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[1] Yahweh says:
“Behold, I will raise up against Babylon,
and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.
[2] I will send to Babylon strangers, who will winnow her.
They will empty her land;
for in the day of trouble they will be against her all around.
[3] Against him who bends, let the archer bend his bow,
also against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail.
Don’t spare her young men!
Utterly destroy all her army!
[4] They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
and thrust through in her streets.
[5] For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God,
by Yahweh of Armies;
though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. [6] “Flee out of the middle of Babylon!
Everyone save his own life!
Don’t be cut off in her iniquity,
for it is the time of Yahweh’s vengeance.
He will render to her a recompense.
[7] Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh’s hand,
who made all the earth drunk.
The nations have drunk of her wine;
therefore the nations have gone mad.
[8] Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed!
Wail for her!
Take balm for her pain.
Perhaps she may be healed. [9] “We would have healed Babylon,
but she is not healed.
Forsake her,
and let’s each go into his own country;
for her judgment reaches to heaven,
and is lifted up even to the skies.
[10] ‘Yahweh has produced our righteousness.
Come, and let’s declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.’ [11] “Make the arrows sharp!
Hold the shields firmly!
Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it;
for it is the vengeance of Yahweh,
the vengeance of his temple.
[12] Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon!
Make the watch strong!
Set the watchmen,
and prepare the ambushes;
for Yahweh has both purposed and done
that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
[13] You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures,
your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
[14] Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself, saying,
‘Surely I will fill you with men,
as with locusts,
and they will lift up a shout against you.’ [15] “He has made the earth by his power.
He has established the world by his wisdom.
By his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.
[16] When he utters his voice,
there is a roar of waters in the heavens,
and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
and brings the wind out of his treasuries. [17] “Every man has become stupid and without knowledge.
Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image,
for his molten images are falsehood,
and there is no breath in them.
[18] They are vanity,
a work of delusion.
In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
[19] The portion of Jacob is not like these,
for he formed all things,
including the tribe of his inheritance.
Yahweh of Armies is his name. [20] “You are my battle ax and weapons of war.
With you I will break the nations into pieces.
With you I will destroy kingdoms.
[21] With you I will break in pieces
the horse and his rider.
[22] With you I will break in pieces
the chariot and him who rides therein.
With you I will break in pieces
man and woman.
With you I will break in pieces
the old man and the youth.
With you I will break in pieces
the young man and the virgin.
[23] With you I will break in pieces
the shepherd and his flock.
With you I will break in pieces
the farmer and his yoke.
With you I will break in pieces
governors and deputies. [24] “I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says Yahweh.
[25] “Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says Yahweh,
“which destroys all the earth.
I will stretch out my hand on you,
roll you down from the rocks,
and will make you a burned mountain.
[26] They won’t take a cornerstone from you,
nor a stone for foundations;
but you will be desolate forever,” says Yahweh. [27] “Set 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, Minni, and Ashkenaz!
Appoint a marshal against her!
Cause the horses to come up as the swarming locusts!
[28] Prepare against her the nations,
the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion!
[29] The land trembles and is in pain;
for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
[30] The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting,
they remain in their strongholds.
Their might has failed.
They have become as women.
Her dwelling places are set on fire.
Her bars are broken.
[31] One runner will run to meet another,
and one messenger to meet another,
to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter.
[32] So the passages are seized.
They have burned the reeds with fire.
The men of war are frightened.” [33] For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says:
“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden.
Yet a little while, and the time of harvest comes for her.” [34] “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me.
He has crushed me.
He has made me an empty vessel.
He has, like a monster, swallowed me up.
He has filled his mouth with my delicacies.
He has cast me out.
[35] May the violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon!”
the inhabitant of Zion will say; and,
“May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
will Jerusalem say. [36] Therefore Yahweh says:
“Behold, I will plead your cause,
and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea,
and make her fountain dry.
[37] Babylon will become heaps,
a dwelling place for jackals,
an astonishment, and a hissing,
without inhabitant.
[38] They will roar together like young lions.
They will growl as lions’ cubs.
[39] When they are inflamed, I will make their feast,
and I will make them drunk,
that they may rejoice,
and sleep a perpetual sleep,
and not wake up,” says Yahweh. [40] “I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams with male goats. [41] “How Sheshach is taken!
