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1	This is what the LORD says: I will stir up a destructive wind against Babylon and against the people who live in Leb Kamai.	Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon, against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,	This is what the LORD says: “See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai.
2	I will send people to winnow Babylon, to winnow it and strip its land bare. They will attack it from every direction on the day of trouble.	and I will send to Babylon winnowers, and they shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land, when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble.	I will send foreigners to Babylon to winnow her and to devastate her land; they will oppose her on every side in the day of her disaster.
3	Have the archers bend their bows. Have them put on their armor. Don't spare Babylon's young men. Completely destroy its whole army.	Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not stand up in his armor. Spare not her young men; devote to destruction all her army.	Let not the archer string his bow, nor let him put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; completely destroy her army.
4	Babylon's soldiers will fall down badly wounded in their streets. They will lie dead in their own land.	They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and wounded in her streets.	They will fall down slain in Babylon, fatally wounded in her streets.
5	Israel and Judah haven't been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Armies, although their land is guilty of abandoning the Holy One of Israel.	For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the LORD of hosts, but the land of the Chaldeans is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.	For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the LORD Almighty, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.
6	Run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! You shouldn't die because of Babylon's crimes. This is the time for the vengeance of the LORD. He will pay the people of Babylon back for what they have done.	“Flee from the midst of Babylon; let every one save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance, the repayment he is rendering her.	“Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the LORD’s vengeance; he will repay her what she deserves.
7	Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD's hand. It made the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine. That is why the nations have gone insane.	Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, making all the earth drunken; the nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations went mad.	Babylon was a gold cup in the LORD’s hand; she made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they have now gone mad.
8	Babylon will suddenly fall and be shattered. Cry for it. Bring medicine for its pain. Maybe it can be healed.	Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.	Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
9	We wanted to heal Babylon, but it couldn't be healed. Let's abandon it and go to our own land. God has judged Babylon. Its judgment is complete.	We would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed. Forsake her, and let us go each to his own country, for her judgment has reached up to heaven and has been lifted up even to the skies.	“’We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to our own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the heavens.’
10	The LORD has brought about our victory. Let's announce in Zion what the LORD our God has done.	The LORD has brought about our vindication; come, let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.	“’The LORD has vindicated us; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has done.’
11	Sharpen the arrows; fill the quivers. The LORD will stir up the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his plan is to destroy Babylon. The LORD will avenge his temple.	“Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance for his temple.	“Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields! The LORD has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is to destroy Babylon. The LORD will take vengeance, vengeance for his temple.
12	Raise your battle flag in front of the walls of Babylon. Strengthen the guards. Station watchmen. Prepare ambushes. The LORD will carry out his plans against the people who live in Babylon.	“Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes; for the LORD has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.	Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon! Reinforce the guard, station the watchmen, prepare an ambush! The LORD will carry out his purpose, his decree against the people of Babylon.
13	Babylon, you live beside many rivers and are rich with treasures, but your end has come. The thread of your life has been cut off.	O you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.	You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be destroyed.
14	The LORD of Armies has taken an oath on himself: \|I will certainly fill you with many enemy armies. They will swarm like locusts. People will shout their victory over you.\|	The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself: Surely I will fill you with men, as many as locusts, and they shall raise the shout of victory over you.	The LORD Almighty has sworn by himself: I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.
15	The LORD made the earth by his power. He set up the world by his wisdom. He stretched out heaven by his understanding.	“It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.	“He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
16	When he thunders, the water in the sky roars. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses.	When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.	When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
17	Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Metalsmiths are put to shame by their idols. Their statues are false [gods].	Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.	“Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
18	They can't breathe. They are worthless jokes. When they are punished, they will disappear.	They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.	They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.
19	Jacob's God isn't like them. He made everything, and Israel is the tribe that belongs to him. His name is the LORD of Armies.	Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the LORD of hosts is his name.	He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including the people of his inheritance— the LORD Almighty is his name.
20	\|You are my war club and my weapon for battle. I will use you to crush nations. I will use you to destroy kingdoms.	“You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;	“You are my war club, my weapon for battle— with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms,
21	I will use you to crush horses and their riders. I will use you to crush chariots and their drivers.	with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider; with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;	with you I shatter horse and rider, with you I shatter chariot and driver,
22	I will use you to crush men and women. I will use you to crush the old and the young. I will use you to crush young men and women.	with you I break in pieces man and woman; with you I break in pieces the old man and the youth; with you I break in pieces the young man and the young woman;	with you I shatter man and woman, with you I shatter old man and youth, with you I shatter young man and young woman,
23	I will use you to crush shepherds and their flocks. I will use you to crush farmers and their oxen. I will use you to crush governors and officials.	with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team; with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.	with you I shatter shepherd and flock, with you I shatter farmer and oxen, with you I shatter governors and officials.
