1 The word 1697 that the LORD 3068 spake 1696 against Babylon 894 and against the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778 by 3027 Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030.
2 Declare 5046 ye among the nations 1471, and publish 8085, and set up 5375 a standard 5251; publish 8085, and conceal 3582 not: say 559, Babylon 894 is taken 3920, Bel 1078 is confounded 3001, Merodach 4781 is broken in pieces 2865; her idols 6091 are confounded 3001, her images 1544 are broken in pieces 2865.
3 For out of the north 6828 there cometh up 5927 a nation 1471 against her, which shall make 7896 her land 776 desolate 8047, and none shall dwell 3427 therein: they shall remove 5110, they shall depart 1980, both man 120 and beast 929.
4 In those days 3117, and in that time 6256, saith 5002 the LORD 3068, the children 1121 of Israel 3478 shall come 935, they and the children 1121 of Judah 3063 together 3162, going 1980 and weeping 1058: they shall go 3212, and seek 1245 the LORD 3068 their God 430.
5 They shall ask 7592 the way 1870 to Zion 6726 with their faces 6440 thitherward 2008, saying, Come 935, and let us join 3867 ourselves to the LORD 3068 in a perpetual 5769 covenant 1285 that shall not be forgotten 7911.
6 My people 5971 hath been lost 6 sheep 6629: their shepherds 7462 have caused them to go astray 8582, they have turned them away 7725 7726 on the mountains 2022: they have gone 1980 from mountain 2022 to hill 1389, they have forgotten 7911 their restingplace 7258.
7 All that found 4672 them have devoured 398 them: and their adversaries 6862 said 559, We offend 816 not, because they have sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068, the habitation 5116 of justice 6664, even the LORD 3068, the hope 4723 of their fathers 1.
8 Remove 5110 out of the midst 8432 of Babylon 894, and go forth 3318 3318 out of the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778, and be as the he goats 6260 before 6440 the flocks 6629.
9 For, lo, I will raise 5782 and cause to come up 5927 against Babylon 894 an assembly 6951 of great 1419 nations 1471 from the north 6828 country 776: and they shall set themselves in array 6186 against her; from thence she shall be taken 3920: their arrows 2671 shall be as of a mighty 1368 expert man 7919 7921; none shall return 7725 in vain 7387.
10 And Chaldea 3778 shall be a spoil 7998: all that spoil 7997 her shall be satisfied 7646, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
11 Because ye were glad 8055, because ye rejoiced 5937, O ye destroyers 8154 of mine heritage 5159, because ye are grown fat 6335 as the heifer 5697 at grass 1877 1758, and bellow 6670 as bulls 47;
12 Your mother 517 shall be sore 3966 confounded 954; she that bare 3205 you shall be ashamed 2659: behold, the hindermost 319 of the nations 1471 shall be a wilderness 4057, a dry land 6723, and a desert 6160.
13 Because of the wrath 7110 of the LORD 3068 it shall not be inhabited 3427, but it shall be wholly desolate 8077: every one that goeth 5674 by Babylon 894 shall be astonished 8074, and hiss 8319 at all her plagues 4347.
14 Put yourselves in array 6186 against Babylon 894 round about 5439: all ye that bend 1869 the bow 7198, shoot 3034 at her, spare 2550 no arrows 2671: for she hath sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068.
15 Shout 7321 against her round about 5439: she hath given 5414 her hand 3027: her foundations 803 are fallen 5307, her walls 2346 are thrown down 2040: for it is the vengeance 5360 of the LORD 3068: take vengeance 5358 upon her; as she hath done 6213, do 6213 unto her.
16 Cut off 3772 the sower 2232 from Babylon 894, and him that handleth 8610 the sickle 4038 in the time 6256 of harvest 7105: for fear 6440 of the oppressing 3238 sword 2719 they shall turn 6437 every one 376 to his people 5971, and they shall flee 5127 every one 376 to his own land 776.
17 Israel 3478 is a scattered 6340 sheep 7716; the lions 738 have driven him away 5080: first 7223 the king 4428 of Assyria 804 hath devoured 398 him; and last 314 this Nebuchadrezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 hath broken his bones 6105.
18 Therefore thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478; Behold, I will punish 6485 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 and his land 776, as I have punished 6485 the king 4428 of Assyria 804.
19 And I will bring 7725 0 Israel 3478 again 7725 to his habitation 5116, and he shall feed 7462 on Carmel 3760 and Bashan 1316, and his soul 5315 shall be satisfied 7646 upon mount 2022 Ephraim 669 and Gilead 1568.