How the praise of the whole earth is seized!
How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
[42] The sea has come up on Babylon.
She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
[43] Her cities have become a desolation,
a dry land, and a desert,
a land in which no man dwells.
No son of man passes by it.
[44] I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon,
and I will bring out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up.
The nations will not flow any more to him.
Yes, the wall of Babylon will fall. [45] “My people, go away from the middle of her,
and each of you save yourselves from Yahweh’s fierce anger.
[46] Don’t let your heart faint.
Don’t fear for the news that will be heard in the land.
For news will come one year,
and after that in another year news will come,
and violence in the land,
ruler against ruler.
[47] Therefore behold, the days come that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon;
and her whole land will be confounded.
All her slain will fall in the middle of her.
[48] Then the heavens and the earth,
and all that is therein,
will sing for joy over Babylon;
for the destroyers will come to her from the north,” says Yahweh. [49] “As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,
so the slain of all the land will fall at Babylon.
[50] You who have escaped the sword, go!
Don’t stand still!
Remember Yahweh from afar,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind.” [51] “We are confounded
because we have heard reproach.
Confusion has covered our faces,
for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh’s house.” [52] “Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh,
“that I will execute judgment on her engraved images;
and through all her land the wounded will groan.
[53] Though Babylon should mount up to the sky,
and though she should fortify the height of her strength,
yet destroyers will come to her from me,” says Yahweh. [54] “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
[55] For Yahweh lays Babylon waste,
and destroys out of her the great voice!
Their waves roar like many waters.
The noise of their voice is uttered.
[56] For the destroyer has come on her,
even on Babylon.
Her mighty men are taken.
Their bows are broken in pieces,
for Yahweh is a God of retribution.
He will surely repay.
[57] I will make her princes, her wise men,
her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men drunk.
They will sleep a perpetual sleep,
and not wake up,”
says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies. [58] Yahweh of Armies says:
“The wide walls of Babylon will be utterly overthrown.
Her high gates will be burned with fire.
The peoples will labor for vanity,
and the nations for the fire;
and they will be weary.” [59] The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster. [60] Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon. [61] Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words, [62] and say, ‘Yahweh, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that no one will dwell in it, neither man nor animal, but that it will be desolate forever.’ [63] It will be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the middle of the Euphrates. [64] Then you shall say, ‘Thus will Babylon sink, and will not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they will be weary.’ ”Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
“Behold, I will raise up against Babylon,
and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.
[2] I will send to Babylon strangers, who will winnow her.
They will empty her land;
for in the day of trouble they will be against her all around.
[3] Against him who bends, let the archer bend his bow,
also against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail.
Don’t spare her young men!
Utterly destroy all her army!
[4] They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
and thrust through in her streets.
[5] For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God,
by Yahweh of Armies;
though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. [6] “Flee out of the middle of Babylon!
Everyone save his own life!
Don’t be cut off in her iniquity,
for it is the time of Yahweh’s vengeance.
He will render to her a recompense.
[7] Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh’s hand,
who made all the earth drunk.
The nations have drunk of her wine;
therefore the nations have gone mad.
[8] Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed!
Wail for her!
Take balm for her pain.
Perhaps she may be healed. [9] “We would have healed Babylon,
but she is not healed.
Forsake her,
and let’s each go into his own country;
for her judgment reaches to heaven,
and is lifted up even to the skies.
[10] ‘Yahweh has produced our righteousness.
Come, and let’s declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.’ [11] “Make the arrows sharp!
Hold the shields firmly!
Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it;
for it is the vengeance of Yahweh,
the vengeance of his temple.
[12] Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon!
Make the watch strong!
Set the watchmen,
and prepare the ambushes;
for Yahweh has both purposed and done
that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
[13] You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures,
your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
[14] Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself, saying,
‘Surely I will fill you with men,
as with locusts,
and they will lift up a shout against you.’ [15] “He has made the earth by his power.
He has established the world by his wisdom.
By his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.
[16] When he utters his voice,
there is a roar of waters in the heavens,
and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
and brings the wind out of his treasuries. [17] “Every man has become stupid and without knowledge.
Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image,
for his molten images are falsehood,
and there is no breath in them.
[18] They are vanity,
a work of delusion.
In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
[19] The portion of Jacob is not like these,
for he formed all things,
including the tribe of his inheritance.
Yahweh of Armies is his name. [20] “You are my battle ax and weapons of war.
With you I will break the nations into pieces.
With you I will destroy kingdoms.
[21] With you I will break in pieces
the horse and his rider.
[22] With you I will break in pieces
the chariot and him who rides therein.
With you I will break in pieces
man and woman.
With you I will break in pieces
the old man and the youth.
With you I will break in pieces
the young man and the virgin.
[23] With you I will break in pieces
the shepherd and his flock.
With you I will break in pieces
the farmer and his yoke.
With you I will break in pieces
governors and deputies. [24] “I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says Yahweh.
[25] “Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says Yahweh,
“which destroys all the earth.
I will stretch out my hand on you,
roll you down from the rocks,
and will make you a burned mountain.
[26] They won’t take a cornerstone from you,
nor a stone for foundations;
but you will be desolate forever,” says Yahweh. [27] “Set 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, Minni, and Ashkenaz!
Appoint a marshal against her!
Cause the horses to come up as the swarming locusts!
[28] Prepare against her the nations,
the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion!
[29] The land trembles and is in pain;
for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
[30] The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting,
they remain in their strongholds.
Their might has failed.
They have become as women.
Her dwelling places are set on fire.
Her bars are broken.
[31] One runner will run to meet another,
and one messenger to meet another,
to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter.
[32] So the passages are seized.
They have burned the reeds with fire.
The men of war are frightened.” [33] For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says:
“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden.
Yet a little while, and the time of harvest comes for her.” [34] “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me.
He has crushed me.
He has made me an empty vessel.
He has, like a monster, swallowed me up.
He has filled his mouth with my delicacies.
He has cast me out.
[35] May the violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon!”
the inhabitant of Zion will say; and,
“May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
will Jerusalem say. [36] Therefore Yahweh says:
“Behold, I will plead your cause,
and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea,
and make her fountain dry.
[37] Babylon will become heaps,
a dwelling place for jackals,
an astonishment, and a hissing,
without inhabitant.
[38] They will roar together like young lions.
They will growl as lions’ cubs.
[39] When they are inflamed, I will make their feast,
and I will make them drunk,
that they may rejoice,
and sleep a perpetual sleep,
and not wake up,” says Yahweh. [40] “I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams with male goats. [41] “How Sheshach is taken!
How the praise of the whole earth is seized!
How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
[42] The sea has come up on Babylon.
She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
[43] Her cities have become a desolation,
a dry land, and a desert,
a land in which no man dwells.
No son of man passes by it.
[44] I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon,
and I will bring out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up.
The nations will not flow any more to him.
Yes, the wall of Babylon will fall. [45] “My people, go away from the middle of her,
and each of you save yourselves from Yahweh’s fierce anger.
[46] Don’t let your heart faint.
Don’t fear for the news that will be heard in the land.
For news will come one year,
and after that in another year news will come,
and violence in the land,
ruler against ruler.
[47] Therefore behold, the days come that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon;
and her whole land will be confounded.
All her slain will fall in the middle of her.
[48] Then the heavens and the earth,
and all that is therein,
will sing for joy over Babylon;
for the destroyers will come to her from the north,” says Yahweh. [49] “As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,
so the slain of all the land will fall at Babylon.
[50] You who have escaped the sword, go!
Don’t stand still!
Remember Yahweh from afar,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind.” [51] “We are confounded
because we have heard reproach.
Confusion has covered our faces,
for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh’s house.” [52] “Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh,
“that I will execute judgment on her engraved images;
and through all her land the wounded will groan.
[53] Though Babylon should mount up to the sky,
and though she should fortify the height of her strength,
yet destroyers will come to her from me,” says Yahweh. [54] “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
[55] For Yahweh lays Babylon waste,
and destroys out of her the great voice!
Their waves roar like many waters.
The noise of their voice is uttered.
[56] For the destroyer has come on her,
even on Babylon.
Her mighty men are taken.
