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Jeremiah 50 (WEBP)

[1] The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
[2] “Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal; say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed! Her images are disappointed. Her idols are dismayed.’
[3] For a nation comes up out of the north against her, which will make her land desolate, and no one will dwell in it. They have fled. They are gone, both man and animal.
[4] “In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping, and will seek Yahweh their God.
[5] They will inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, saying, ‘Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.’
[6] 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.
[7] All who found them have devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.’
[8] “Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.
[9] For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they will set themselves in array against her. She will be taken from there. Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man. None of them will return in vain.
[10] Chaldea will be a prey. All who prey on her will be satisfied,” says Yahweh.
[11] “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,
[12] your mother will be utterly disappointed. She who bore you will be confounded. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
[13] Because of Yahweh’s wrath she won’t be inhabited, but she will be wholly desolate. Everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
[14] 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.
[15] Shout against her all around. She has submitted herself. Her bulwarks have fallen. Her walls have been thrown down, for it is the vengeance of Yahweh. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her.
[16] Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword, they will each return to their own people, and they will each flee to their own land.
[17] “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.”
[18] Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
[19] I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan. His soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
[20] In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none, also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
[21] “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.
[22] A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
[23] How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
[24] 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 fought against Yahweh.
[25] Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought out the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.
[26] Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps. Destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left.
[27] Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.
[28] Listen to 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.
[29] “Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back 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.
[30] Therefore her young men will fall in her streets. All her men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says Yahweh.
[31] “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.
[32] The proud one will stumble and fall, and no one will raise him up. I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all who are around him.”
[33] Yahweh of Armies says: “The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together. All who took them captive hold them fast. They refuse to let them go.
[34] 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.
[35] “A sword is on the Chaldeans,” says Yahweh, “and on the inhabitants of Babylon, on her princes, and on her wise men.
[36] A sword is on the boasters, and they will become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
[37] A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.
[38] A drought is on her waters, and they will be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
[39] Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves will dwell there. The ostriches will dwell therein. It will be inhabited no more forever, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation.
[40] As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says Yahweh, “so no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.
[41] “Behold, a people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
[42] They take up bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea. They ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
[43] The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor.
[44] Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it. Whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it, for who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”
[45] 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 will drag them away, even the little ones of the flock. Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.
[46] The earth trembles at the noise of the taking of Babylon. The cry is heard among the nations.

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Jeremiah 50 (KJVS)

[1] The word that the LORD spake () against Babylon [and] against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet .
[2] 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 ().
[3] 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 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 .
[5] 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 ().
[6] My people hath been lost () sheep : their shepherds () have caused them to go astray (), they have turned them away () (8675) [on] the mountains : they have gone () from mountain to hill , they have forgotten () their restingplace .
[7] 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 .
[8] Remove () out of the midst of Babylon , and go forth () (8675) () out of the land of the Chaldeans , and be as the he goats before the flocks .
[9] 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 () (8676) (); none shall return () in vain .
[10] And Chaldea shall be a spoil : all that spoil () her shall be satisfied (), saith () the LORD .
[11] 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 ;
[12] 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 .
[13] 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 .
[14] 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 .
[15] 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.
[16] 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 .
[17] 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 ().
[18] 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 .
[19] 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 .
[20] 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 ().
[21] 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.
[22] A sound of battle [is] in the land , and of great destruction .
[23] How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder () and broken ()! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations !
[24] 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 .
[25] 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 .
[26] 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 .
[27] Slay () all her bullocks ; let them go down () to the slaughter : woe unto them! for their day is come (), the time of their visitation .
[28] 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 .
[29] 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 .
[30] 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 .
[31] 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.
[32] 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.
[33] 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 ().
[34] 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 .
[35] A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans , saith () the LORD , and upon the inhabitants () of Babylon , and upon her princes , and upon her wise [men].
[36] A sword [is] upon the liars ; and they shall dote (): a sword [is] upon her mighty men ; and they shall be dismayed ().
[37] 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 ().
[38] 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 .
[39] 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 .
[40] 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.
[41] 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 .
[42] 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 .
[43] 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 ().
[44] 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 () (8675) () 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?
[45] 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.
[46] At the noise of the taking () of Babylon the earth is moved (), and the cry is heard () among the nations .

Young’s Literal Translation

Jeremiah 50 (YLT)

