Jer 50 | ABEn | STEP | The word of the lord which he spoke against Babylon, and against the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.

Jeremiah 50

CHAPTER 50 The Word against Babylon

1 The word of the lord which he spoke against Babylon, and against the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet. 2 Announce among the nations, and [²audible ¹make it]! Lift up a sign and [²audible ¹make it]! And you should not hide it. Say! Babylon is captured. Bel was disgraced. Merodach was delivered up. [²were shamed ¹their carvings]. [²were delivered up ¹Their idols]. 3 For ascended upon her a nation from the north. This one put her land for extinction, and there will not be one dwelling in her from man and beast. 4 They shook and went; in those days, and in that time, says the lord, [⁴shall come ¹the ²sons ³of Israel]; they and the sons of Judah together. Proceeding and weeping they shall go [²the ³ lord ⁴their God ¹seeking]. 5 [⁴unto ⁵Zion ¹They shall ask ²the ³way]; for here [²their face ¹they shall set], and they shall come and shall take refuge with the lord; [³covenant ¹for ²the everlasting] shall not be forgotten. 6 [⁴sheep ³perishing ²became ¹My people]; their shepherds pushed them out; [²upon ³the ⁴mountains ¹they led them astray]; from mountain unto hill they set out, they forgot their fold. 7 All the ones finding them consumed them. Their enemies said, We should not spare them, because they sinned against the lord, the pasture of righteousness to the one gathering their fathers -- the lord. 8 Be separated from out of the midst of Babylon, and from the land of the Chaldeans! And go forth and become as dragons in front of sheep! 9 For behold, I raise up against Babylon gatherings [²nations ¹of great] from out of the land of the north, and they shall deploy against her. From there she shall be captured as the arrow [²warrior ¹of an expert] shall not return empty. 10 And [³will be ¹the ²Chaldeans] for plunder; all the ones despoiling her will be filled up, says the lord. 11 For you were glad, and gloried over plundering of my inheritance. For you leaped as young bullocks in a pasture, and gored as bulls. 12 [³shamed ¹Your mother ²is exceedingly]; [⁴felt shame ¹the one ²giving birth to ³you]. Behold, the last of the nations shall be desolate and untrodden. 13 From the anger of the lord it shall not be dwelt in, and [²will be ³for ⁴extinction ¹all]. And all traveling through Babylon shall look downcast, and shall whistle at all her calamity. 14 Deploy against Babylon round about, all stretching the bow! Shoot against her! Spare not against her your bows! for against the lord she sinned. 15 And secure her! [²were disabled ¹Her hands]; [³fell ¹the ²parapets]; [²was razed ¹her wall]. For [²vengeance ³by ⁴God ¹it is]. Take vengeance against her. As she did, you do to her! 16 Utterly destroy the seed from out of Babylon! the one holding the sickle in the time of harvest, from in front of the Grecian sword. Each unto his people shall return, and each unto his land shall flee. 17 [³sheep ²is a wandering ¹Israel]; lions pushed him out. The [³first ⁴devoured ⁵him ¹king ²of Assyria], and this one afterwards devoured his bones -- the king of Babylon. 18 On account of this, thus says the lord of the forces, the God of Israel, Behold, I take vengeance against the king of Babylon and his land, as I took vengeance against the king of Assyria. 19 And I will restore Israel unto his pasture. And he shall feed on Carmel, and in Bashan, and on mount Ephraim, and in Gilead, and [²shall be satisfied ¹his soul]. 20 In those days, and in that time, says the lord, they shall seek the unrighteousness of Israel, and it will not exist. And they shall seek the sins of Judah, and in no way shall they be found. For [²kindness ¹I will be] to the ones being left behind. 21 Upon the land, Bitterly, mount up against her! And against the ones dwelling in her punish by sword, and obliterate! says the lord. And do according to all as much as I give charge to you! 22 The sound of war and [²destruction ¹great] in the land of Chaldeans. 