Their bows are broken in pieces,
for Yahweh is a God of retribution.
He will surely repay.
[57] I will make her princes, her wise men,
her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men drunk.
They will sleep a perpetual sleep,
and not wake up,”
says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies. [58] Yahweh of Armies says:
“The wide walls of Babylon will be utterly overthrown.
Her high gates will be burned with fire.
The peoples will labor for vanity,
and the nations for the fire;
and they will be weary.” [59] The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster. [60] Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon. [61] Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words, [62] and say, ‘Yahweh, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that no one will dwell in it, neither man nor animal, but that it will be desolate forever.’ [63] It will be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the middle of the Euphrates. [64] Then you shall say, ‘Thus will Babylon sink, and will not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they will be weary.’ ”Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
King James Version
[1] Thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord; H3068 Behold, I will raise up H5782 (HiphPtc) against Babylon, H894 and against them that dwell H3427 (QalActPtc) in the midst H3820§ of them that rise up H6965 (QalPtc) against me, a destroying H7843 (HiphPtc) wind; H7307 [2] and will send H7971 (PielPerf) unto Babylon H894 fanners, H2114 (QalPtc) that shall fan H2219 (PielPerf) her, and shall empty H1238 (PoleImpf) her land: H776 for in the day H3117 of trouble H7451 they shall be against her round about. H5439 [3] Against him that bendeth H1869 let the archer H1869 (QalActPtc) bend H1869 (QalImpf) his bow, H7198 and against him that lifteth himself up H5927 (HithImpf) in his brigandine: H5630 and spare H2550 (QalImpf) ye not her young men; H970 destroy ye utterly H2763 (HiphImpv) all her host. H6635 [4] Thus the slain H2491 shall fall H5307 (QalPerf) in the land H776 of the Chaldeans, H3778 and they that are thrust through H1856 (PualPtc) in her streets. H2351 [5] For Israel H3478 hath not been forsaken, H488 nor Judah H3063 of his God, H430 of the Lord H3068 of hosts; H6635 though their land H776 was filled H4390 (QalPerf) with sin H817 against the Holy One H6918 of Israel. H3478 [6] Flee out H5127 (QalImpv) of the midst H8432 of Babylon, H894 and deliver H4422 (PielImpv) every man H376 his soul: H5315 be not cut off H1826 (NiphImpf) in her iniquity; H5771 for this is the time H6256 of the Lord’s H3068 vengeance; H5360 he will render H7999 (PielPtc) unto her a recompence. H1576 [7] Babylon H894 hath been a golden H2091 cup H3563 in the Lord’s H3068 hand, H3027 that made all the earth H776 drunken: H7937 (PielPtc) the nations H1471 have drunken H8354 (QalPerf) of her wine; H3196 therefore the nations H1471 are mad. H1984 (HipoImpf) [8] Babylon H894 is suddenly H6597 fallen H5307 (QalPerf) and destroyed: H7665 (NiphImpf) howl H3213 (HiphImpv) for her; take H3947 (QalImpv) balm H6875 for her pain, H4341 if so be she may be healed. H7495 (NiphImpf) [9] We would have healed H7495 (PielPerf) Babylon, H894 but she is not healed: H7495 (NiphPerf) forsake H5800 (QalImpv) her, and let us go H3212 (QalImpf) every one H376 into his own country: H776 for her judgment H4941 reacheth H5060 (QalPerf) unto heaven, H8064 and is lifted up H5375 (NiphPerf) even to the skies. H7834 [10] The Lord H3068 hath brought forth H3318 (HiphPerf) our righteousness: H6666 come, H935 (QalImpv) and let us declare H5608 (PielImpf) in Zion H6726 the work H4639 of the Lord H3068 our God. H430 [11] Make bright H1305 (HiphImpv)§ the arrows; H2671 gather H4390 (QalImpv) the