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1 Thus says YHWH: “Behold, I am rousing against Babylon, and against those dwelling in Leb-Kamai, a destroying spirit. 2 And I will send to Babylon winnowers, and they will winnow her, and will empty her land; for they will be against her all around on the day of evil. 3 Do not let bend the one bending his bow, and let him not bring himself up in his armor; do not spare toward her young men, devote to destruction all of her army! 4 And the slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the pierced in her streets. 5 For Israel has not been forsaken—and Judah—by their God, by YHWH of Hosts, though their land had been filled with guilt before the Holy One of Israel.” 6 Flee from the midst of Babylon, and let each man save his soul! Do not be cut off in her iniquity; for it is a time of vengeance for YHWH, a recompense He will complete for her! 7 Babylon was a cup of gold in the hand of YHWH, making drunk all the earth; from her wine the nations drank; upon thus the nations are deranged. 8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and has been shattered! Wail over her, and take balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed. 9 “We would have healed Babylon, and she was not healed; leave her, and let us go, each man to his land, for her judgment reaches to the heavens, and it is lifted up even to the clouds!” 10 “YHWH has brought forth our righteousness; come, and let us declare in Zion the work of YHWH our God.” 11 Make bright the arrows! Fill the quivers! YHWH has roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is against Babylon to destroy her. For it is the vengeance of YHWH, vengeance for His temple. 12 Set up the standard against the walls of Babylon! Make strong the guard, make stand the watchmen, prepare those laying ambush! For YHWH has both planned and done that which He spoke against those dwelling in Babylon. 13 O dweller by many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your dishonest gain! 14 YHWH of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you with men like the locust, and they will lift up against you a shout.” 15 The One making the earth by His power, establishing the world by His wisdom, and by His understanding He stretched out the heavens. 16 At the voice he gives forth is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and vapors He makes come up from the ends of the earth; He makes lightnings for the rain and He brings forth the wind from His storehouses. 17 Every man is brutish, without knowledge; every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image, for deception is his molten image, and no breath is in them. 18 They are a vapor, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they will perish. 19 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance; YHWH of Hosts is His name. 20 “You are a war club for Me, weapons of war; I will smash apart with you the nations, and I will destroy with you kingdoms; 21 I will shatter with you the horse and its rider, and I will smash with you the chariot and its rider; 22 I will shatter with you man and woman, and I will smash with you old and young, and will shatter with you the young man and the maiden; 23 I will smash with you the shepherd and his flock, and I will shatter with you the plowman and his yoke, and I will smash with you the governors and rulers! 24 I will repay to Babylon and to all those dwelling in Chaldea all the evil that they have done in Zion before your⁺ eyes!” A declaration of YHWH. 25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain”—a declaration of YHWH—“The one destroying all the earth; I will stretch out My hand against you and will roll you down from the cliffs, and I will make you as a burning mountain. 26 They will not take from you a stone for a corner or a stone for a foundation; but you will be a desolate wasteland forever!” A declaration of YHWH. 27 “Lift up a signal on the earth, blow the shofar among the nations; prepare against her the nations, summon against her the kingdoms—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint against her a general, cause to come up the horses like bristling locust! 28 Prepare against her the nations—the kings of the Medes with their governors, and all their rulers, and every land of his dominion. Jeremiah 51:1-28, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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