24	\|In your presence I will pay back Babylon and all the people who live in Babylon for all the evil things that they did in Zion,\| declares the LORD.	“I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the LORD.	“Before your eyes I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
25	\|I am against you, Babylon, you destructive mountain. You have destroyed the whole earth,\| declares the LORD. \|I will use my power against you, roll you off the cliffs, and make you a scorched mountain.	“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, declares the LORD, which destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags, and make you a burnt mountain.	“I am against you, you destroying mountain, you who destroy the whole earth,” declares the LORD. “I will stretch out my hand against you, roll you off the cliffs, and make you a burned-out mountain.
26	People won't find any stones in you to use as a cornerstone. They won't find any stones in you to use for a foundation. You will become permanent ruins,\| declares the LORD.	No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, declares the LORD.	No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone, nor any stone for a foundation, for you will be desolate forever,” declares the LORD.
27	Raise your battle flag throughout the world. Blow the ram's horn among the nations. Prepare nations to attack Babylon. Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack it. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.	“Set up a standard on the earth; blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations for war against her; summon against her the kingdoms, Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; bring up horses like bristling locusts.	“Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts.
28	Prepare nations to attack Babylon. Prepare the king of the Medes, their governors, all their deputies, and all the countries that they rule.	Prepare the nations for war against her, the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies, and every land under their dominion.	Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the countries they rule.
29	The earth trembles and writhes in pain. The LORD carries out his plans against Babylon to make Babylon a wasteland so that no one will live there.	The land trembles and writhes in pain, for the LORD’s purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.	The land trembles and writhes, for the LORD’s purposes against Babylon stand— to lay waste the land of Babylon so that no one will live there.
30	The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken.	The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting; they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed; they have become women; her dwellings are on fire; her bars are broken.	Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become weaklings. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
31	Runners run to meet runners. Messengers follow messengers. They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.	One runner runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every side;	One courier follows another and messenger follows messenger to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured,
32	The river crossings have been taken. The enemy has burned its marshes, and its soldiers are terrified.	the fords have been seized, the marshes are burned with fire, and the soldiers are in panic.	the river crossings seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers terrified.”
33	This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: The people of Babylon are like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. Their harvest time will come soon.	For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come.”	This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; the time to harvest her will soon come.”
34	King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured us. He has thrown us into confusion. He has turned us into empty jars. He has swallowed us like a monster. He has filled his belly with our delicacies. Then he spit us out.	“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he has filled his stomach with my delicacies; he has rinsed me out.	“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made us an empty jar. Like a serpent he has swallowed us and filled his stomach with our delicacies, and then has spewed us out.
35	The people who live in Zion say, \|May the violence done to us be done to Babylon.\| Jerusalem says, \|May the people of Babylon be held responsible for our deaths.\|	The violence done to me and to my kinsmen be upon Babylon,” let the inhabitant of Zion say. “My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” let Jerusalem say.	May the violence done to our flesh be on Babylon,” say the inhabitants of Zion. “May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,” says Jerusalem.
36	This is what the LORD says: I am going to take up your cause and get revenge for you. I will dry up Babylon's sea and make its springs dry.	Therefore thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry,	Therefore this is what the LORD says: “See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
37	Babylon will become piles of rubble. It will become a dwelling place for jackals, something horrible, and an object of contempt, where no one lives.	and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.	Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.
38	Its people are like roaring lions and growling lion cubs.	“They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions’ cubs.	Her people all roar like young lions, they growl like lion cubs.
39	When they are excited, I will prepare a feast for them and make them drunk so that they will shout and laugh. They will fall into a deep sleep and never wake up again, declares the LORD.	While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, that they may become merry, then sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the LORD.	But while they are aroused, I will set out a feast for them and make them drunk, so that they shout with laughter— then sleep forever and not awake,” declares the LORD.
40	I will take them to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats.	I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and male goats.	“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats.
41	\|Sheshach has been captured. Babylon, the city that the whole world praised, has been taken captive.	“How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!	“How Sheshak will be captured, the boast of the whole earth seized! How desolate Babylon will be among the nations!
42	What a horrifying sight Babylon will be to the nations! The sea will rise over Babylon, and its roaring waves will cover it.	The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.	The sea will rise over Babylon; its roaring waves will cover her.
43	Its cities will be ruined. It will become a desert, a land where no one lives and where no human travels.	Her cities have become a horror, a land of drought and a desert, a land in which no one dwells, and through which no son of man passes.	Her towns will be desolate, a dry and desert land, a land where no one lives, through which no one travels.
44	I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make Bel spit out everything that it has swallowed. Nations will no longer stream to Babylon, and its walls will fall.	And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed. The nations shall no longer flow to him; the wall of Babylon has fallen.	I will punish Bel in Babylon and make him spew out what he has swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him. And the wall of Babylon will fall.
45	\|Leave it, my people! Run for your lives! Run from the burning anger of the LORD.	“Go out of the midst of her, my people! Let every one save his life from the fierce anger of the LORD!	“Come out of her, my people! Run for your lives! Run from the fierce anger of the LORD.