shields: H7982 the Lord H3068 hath raised up H5782 (HiphPerf) the spirit H7307 of the kings H4428 of the Medes: H4074 for his device H4209 is against Babylon, H894 to destroy H7843 (HiphInf) it; because it is the vengeance H5360 of the Lord, H3068 the vengeance H5360 of his temple. H1964 [12] Set up H5375 (QalImpv) the standard H5251 upon the walls H2346 of Babylon, H894 make the watch H4929 strong, H2388 (HiphImpv) set up H6965 (HiphImpv) the watchmen, H8104 (QalActPtc) prepare H3559 (HiphImpv) the ambushes: H693 (QalActPtc)§ for the Lord H3068 hath both devised H2161 (QalPerf) and done H6213 (QalPerf) that which he spake H1696 (PielPerf) against the inhabitants H3427 (QalActPtc) of Babylon. H894 [13] O thou that dwellest H7931 (QalActPtc/Qere) upon many H7227 waters, H4325 abundant H7227 in treasures, H214 thine end H7093 is come, H935 (QalActPtc) and the measure H520 of thy covetousness. H1215 [14] The Lord H3068 of hosts H6635 hath sworn H7650 (NiphPerf) by himself, H5315§ saying, Surely I will fill H4390 (PielPerf) thee with men, H120 as with caterpillers; H3218 and they shall lift up H6030 (QalPerf)§ a shout H1959 against thee. [15] He hath made H6213 (QalActPtc) the earth H776 by his power, H3581 he hath established H3559 (HiphPtc) the world H8398 by his wisdom, H2451 and hath stretched out H5186 (QalPerf) the heaven H8064 by his understanding. H8394 [16] When he uttereth H5414 (QalInf) his voice, H6963 there is a multitude§ H1995 of waters H4325 in the heavens; H8064 and he causeth the vapours H5387 to ascend H5927 (HiphImpf) from the ends H7097 of the earth: H776 he maketh H6213 (QalPerf) lightnings H1300 with rain, H4306 and bringeth forth H3318 (HiphImpf) the wind H7307 out of his treasures. H214 [17] Every man H120 is brutish H1197 (NiphPerf) by his knowledge;§ H1847 every founder H6884 (QalActPtc) is confounded H3001 (HiphPerf) by the graven image: H6459 for his molten image H5262 is falsehood, H8267 and there is no breath H7307 in them. [18] They are vanity, H1892 the work H4639 of errors: H8595 in the time H6256 of their visitation H6486 they shall perish. H6 (QalImpf) [19] The portion H2506 of Jacob H3290 is not like them; for he is the former H3335 (QalActPtc) of all things: and Israel is the rod H7626 of his inheritance: H5159 the Lord H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name. H8034 [20] Thou art my battle axe H4661 and weapons H3627 of war: H4421 for with thee§ will I break in pieces H5310 (PielPerf) the nations, H1471 and with thee will I destroy H7843 (HiphPerf) kingdoms; H4467 [21] and with thee will I break in pieces H5310 (PielPerf) the horse H5483 and his rider; H7392 (QalActPtc) and with thee will I break in pieces H5310 (PielPerf) the chariot H7393 and his rider; H7392 (QalActPtc) [22] with thee also will I break in pieces H5310 (PielPerf) man H376 and woman; H802 and with thee will I break in pieces H5310 (PielPerf) old H2205 and young; H5288 and with thee will I break in pieces H5310 (PielPerf) the young man H970 and the maid; H1330 [23] I will also break in pieces H5310 (PielPerf) with thee the shepherd H7462 (QalActPtc) and his flock; H5739 and with thee will I break in pieces H5310 (PielPerf) the husbandman H406 and his yoke of oxen; H6776 and with thee will I break in pieces H5310 (PielPerf) captains H6346 and rulers. H5461 [24] And I will render H7999 (PielPerf) unto Babylon H894 and to all the inhabitants H3427 (QalActPtc) of Chaldea H3778 all their evil H7451 that they have done H6213 (QalPerf) in Zion H6726 in your sight, H5869 saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord. H3068 [25] Behold, I am against thee, O destroying H4889 mountain, H2022 saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord, H3068 which destroyest H7843 (HiphPtc) all