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1	Thus says the LORD: See! I rouse against Babylon, and the inhabitants of Chaldea, a destroyer wind.	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	To Babylon I will send winnowers to winnow and lay waste the land; They shall besiege it on every side on the day of affliction.	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	How can the archers draw back their bows, lift their armor? Do not spare her young men, put the entire army under the ban.	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 shall fall in the land of Chaldea, the wounded, in its 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	For Israel and Judah are not left widowed by their God, the LORD of hosts, Even though the 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; each of you save your own life, do not perish because of her guilt; This is a time of retribution from the LORD,	“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	who pays out her due. Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the LORD making the whole earth drunk; The nations drank its wine, thus they 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	Babylon suddenly falls and is broken: wail over her! Bring balm for her wounds, in case she 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 have tried to heal Babylon, but she cannot be healed. Leave her, each of us must go to our own land.” The judgment against her reaches the heavens, it touches the clouds.	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 forth our vindication; come, let us tell 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 has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, for his resolve is Babylon’s destruction. Yes, it is retribution from the LORD, retribution 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	Over the walls of Babylon raise a signal, reinforce the watch; Post sentries, arrange ambushes! For the LORD has both planned and carried out what he spoke 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 dwell by mighty waters, rich in treasure, Your end has come, the time at which you shall be 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 hosts has sworn by himself: I will fill you with people as numerous as locusts, who shall raise over you a joyous shout!	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, established the world by wisdom, and by his skill stretched 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 he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar, he summons clouds from the ends of the earth, Makes lightning flash in the rain, and brings out winds from their 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	Every man is stupid, ignorant; every artisan is put to shame by his idol: He molds a fraud, without life-breath.	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 are nothing, a ridiculous work, that will perish at the time of punishment.	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 portion is nothing like them: he is the creator of all things. Israel is his very own tribe; LORD of hosts 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 hammer, a weapon for war; With you I shatter nations, with you I 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	With you I shatter horse and rider, with you I shatter chariot and driver.	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	With you I shatter man and woman, with you I shatter old and young, with you I shatter the young man and young woman.	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	With you I shatter shepherd and flock, with you I shatter farmer and team, with you I shatter governors and officers.	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	Thus I will repay Babylon, all the inhabitants of Chaldea, For all the evil they committed against Zion, before your very eyes—oracle of 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	Beware! I am against you, destroying mountain—oracle of the LORD— destroyer of the entire earth, I will stretch forth my hand against you, roll you down over the cliffs, and make you a burnt 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 will not take from you a cornerstone, or a foundation stone; You shall remain ruins forever— oracle of 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 a signal in the land, sound the trumpet among the nations; Dedicate nations for war against her, summon against her the kingdoms: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; Appoint a recruiting officer against her, dispatch 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	Dedicate nations for war against her: the king of the Medes, Its governors and all its officers, every land in its domain.	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 quakes and writhes, the LORD’s plan against Babylon is carried out, Turning the land of Babylon into a wasteland 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	Babylon’s warriors have ceased to fight, they remain in their strongholds; Dried up is their strength, they have become women. Burned down are their homes, broken their gates.	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 meets another, herald meets herald, Telling the king of Babylon that his entire city has been taken.	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 seized, marshes set on fire, warriors panic.	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 thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time of treading; Yet a little while, and the harvest time will come for her.	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	“He consumed me, defeated me, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; he left me like an empty vessel, Swallowed me like a sea monster, filled his belly with my delicacies and cast me 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	Let my torn flesh be visited upon Babylon,” says enthroned Zion; “My blood upon 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	But now, thus says the LORD: I will certainly defend your cause, I will certainly avenge you; I will dry up her sea, and drain her fountain.	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 shall become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; A place of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.	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 roar like lions, 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 are parched, I will set drink before them to make them drunk, that they may be overcome with everlasting sleep, never to awaken— oracle of 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 bring them down like lambs to slaughter, like rams and 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 she has been seized, taken captive, the glory of the whole world! What a horror Babylon has become 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	against Babylon the sea rises, she is overwhelmed by roaring waves!	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 have become wasteland, a parched and arid land Where no one lives, no one passes through.	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, and make him vomit up what he swallowed; nations shall no longer stream to him. Even the wall of Babylon falls!	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 her, my people; each of you save your own life from the burning wrath 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	Do not be discouraged when rumors spread through the land; this year one rumor comes, next year another: “Violence in the land!” or “Ruler against 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	Realize that the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon; the whole land shall be put to shame, all her slain shall 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 heaven and earth and everything in them shall shout over Babylon with joy, when the destroyers come against her from the north—oracle of 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	Babylon, too, must fall, you slain of Israel, because by the hand of Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen.	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 who have escaped the sword, go, do not stand idle; Remember the LORD from far away, let Jerusalem come to 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 are ashamed because we have heard taunts, disgrace covers our faces; strangers have entered sanctuaries in 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 see, the days are coming—oracle of the LORD— when I will punish her idols, and throughout the 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 scale the heavens, and make her strong heights inaccessible, my destroyers shall reach her—oracle of 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	A sound of crying 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 lays Babylon waste, silences her loud cry, Waves roaring like mighty waters, a clamor resounding.	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	For the destroyer comes upon her, upon Babylon; warriors are captured, their bows broken; The LORD is a God of recompense, he will surely repay.	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 her princes and sages drunk, with her governors, officers, and warriors, so that they sleep an everlasting sleep, never to awaken—oracle of the King, whose name is LORD of hosts.	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	Thus says the LORD of hosts: The walls of spacious Babylon shall be leveled to the ground, its lofty gates destroyed by fire. The toil of the peoples is for nothing; the nations weary themselves for what the flames consume.	“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	The mission Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah, son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the fourth year of his reign; Seraiah was chief 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 down on one scroll the disaster that would befall Babylon; all these words were written against 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	And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you reach Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,	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 then say: LORD, you yourself spoke against this place in order to cut it down so that nothing, human being or beast, could live in it, because it is to remain 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 have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into 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	and say: Thus Babylon shall sink. It will never rise, because of the disaster I am bringing upon it.” Thus far the words 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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