתוכה והיו לנשים חרב אל־אוצרתיה ובזזו׃
- חרב אל־מימיה ויבשו כי ארץ פסלים היא ובאימים יתהללו׃
- לכן ישבו ציים את־איים וישבו בה בנות יענה ולא־תשב עוד לנצח ולא תשכון עד־דור ודור׃
- כמהפכת אלהים את־סדם ואת־עמרה ואת־שכניה נאם־יהוה לא־ישב שם איש ולא־יגור בה בן־אדם׃
- הנה עם בא מצפון וגוי גדול ומלכים רבים יערו מירכתי־ארץ׃
- קשת וכידן יחזיקו אכזרי המה ולא ירחמו קולם כים יהמה ועל־סוסים ירכבו ערוך כאיש למלחמה עליך בת־בבל׃
- שמע מלך־בבל את־שמעם ורפו ידיו צרה החזיקתהו חיל כיולדה׃
- הנה כאריה יעלה מגאון הירדן אל־נוה איתן כי־ארגעה מעליה ומי בחור אליה אפקד כי מי כמוני ומי יועדני ומי־זה רעה אשר יעמד לפני׃
- לכן שמעו עצת־יהוה אשר יעץ אל־בבל ומחשבותיו אשר חשב אל־ארץ כשדים אם־לא יסחבום צעירי הצאן אם־לא ישים עליהם נוה׃
- מקול נתפשה בבל נרעשה הארץ וזעקה בגוים נשמע׃ ס
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| Jeremiah 50 Text (Latin)
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- Verbum quod locutus est Dominus de Babylone et de terra Chaldæorum, in manu Jeremiæ prophetæ.
- Annuntiate in gentibus, et auditum facite : levate signum, prædicate, et nolite celare : dicite : Capta est Babylon, confusus est Bel, victus est Merodach, confusa sunt sculptilia ejus, superata sunt idola eorum.
- Quoniam ascendit contra eam gens ab aquilone, quæ ponet terram ejus in solitudinem, et non erit qui habitet in ea ab homine usque ad pecus : et moti sunt, et abierunt.
- In diebus illis, et in tempore illo, ait Dominus, venient filii Israël ipsi et filii Juda simul : ambulantes et flentes properabunt, et Dominum Deum suum quærent :
- in Sion interrogabunt viam, huc facies eorum : venient, et apponentur ad Dominum fœdere sempiterno, quod nulla oblivione delebitur.
- Grex perditus factus est populus meus, pastores eorum seduxerunt eos, feceruntque vagari in montibus : de monte in collem transierunt, obliti sunt cubilis sui.
- Omnes qui invenerunt comederunt eos, et hostes eorum dixerunt : Non peccavimus : pro eo quod peccaverunt Domino decori justitiæ, et exspectationi patrum eorum Domino.
- Recedite de medio Babylonis, et de terra Chaldæorum egredimini, et estote quasi hædi ante gregem.
- Quoniam ecce ego suscito, et adducam in Babylonem congregationem gentium magnarum de terra aquilonis, et præparabuntur adversus eam, et inde capietur : sagitta ejus quasi viri fortis interfectoris : non revertetur vacua.
- Et erit Chaldæa in prædam : omnes vastantes eam replebuntur, ait Dominus.
- Quoniam exsultatis, et magna loquimini, diripientes hæreditatem meam : quoniam effusi estis sicut vituli super herbam, et mugistis sicut tauri :
- confusa est mater vestra nimis, et adæquata pulveri, quæ genuit vos : ecce novissima erit in gentibus, deserta, invia, et arens.
- Ab ira Domini non habitabitur, sed redigetur tota in solitudinem : omnis qui transibit per Babylonem stupebit, et sibilabit super universis plagis ejus.
- Præparamini contra Babylonem per circuitum, omnes qui tenditis arcum : debellate eam, non parcatis jaculis, quia Domino peccavit.
- Clamate adversus eam, ubique dedit manum, ceciderunt fundamenta ejus, destructi sunt muri ejus, quoniam ultio Domini est : ultionem accipite de ea : sicut fecit, facite ei.
- Disperdite satorem de Babylone, et tenentem falcem in tempore messis : a facie gladii columbæ unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur, et singuli ad terram suam fugient.
- Grex dispersus Israël, leones ejecerunt eum : primus comedit eum rex Assur : iste novissimus exossavit eum Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis.
- Propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël : Ecce ego visitabo regem Babylonis et terram ejus, sicut visitavi regem Assur :
- et reducam Israël ad habitaculum suum : et pascetur Carmelum et Basan, et in monte Ephraim et Galaad saturabitur anima ejus.
- In diebus illis, et in tempore illo, ait Dominus, quæretur iniquitas Israël, et non erit : et peccatum Juda, et non invenietur, quoniam propitius ero eis quos reliquero.