the earth: H776 and I will stretch out H5186 (QalPerf) mine hand H3027 upon thee, and roll thee down H1556 (PilpPerf) from the rocks, H5553 and will make H5414 (QalPerf) thee a burnt H8316 mountain. H2022 [26] And they shall not take H3947 (QalImpf) of thee a stone H68 for a corner, H6438 nor a stone H68 for foundations; H4146 but thou shalt be desolate H8077 for ever, H5769 saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord. H3068 [27] Set ye up H5375 (QalImpv) a standard H5251 in the land, H776 blow H8628 (QalImpv) the trumpet H7782 among the nations, H1471 prepare H6942 (PielImpv) the nations H1471 against her, call together H8085 (HiphImpv) against her the kingdoms H4467 of Ararat, H780 Minni, H4508 and Ashchenaz; H813 appoint H6485 (QalImpv) a captain H2951 against her; cause the horses H5483 to come up H5927 (HiphImpv) as the rough H5569 caterpillers. H3218 [28] Prepare H6942 (PielImpv) against her the nations H1471 with the kings H4428 of the Medes, H4074 the captains H6346 thereof, and all the rulers H5461 thereof, and all the land H776 of his dominion. H4475 [29] And the land H776 shall tremble H7493 (QalImpf) and sorrow: H2342 (QalImpf) for every purpose H4284 of the Lord H3068 shall be performed H6965 (QalPerf) against Babylon, H894 to make H7760 (QalInf) the land H776 of Babylon H894 a desolation H8047 without an inhabitant. H3427 (QalActPtc) [30] The mighty men H1368 of Babylon H894 have forborn H2308 (QalPerf) to fight, H3898 (NiphInf) they have remained H3427 (QalPerf) in their holds: H4679 their might H1369 hath failed; H5405 (QalPerf) they became as women: H802 they have burned H3341 (HiphPerf) her dwellingplaces; H4908 her bars H1280 are broken. H7665 (NiphPerf) [31] One post H7323 (QalPtc) shall run H7323 (QalImpf) to meet H7125 (QalInf) another, H7323 (QalPtc) and one messenger H5046 (HiphPtc) to meet H7125 (QalInf) another, H5046 (HiphPtc) to shew H5046 (HiphInf) the king H4428 of Babylon H894 that his city H5892 is taken H3920 (NiphPerf) at one end, H7097 [32] and that the passages H4569 are stopped, H8610 (NiphPerf) and the reeds H98 they have burned H8313 (QalPerf) with fire, H784 and the men H582 of war H4421 are affrighted. H926 (NiphPerf) [33] For thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel; H3478 The daughter H1323 of Babylon H894 is like a threshingfloor, H1637 it is time H6256 to thresh H1869 (HiphInf) her:§ yet a little while, H4592 and the time H6256 of her harvest H7105 shall come. H935 (QalPerf) [34] Nebuchadrezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 hath devoured H398 (QalPerf) me, he hath crushed H2000 (QalPerf) me, he hath made H3322 (HiphPerf) me an empty H7385 vessel, H3627 he hath swallowed me up H1104 (QalPerf) like a dragon, H8577 he hath filled H4390 (PielPerf) his belly H3770 with my delicates, H5730 he hath cast me out. H1740 (HiphPerf) [35] The violence H2555 done to me§ and to my flesh§ H7607 be upon Babylon, H894 shall the inhabitant H3427 (QalActPtc)§ of Zion H6726 say; H559 (QalImpf) and my blood H1818 upon the inhabitants H3427 (QalActPtc) of Chaldea, H3778 shall Jerusalem H3389 say. H559 (QalImpf) [36] Therefore thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord; H3068 Behold, I will plead H7378 (QalPtc) thy cause, H7379 and take vengeance H5358 (PielPerf) for thee; H5360 and I will dry up H2717 (HiphPerf) her sea, H3220 and make her springs H4726 dry. H3001 (HiphPerf) [37] And Babylon H894 shall become heaps, H1530 a dwellingplace H4583 for dragons, H8577 an astonishment, H8047 and an hissing, H8322 without an inhabitant. H3427 (QalActPtc) [38] They shall roar H7580 (QalImpf) together H3162 like lions: H3715 they shall yell H5286 (QalPerf)§ as lions’ H738 whelps. H1484 [39] In their heat H2527 I will make H7896 (QalImpf) their