[1] The word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet:
[2] ‘Declare ye among nations, and sound, And lift up an ensign, sound, do not hide, Say ye: Captured hath been Babylon, Put to shame hath been Bel, Broken hath been Merodach, Put to shame have been her grievous things, Broken have been her idols.
[3] For come up against her hath a nation from the north, It maketh her land become a desolation, And there is not an inhabitant in it. From man even unto beast, They have moved, they have gone.
[4] In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of Jehovah, Come in do sons of Israel, They and sons of Judah together, Going on and weeping they go, And Jehovah their God they seek.
[5] To Zion they ask the way, Thitherward are their faces: Come in, and we are joined unto Jehovah, A covenant age-during-not forgotten.
[6] A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, To the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-place.
[7] All finding them have devoured them, And their adversaries have said: We are not guilty, Because that they sinned against Jehovah, The habitation of righteousness, And the hope of their fathers-Jehovah.
[8] Move ye from the midst of Babylon, And from the land of the Chaldeans go out. And be as he-goats before a flock.
[9] For, lo, I am stirring up, And am causing to come up against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from a land of the north, And they have set in array against her, From thence she is captured, Its arrow-as a skilful hero-returneth not empty,
[10] And Chaldea hath been for a spoil, All her spoilers are satisfied, An affirmation of Jehovah.
[11] Because thou rejoicest, because thou exultest, O spoilers of Mine inheritance, Because thou increasest as a heifer at the tender grass, And dost cry aloud as bulls,
[12] Ashamed hath been your mother greatly, Confounded hath she been that bare you, Lo, the hindermost of nations is a wilderness, A dry land, and a desert.
[13] Because of the wrath of Jehovah it is not inhabited, And it hath been a desolation-all of it. Every passer by at Babylon is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.
[14] Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, All ye treading a bow, Shoot at her, have no pity on the arrow, For against Jehovah she hath sinned.
[15] Shout against her round about, She hath given forth her hand, Fallen have her foundations, Thrown down have been her walls, For it is the vengeance of Jehovah, Be avenged of her, as she did-do ye to her.
[16] Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him handling the sickle in the time of harvest, Because of the oppressing sword, Each unto his people-they turn, And each to his land-they flee.
[17] A scattered sheep is Israel, lions have driven away, At first, devour him did the king of Asshur, And now, at last, broken his bone Hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
[18] Therefore thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am seeing after the king of Babylon, And after his land, As I have seen after the king of Asshur;
[19] And I have brought back Israel unto his habitation, And he hath fed on Carmel, and on Bashan. And in mount Ephraim, and on Gilead is his soul satisfied.
[20] In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of Jehovah, Sought is the iniquity of Israel, and it is not, And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, For I am propitious to those whom I leave!
[21] Against the land of Merathaim: Go up against it, and unto the inhabitants of Pekod, Waste and devote their posterity, An affirmation of Jehovah, And do according to all that I have commanded thee.
[22] A noise of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
[23] How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!
[24] I have laid a snare for thee, And also-thou art captured, O Babylon, And thou-thou hast known, Thou hast been found, and also art caught, For against Jehovah thou hast stirred thyself up.
[25] Jehovah hath opened His treasury, And He bringeth out the weapons of His indignation, For a work is to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, I n the land of the Chaldeans.
[26] Come ye in to her from the extremity, Open ye her storehouses, Raise her up as heaps, and devote her, Let her have no remnant.
[27] Slay all her kine, they go down to slaughter, Woe is on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection.
[28] A voice of fugitives and escaped ones Is from the land of Babylon, To declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, The vengeance of His temple.
[29] Summon unto Babylon archers, all treading the bow, Encamp against her round about, Let her have no escape; Recompense to her according to her work, According to all that she did-do to her, For unto Jehovah she hath been proud, Unto the Holy One of Israel.
[30] Therefore fall do her young men in her broad places, And all her men of war are cut off in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah.
[31] Lo, I am against thee, O pride, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, For thy day hath come, the time of thy inspection.
[32] And stumbled hath pride, And he hath fallen, and hath no raiser up, And I have kindled a fire in his cities, And it hath devoured all round about him.
[33] Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Oppressed are the sons of Israel, And the sons of Judah together, And all their captors have kept hold on them, They have refused to send them away.
[34] Their Redeemer is strong, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.
[35] A sword is for the Chaldeans, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is on the inhabitants of Babylon, And on her heads, and on her wise men;
[36] A sword is on the princes, And they have become foolish; A sword is on her mighty ones, And they have been broken down;
[37] A sword is on his horses and on his chariot, And on all the rabble who are in her midst, And they have become women; A sword is on her treasuries, And they have been spoiled;
[38] A sword is on her waters, and they have been dried up, For it is a land of graven images, And in idols they do boast themselves.
[39] Therefore dwell do Ziim with Iim, Yea, dwelt in her have daughters of the ostrich, And it is not inhabited any more for ever, Nor dwelt in unto all generations.
[40] As overthrown by God with Sodom, And with Gomorrah, and with its neighbours, An affirmation of Jehovah, none doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.
[41] Lo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides of the earth.
[42] Bow and halbert they seize, Cruel are they, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea soundeth, and on horses they ride, Set in array as a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
[43] Heard hath the king of Babylon their report, And feeble have been his hands, Distress hath seized him; pain as a travailing woman.
[44] Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause them to run from off her. And who is chosen? on her I lay a charge, For who is like Me? And who doth convene Me? And who is this shepherd who standeth before Me?
[45] Therefore, hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, That He counselled concerning Babylon, And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the land of the Chaldeans; Drag them out do not little ones of the flock, Doth He not make desolate over them the habitation?
[46] From the voice: Captured was Babylon, Hath the earth been shaken, And a cry among nations hath been heard!