- Super terram dominantium ascende, et super habitatores ejus visita : dissipa, et interfice quæ post eos sunt, ait Dominus, et fac juxta omnia quæ præcepi tibi.
- Vox belli in terra, et contritio magna.
- Quomodo confractus est et contritus malleus universæ terræ ? quomodo versa est in desertum Babylon in gentibus ?
- Illaqueavi te, et capta es, Babylon, et nesciebas : inventa es et apprehensa, quoniam Dominum provocasti.
- Aperuit Dominus thesaurum suum, et protulit vasa iræ suæ, quoniam opus est Domino Deo exercituum, in terra Chaldæorum.
- Venite ad eam ab extremis finibus, aperite ut exeant qui conculcent eam : tollite de via lapides, et redigite in acervos : et interficite eam, nec sit quidquam reliquum.
- Dissipate universos fortes ejus, descendant in occisionem : væ eis, quia venit dies eorum, tempus visitationis eorum !
- Vox fugientium, et eorum qui evaserunt de terra Babylonis, ut annuntient in Sion ultionem Domini Dei nostri, ultionem templi ejus.
- Annuntiate in Babylonem plurimis, omnibus qui tendunt arcum : consistite adversus eam per gyrum, et nullus evadat : reddite ei secundum opus suum : juxta omnia quæ fecit, facite illi, quia contra Dominum erecta est, adversum Sanctum Israël.
- Idcirco cadent juvenes ejus in plateis ejus, et omnes viri bellatores ejus conticescent in die illa, ait Dominus.
- Ecce ego ad te, superbe ! dicit Dominus Deus exercituum : quia venit dies tuus, tempus visitationis tuæ.
- Et cadet superbus, et corruet, et non erit qui suscitet eum : et succendam ignem in urbibus ejus, et devorabit omnia in circuitu ejus.
- Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Calumniam sustinent filii Israël, et filii Juda simul : omnes qui ceperunt eos, tenent, nolunt dimittere eos.
- Redemptor eorum fortis, Dominus exercituum nomen ejus : judicio defendet causam eorum, ut exterreat terram, et commoveat habitatores Babylonis.
- Gladius ad Chaldæos, ait Dominus, et ad habitatores Babylonis, et ad principes, et ad sapientes ejus.
- Gladius ad divinos ejus, qui stulti erunt : gladius ad fortes illius, qui timebunt.
- Gladius ad equos ejus, et ad currus ejus, et ad omne vulgus quod est in medio ejus : et erunt quasi mulieres : gladius ad thesauros ejus, qui diripientur.
- Siccitas super aquas ejus erit, et arescent, quia terra sculptilium est, et in portentis gloriantur.
- Propterea habitabunt dracones cum faunis ficariis, et habitabunt in ea struthiones, et non inhabitabitur ultra usque in sempiternum, nec exstruetur usque ad generationem et generationem.
- Sicut subvertit Dominus Sodomam, et Gomorrham, et vicinas ejus, ait Dominus, non habitabit ibi vir, et non incolet eam filius hominis.
- Ecce populus venit ab aquilone, et gens magna, et reges multi consurgent a finibus terræ.
- Arcum et scutum apprehendent : crudeles sunt, et immisericordes : vox eorum quasi mare sonabit : et super equos ascendent, sicut vir paratus ad prælium contra te, filia Babylon.
- Audivit rex Babylonis famam eorum, et dissolutæ sunt manus ejus : angustia apprehendit eum, dolor quasi parturientem.
- Ecce quasi leo ascendet, de superbia Jordanis ad pulchritudinem robustam, quia subito currere faciam eum ad illam. Et quis erit electus, quem præponam ei ? quis est enim similis mei ? et quis sustinebit me ? et quis est iste pastor, qui resistat vultui meo ?
- Propterea audite consilium Domini, quod mente concepit adversum Babylonem, et cogitationes ejus, quas cogitavit super terram Chaldæorum : nisi detraxerint eos parvuli gregum, nisi dissipatum fuerit cum ipsis habitaculum eorum.
- A voce captivitatis Babylonis commota est terra, et clamor inter gentes auditus est.
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| Jeremiah 50 Text (KJV)
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- The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
- Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 restingplace.
- All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
- 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.
- For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an 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 of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
- And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
- Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
- Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
- Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
- Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
- Shout against her round about: 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 unto her.
- Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
- Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Go up against the land of Merathaim, 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.
- A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
- I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
- The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
- 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.
- Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
- 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.
- Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
- Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
- Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
- 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 round about him.
- 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.
- Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
- A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
- A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and 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.
- A 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.
- Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
- As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
- Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
- They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
- 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.
- Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto 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 will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
- Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
- At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
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