feasts, H4960 and I will make them drunken, H7937 (HiphPerf) that they may rejoice, H5937 (QalImpf) and sleep H3462 (QalPerf) a perpetual H5769 sleep, H8142 and not wake, H6974 (HiphImpf) saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord. H3068 [40] I will bring them down H3381 (HiphImpf) like lambs H3733 to the slaughter, H2873 (QalInf) like rams H352 with he goats. H6260 [41] How is Sheshach H8347 taken! H3920 (NiphPerf) and how is the praise H8416 of the whole earth H776 surprised! H8610 (NiphImpf) how is Babylon H894 become an astonishment H8047 among the nations! H1471 [42] The sea H3220 is come up H5927 (QalPerf) upon Babylon: H894 she is covered H3680 (NiphPerf) with the multitude H1995 of the waves H1530 thereof. [43] Her cities H5892 are a desolation, H8047 a dry H6723 land, H776 and a wilderness, H6160 a land H776 wherein no man H376 dwelleth, H3427 (QalImpf) neither doth any son H1121 of man H120 pass H5674 (QalImpf) thereby. H2004 [44] And I will punish H6485 (QalPerf) Bel H1078 in Babylon, H894 and I will bring forth H3318 (HiphPerf) out of his mouth H6310 that which he hath swallowed up: H1105 and the nations H1471 shall not flow together H5102 (QalImpf) any more unto him: yea, the wall H2346 of Babylon H894 shall fall. H5307 (QalPerf) [45] My people, H5971 go ye out H3318 (QalImpv) of the midst H8432 of her, and deliver H4422 (PielImpv) ye every man H376 his soul H5315 from the fierce H2740 anger H639 of the Lord. H3068 [46] And lest your heart H3824 faint, H7401 (NiphImpf) and ye fear H3372 (QalImpf) for the rumour H8052 that shall be heard H8085 (NiphPtc) in the land; H776 a rumour H8052 shall both come H935 (QalPerf) one year, H8141 and after H310 that in another year H8141 shall come a rumour, H8052 and violence H2555 in the land, H776 ruler H4910 (QalActPtc) against ruler. H4910 (QalActPtc) [47] Therefore, behold, the days H3117 come, H935 (QalActPtc) that I will do judgment H6485 (QalPerf)§ upon the graven images H6456 of Babylon: H894 and her whole land H776 shall be confounded, H954 (QalImpf) and all her slain H2491 shall fall H5307 (QalImpf) in the midst H8432 of her. [48] Then the heaven H8064 and the earth, H776 and all that is therein, shall sing H7442 (PielPerf) for Babylon: H894 for the spoilers H7703 (QalActPtc) shall come H935 (QalImpf) unto her from the north, H6828 saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord. H3068 [49] As H1571 Babylon H894 hath caused the slain H2491 of Israel H3478 to fall, H5307 (QalInf)§ so at Babylon H894 shall fall H5307 (QalPerf) the slain H2491 of all the earth. H776§ [50] Ye that have escaped H6405 the sword, H2719 go away, H1980 (QalImpv) stand not still: H5975 (QalImpf) remember H2142 (QalImpv) the Lord H3068 afar off, H7350 and let Jerusalem H3389 come H5927 (QalImpf) into your mind. H3824 [51] We are confounded, H954 (QalPerf) because we have heard H8085 (QalPerf) reproach: H2781 shame H3639 hath covered H3680 (PielPerf) our faces: H6440 for strangers H2114 (QalPtc) are come H935 (QalPerf) into the sanctuaries H4720 of the Lord’s H3068 house. H1004 [52] Wherefore, behold, the days H3117 come, H935 (QalActPtc) saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord, H3068 that I will do judgment H6485 (QalPerf) upon her graven images: H6456 and through all her land H776 the wounded H2491 shall groan. H602 (QalImpf) [53] Though Babylon H894 should mount up H5927 (QalImpf) to heaven, H8064 and though she should fortify H1219 (PielImpf) the height H4791 of her strength, H5797 yet H227 from me shall spoilers H7703 (QalActPtc) come H935 (QalImpf) unto her, saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord. H3068 [54] A sound H6963 of a cry H2201 cometh from Babylon, H894 and great H1419 destruction H7667 from the land H776 of