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1 This is what the LORD says: |Look, I'm going to stir up a destroying wind against Babylon and the inhabitants of 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'll send foreigners to Babylon, and they'll winnow her, and devastate her land. They'll come against her from every side on the day of her disaster. 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 Don't let the archer bend the bow; don't let him rise up in his armor. Don't spare her young men. Completely destroy her entire 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 The slain will fall in the land of Chaldea, pierced through in her streets. 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 Indeed, Israel and Judah haven't been abandoned by their God, by the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, although their land is full of guilt against 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 Flee from Babylon, and each of you, escape with your life! Don't be destroyed because of her guilt, for it's time for the LORD's vengeance. He is paying back what is due to her. “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, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine, therefore the nations have gone mad. 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 Suddenly, Babylon fell down and was shattered. Wail for her! Bring balm for her wound, perhaps she will 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 tried to heal Babylon, but she wouldn't be healed. Leave her, and let each of us go to his own country. For her judgment has reached to the heavens, and is lifted up to the sky. 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 will vindicate us. Come! Let us declare the work of the LORD our God in Zion. 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 has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes— he has decided to destroy Babylon. Indeed, it's the LORD's vengeance, vengeance for 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 Lift up the battle standard against Babylon's walls. Strengthen the guard; post watchmen. Set men in position for an ambush. For the LORD will both plan and carry out what he has declared against the inhabitants of 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 You who live beside many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, your life thread is cut. 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 the Heavenly Armies has sworn by himself: |I'll surely fill you with soldiers like a swarm of locusts, and they'll sing songs of 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 He made the earth by his power. He established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he spread out the heavens. “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 his voice sounds, there is thunder from the waters of heaven, and he makes clouds rise up from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and 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 without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his own idols, for his images are false, and there is no life in them. 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're worthless, a work of mockery, and when the time of punishment comes, they'll perish. 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 The Portion of Jacob is not like these. He made everything, including the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name. 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 weapons of war. I'll smash nations with you and destroy kingdoms with you. “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'll smash the horse and its rider with you. I'll smash the chariot and its rider with you. 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'll smash man and woman with you. I'll smash old man and young boy with you. I'll smash young man and young woman with you. 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'll smash the shepherd and his flock with you. I'll smash the farmer and his team of oxen with you. I'll smash governors and officials with you. 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 |Before your eyes I'll repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all the evil 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 |Look, I'm against you, destroying mountain, who destroys the whole earth,| declares the LORD. |I'll stretch out my hand against you and roll you down from the crags. And I'll make you a burned-out 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 They won't get a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will be a wasteland forever,| 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 Lift up a battle standard in the land. Blow a trumpet among the nations. Consecrate the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz against her. Appoint a commander against her, bring up horses like bristling 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 Consecrate the nations against her, the kings of the Medes, their governors, their prefects, and every land under their domination. 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 land quakes and writhes because the LORD's purposes against Babylon stand firm, to make the land of Babylon a waste without inhabitants. 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 strongholds; their strength is dried up; they have become like women. Her buildings are set on fire; the bars of her 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 One runner runs to meet another runner, and one messenger to meet another messenger, to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been seized from one end to the other. 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 fords have been captured, and the marshes burned with fire. The 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 For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: |The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it's pounded down. In just a little while, the time of her harvest will come.| 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 me and crushed me. He set me down like an empty vessel. He swallowed me like a monster, and filled his belly with my delicacies. Then he washed me away. “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 May the violence done to me and my flesh be on Babylon,| says the inhabitant of Zion. |May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea,| says Jerusalem. 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 Therefore this is what the LORD says: |Look, I'm going to argue your case and take vengeance for you. I'll dry up her sea and make her fountain 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 a heap of ruins, a refuge for jackals, a desolate place and an object of scorn. 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 They'll roar together like young lions; they'll growl like 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're excited I'll serve them their banquet, and make them drunk until they're merry. They'll sleep forever and won't wake up,| 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'll bring them down like lambs for the slaughter, like rams with 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 |How Sheshak will be captured, and the prince of all the earth seized! How Babylon will become an object of horror among the nations! “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 The sea will come up against Babylon, and she will be covered by wave upon wave. 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 Her cities will become an object of horror, a dry land and a desert, a land in which no one lives, and through which no human being passes. 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'll punish Bel in Babylon, and I'll make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth. The nations will no longer stream to him. Even the wall of Babylon 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 |Come out of her, my people, flee for your lives from the LORD's anger! “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 Do this now, so your heart does not grow faint, and so you don't become frightened because of the rumors that are heard in the land— a rumor comes one year and then after it another rumor comes the next year about violence in the land and one ruler against another ruler. 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 Therefore, look, days are coming when I'll punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will be put to shame, and all her slain will fall in her midst. “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 the heavens and the earth and all that are in them will shout for joy about Babylon because the destroyers will come out of the north against her,| 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 |So Babylon will fall because of the slain of Israel, even as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon. 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 Go, you who escaped the sword! Don't stand around! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to your mind. “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 because we have heard insults. Disgrace has covered our faces because foreigners have come into the Holy Places of the LORD's house. ‘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 |Therefore, look, days are coming,| declares the LORD, |when I'll punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan. “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 Though Babylon should reach up to the heavens and fortify her high fortresses, from me destroyers will come to her,| 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 |The sound of a cry is coming from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans. “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 For the LORD is destroying Babylon, and he will make the loud sounds from her disappear. Their waves will roar like many waters, the noise of their voices will sound forth. 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 Indeed, the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon. Her warriors are captured, and her bows are broken. For the LORD is a God of recompense, and he will repay in full. 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'll make their leaders, their wise men, their governors, their deputies, and their warriors drunk so that they sleep forever and don't wake up,| declares the King whose name is the LORD of the Heavenly 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 the Heavenly Armies says: |The broad wall of Babylon will be completely leveled, and its high gate set on fire. and so the peoples toil for nothing, and the nations weary themselves only for 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 Jeremiah the prophet delivered to Neriah's son Seraiah, the grandson of Mahseiah, when he went with King Zedekiah of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. 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 single scroll all the disasters that would come on Babylon, all these things that were 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 told Seraiah, |When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words, 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 and say, 'LORD, you have declared about this place that you would destroy it so that there wouldn't be an inhabitant in it, neither human nor animal, because it will be a wasteland forever.' 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 rock around it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates. 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 Then say, 'Babylon will sink like this and won't rise from the disaster that I'm bringing on her. Her people will be exhausted.'| This concludes the writings of Jeremiah. 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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