46	Don't lose courage or be afraid when rumors are heard in the land. One rumor comes one year; another rumor comes the next year. Rumors of violence are in the land. Rumors that one ruler will fight against another are in the land.	Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land, when a report comes in one year and afterward a report in another year, and violence is in the land, and ruler is against ruler.	Do not lose heart or be afraid when rumors are heard in the land; one rumor comes this year, another the next, rumors of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
47	That is why the days are coming when I will punish Babylon's idols. The whole country will be put to shame, and all its soldiers will lie dead.	“Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.	For the time will surely come when I will punish the idols of Babylon; her whole land will be disgraced and her slain will all lie fallen within her.
48	Then heaven and earth and everything in them will rejoice over Babylon, because destroyers from the north will attack it,\| declares the LORD.	Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for joy over Babylon, for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north, declares the LORD.	Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon, for out of the north destroyers will attack her,” declares the LORD.
49	Because the people of Babylon have killed many Israelites and because they have killed many people throughout the earth, Babylon must fall.	Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, just as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.	“Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain, just as the slain in all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
50	You people who escaped from the sword, leave! Don't just stand there. Remember the LORD in a distant land, and think about Jerusalem.	“You who have escaped from the sword, go, do not stand still! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come into your mind:	You who have escaped the sword, leave and do not linger! Remember the LORD in a distant land, and call to mind Jerusalem.”
51	We have been put to shame, and we have been disgraced. Shame covers our faces, because foreigners have gone into the holy places of the LORD's temple.	‘We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; dishonor has covered our face, for foreigners have come into the holy places of the LORD’s house.’	“We are disgraced, for we have been insulted and shame covers our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
52	\|That is why the days are coming,\| declares the LORD, \|when I will punish their idols, and those who are wounded will moan everywhere in the land.	“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.	“But days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.
53	The people of Babylon might go up to heaven. They might fortify their strongholds. But destroyers will still come from me against them,\| declares the LORD.	Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height, yet destroyers would come from me against her, declares the LORD.	Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, I will send destroyers against her,” declares the LORD.
54	Cries of agony are heard from Babylon. Sounds of terrible destruction are heard from the land of the Babylonians.	“A voice! A cry from Babylon! The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!	“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.
55	The LORD will destroy Babylon. He will silence the loud noise coming from it. Waves of enemies will come roaring in like raging water. The noise will be heard everywhere.	For the LORD is laying Babylon waste and stilling her mighty voice. Their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is raised,	The LORD will destroy Babylon; he will silence her noisy din. Waves of enemies will rage like great waters; the roar of their voices will resound.
56	A destroyer will attack Babylon, its soldiers will be captured, and their bows and arrows will be broken. \|I, the LORD, am a God who punishes evil. I will certainly punish them.	for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken in pieces, for the LORD is a God of recompense; he will surely repay.	A destroyer will come against Babylon; her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken. For the LORD is a God of retribution; he will repay in full.
57	I will make their officials and wise men drunk, along with their governors, officers, and soldiers. They will fall into a deep sleep and never wake up,\| declares the king, whose name is the LORD of Armies.	I will make drunk her officials and her wise men, her governors, her commanders, and her warriors; they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.	I will make her officials and wise men drunk, her governors, officers and warriors as well; they will sleep forever and not awake,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD Almighty.
58	This is what the LORD of Armies says: The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled, and its high gates will be set on fire. People exhaust themselves for nothing. The nations wear themselves out only to have a fire.	“Thus says the LORD of hosts: The broad wall of Babylon shall be leveled to the ground, and her high gates shall be burned with fire. The peoples labor for nothing, and the nations weary themselves only for fire.”	This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Babylon’s thick wall will be leveled and her high gates set on fire; the peoples exhaust themselves for nothing, the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”
59	This is the message that the prophet Jeremiah gave to Seraiah, son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah, when Seraiah went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah's rule. (Seraiah was the quartermaster.)	The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster.	This is the message Jeremiah the prophet gave to the staff officer Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with Zedekiah king of Judah in the fourth year of his reign.
60	Jeremiah wrote on a scroll all the disasters that would happen to Babylon. He wrote all these things that have been written about Babylon.	Jeremiah wrote in a book all the disaster that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.	Jeremiah had written on a scroll about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon—all that had been recorded concerning Babylon.
61	Jeremiah said to Seraiah, \|When you come to Babylon, see that you read all this.	And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words,	He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud.
62	Then say, 'LORD, you have threatened to destroy this place so that no person or animal will live here, and it will become a permanent ruin.'	and say, ‘O LORD, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be desolate forever.’	Then say, ‘LORD, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate forever.’
63	When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.	When you finish reading this book, tie a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,	When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.
64	Say, 'Babylon will sink like this scroll. It will never rise again because of the disasters that I will bring on it.' \| The words of Jeremiah end here.	and say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, and they shall become exhausted.’” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.	Then say, ‘So will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people will fall.’” The words of Jeremiah end here.
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