the Chaldeans: H3778 [55] because the Lord H3068 hath spoiled H7703 (QalActPtc) Babylon, H894 and destroyed H6 (PielPerf) out of her the great H1419 voice; H6963 when her waves H1530 do roar H1993 (QalPerf) like great H7227 waters, H4325 a noise H7588 of their voice H6963 is uttered: H5414 (NiphPerf) [56] because the spoiler H7703 (QalActPtc) is come H935 (QalPerf) upon her, even upon Babylon, H894 and her mighty men H1368 are taken, H3920 (NiphPerf) every one of their bows H7198 is broken: H2865 (PielPerf) for the Lord H3068 God H410 of recompences H1578 shall surely H7999 (PielInf) requite. H7999 (PielImpf) [57] And I will make drunk H7937 (HiphPerf) her princes, H8269 and her wise H2450 men, her captains, H6346 and her rulers, H5461 and her mighty men: H1368 and they shall sleep H3462 (QalPerf) a perpetual H5769 sleep, H8142 and not wake, H6974 (HiphImpf) saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the King, H4428 whose name H8034 is The Lord H3068 of hosts. H6635 [58] Thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord H3068 of hosts; H6635 The broad H7342 walls H2346 of Babylon H894 shall be utterly H6209 (PilpInf) broken, H6209 (HippImpf)§ and her high H1364 gates H8179 shall be burned H3341 (QalImpf) with fire; H784 and the people H5971 shall labour H3021 (QalImpf) in vain, H7385 and the folk H3816 in H1767 the fire, H784 and they shall be weary. H3286 (QalPerf) [59] The word H1697 which Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 commanded H6680 (PielPerf) Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Neriah, H5374 the son H1121 of Maaseiah, H4271 when he went H3212 (QalInf) with§ Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 into Babylon H894 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of his reign. H4427 (QalInf) And this Seraiah H8304 was a quiet H4496 prince. H8269§ [60] So Jeremiah H3414 wrote H3789 (QalImpf) in a H259 book H5612 all the evil H7451 that should come H935 (QalImpf) upon Babylon, H894 even all these words H1697 that are written H3789 (QalPasPtc) against Babylon. H894 [61] And Jeremiah H3414 said H559 (QalImpf) to Seraiah, H8304 When thou comest H935 (QalInf) to Babylon, H894 and shalt see, H7200 (QalPerf) and shalt read H7121 (QalPerf) all these words; H1697 [62] then shalt thou say, H559 (QalPerf) O Lord, H3068 thou hast spoken H1696 (PielPerf) against this place, H4725 to cut it off, H3772 (HiphInf) that none shall remain H3427 (QalActPtc) in it, neither man H120 nor beast, H929 but that it shall be desolate H8077§ for ever. H5769 [63] And it shall be, when thou hast made an end H3615 (PielInf) of reading H7121 (QalInf) this book, H5612 that thou shalt bind H7194 (QalImpf) a stone H68 to it, and cast H7993 (HiphPerf) it into the midst H8432 of Euphrates: H6578 [64] and thou shalt say, H559 (QalPerf) Thus shall Babylon H894 sink, H8257 (QalImpf) and shall not rise H6965 (QalImpf) from H6440 the evil H7451 that I will bring H935 (HiphPtc) upon her: and they shall be weary. H3286 (QalPerf)Thus far are the words H1697 of Jeremiah. H3414
Footnotes
- § 51:1 Heb. heart
- § 51:11 Heb. pure
- § 51:12 Heb. liers in wait
- § 51:14a Heb. by his soul
- § 51:14b Heb. utter
- § 51:16 Or, noise
- § 51:17 Or, is more brutish then to know
- § 51:20 Or, in thee, or by thee
- § 51:33 Or, in the time that he thresheth her
- § 51:35a Heb. my violence
- § 51:35b Or, remainder
- § 51:35c Heb. inhabitress
- § 51:38 Or, shake themselves
- § 51:47 Heb. visit upon
- § 51:49a Or, both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and with Babylon, etc.
- § 51:49b Or, the country
- § 51:58 Or, made naked
- § 51:59a Or, on the behalf of
- § 51:59b Or, prince of Menucha or chief chamberlain
- § 51:62 Heb. desolations
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