23 O how [⁶was broken in pieces ⁷and ⁸defeated ¹the ²hammer ³of all ⁴the ⁵earth]? O how [²became ³for ⁴extinction ¹Babylon] among the nations? 24 They shall attack you. and you shall be captured, O Babylon, and you did not know. You shall be found and taken, for against the lord you opposed. 25 The lord opened his treasury, and brought forth the items of his anger; for it is a work for the lord God of the forces, in the land of Chaldeans. 26 For [²have come ¹her times]. Open her storehouses! Search her as a cave, and utterly destroy her! Let [³not be ¹her ²vestige]! 27 Dry up all her fruits, and go down for slaughter! Woe to them, for [²is come ¹their day], and a time of their punishment. 28 A sound of ones fleeing and escaping from out of the land of Babylon, to announce unto Zion the vengeance by the lord our God -- vengeance of his temple. 29 Exhort [²against ³Babylon ¹many]! to every one stretching tight the bow. Camp upon her round about! Let there not be her escaping! Recompense to her according to her works! According to all as much as she did, you do to her! For [²against ³the ⁴ lord ¹she withstood] God, the holy one of Israel. 30 On account of this [²shall fall ¹her young men] in her squares, and all the men, her warriors, shall be tossed down in that day, says the lord. 31 Behold, I am against you, O proud one, says the lord God of the forces; for [²is come ¹your day], and the time of your punishment. 32 And [²shall be weakened ¹your insolence] and shall fall, and there shall not be one raising it. And I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all the things round about her. 33 Thus says the lord of the forces, [⁹have been tyrannized ¹The ²sons ³of Israel ⁴and ⁵the ⁶sons ⁷of Judah ⁸together]. All the ones capturing them tyrannized them; for they did not want to send them out. 34 But the one ransoming them is strong; the lord almighty is his name. [²equitably ¹He will judge] against his opponents, that [³should be removed ¹the ²land]; and he provokes the ones dwelling in Babylon. 35 A sword upon the Chaldeans, says the lord, and upon the ones dwelling Babylon, and upon her great men, and upon her experts. 36 A sword upon her clairvoyants, and they shall be fools. A sword upon her warriors, and they shall be disabled. 37 A sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon the consolidation (the one in the midst of her,) and they will be as women. A sword upon her treasures, and they shall be plundered. 38 [²upon ³her water ¹It relied]; and they shall be disgraced. For [²a land ³of carved images ¹it is], and in the islands they gloried over. 39 On account of this [²shall dwell ¹the effigies] among the islands, and there shall dwell in them daughters of sirens. In no way should it be inhabited any longer unto the eon, nor shall it be encamped unto generation and generation. 40 As God eradicated Sodom and Gomorrah and the places adjoining them, said the lord, in no way shall [²dwell ³there ¹man], and in no way shall [³sojourn ⁴there ¹a son ²of man]. 41 Behold, a people come from the north, and [²nation ¹a great], and [²kings ¹many] shall be awakened from the end of the earth. 42 [²a bow ³and ⁴a knife ¹They are holding]. They are audacious, and in no way shall they show mercy. Their voice [²as ³the sea ¹shall sound]. Upon horses they shall ride, being prepared as fire for war against you, O daughter of Babylon. 43 [³heard ¹The king ²of Babylon] the report of them, and [²were disabled ¹his hands]; affliction held him firmly, pangs as a woman giving birth. 44 Behold, as if a lion, he shall ascend from the Jordan into the place Aithan. For quickly I will drive them from her, and [²every ³young man ⁴against ⁵her ¹I will set]. For who is as I, and who shall oppose me, and who is this shepherd who shall stand in front of me? 45 On account of this, hear the plan of the lord! which he has planned against Babylon; and his devices which he devised against the ones dwelling the land of the Chaldeans. Surely [⁴will be utterly destroyed ¹the ²little lambs ³of their sheep]. Surely [²shall be removed ¹the pasture] from them. 46 For from the sound of the conquest of Babylon [³shall be shaken ¹the ²earth], and her cry among nations shall be heard.