20 In those days 3117, and in that time 6256, saith 5002 the LORD 3068, the iniquity 5771 of Israel 3478 shall be sought for 1245, and there shall be none; and the sins 2403 of Judah 3063, and they shall not be found 4672: for I will pardon 5545 them whom I reserve 7604.
21 Go up 5927 against the land 776 of Merathaim 4850, even against it, and against the inhabitants 3427 of Pekod 6489: waste 2717 and utterly destroy 2763 after 310 them, saith 5002 the LORD 3068, and do 6213 according to all that I have commanded 6680 thee.
22 A sound 6963 of battle 4421 is in the land 776, and of great 1419 destruction 7667.
23 How is the hammer 6360 of the whole earth 776 cut asunder 1438 and broken 7665! how is Babylon 894 become a desolation 8047 among the nations 1471!
24 I have laid a snare 3369 for thee, and thou art also taken 3920, O Babylon 894, and thou wast not aware 3045: thou art found 4672, and also caught 8610, because thou hast striven 1624 against the LORD 3068.
25 The LORD 3068 hath opened 6605 his armoury 214, and hath brought forth 3318 the weapons 3627 of his indignation 2195: for this is the work 4399 of the Lord 136 GOD 3069 of hosts 6635 in the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778.
26 Come 935 against her from the utmost border 7093, open 6605 her storehouses 3965: cast her up 5549 as heaps 6194, and destroy her utterly 2763: let nothing of her be left 7611.
27 Slay 2717 all her bullocks 6499; let them go down 3381 to the slaughter 2874: woe 1945 unto them! for their day 3117 is come 935, the time 6256 of their visitation 6486.
28 The voice 6963 of them that flee 5127 and escape out 6405 of the land 776 of Babylon 894, to declare 5046 in Zion 6726 the vengeance 5360 of the LORD 3068 our God 430, the vengeance 5360 of his temple 1964.
29 Call together 8085 the archers 7228 against Babylon 894: all ye that bend 1869 the bow 7198, camp 2583 against it round about 5439; let none thereof escape 6413: recompense 7999 her according to her work 6467; according to all that she hath done 6213, do 6213 unto her: for she hath been proud 2102 against the LORD 3068, against the Holy One 6918 of Israel 3478.
30 Therefore shall her young men 970 fall 5307 in the streets 7339, and all her men 582 of war 4421 shall be cut off 1826 in that day 3117, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud 2087, saith 5002 the Lord 136 GOD 3069 of hosts 6635: for thy day 3117 is come 935, the time 6256 that I will visit 6485 thee.
32 And the most proud 2087 shall stumble 3782 and fall 5307, and none shall raise him up 6965: and I will kindle 3341 a fire 784 in his cities 5892, and it shall devour 398 all round about 5439 him.
33 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635; The children 1121 of Israel 3478 and the children 1121 of Judah 3063 were oppressed 6231 together 3162: and all that took them captives 7617 held them fast 2388; they refused 3985 to let them go 7971.
34 Their Redeemer 1350 is strong 2389; the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 is his name 8034: he shall throughly 7378 plead 7378 their cause 7379, that he may give rest 7280 to the land 776, and disquiet 7264 the inhabitants 3427 of Babylon 894.
35 A sword 2719 is upon the Chaldeans 3778, saith 5002 the LORD 3068, and upon the inhabitants 3427 of Babylon 894, and upon her princes 8269, and upon her wise 2450 men.
36 A sword 2719 is upon the liars 907; and they shall dote 2973: a sword 2719 is upon her mighty men 1368; and they shall be dismayed 2865.
37 A sword 2719 is upon their horses 5483, and upon their chariots 7393, and upon all the mingled people 6153 that are in the midst 8432 of her; and they shall become as women 802: a sword 2719 is upon her treasures 214; and they shall be robbed 962.
38 A drought 2721 is upon her waters 4325; and they shall be dried up 3001: for it is the land 776 of graven images 6456, and they are mad 1984 upon their idols 367.
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert 6728 with the wild beasts of the islands 338 shall dwell 3427 there, and the owls 1323 3284 shall dwell 3427 therein: and it shall be no more inhabited 3427 for ever 5331; neither shall it be dwelt 7931 in from generation 1755 to generation 1755.
40 As God 430 overthrew 4114 Sodom 5467 and Gomorrah 6017 and the neighbour 7934 cities thereof, saith 5002 the LORD 3068; so shall no man 376 abide 3427 there, neither shall any son 1121 of man 120 dwell 1481 therein.
41 Behold, a people 5971 shall come 935 from the north 6828, and a great 1419 nation 1471, and many 7227 kings 4428 shall be raised up 5782 from the coasts 3411 of the earth 776.
42 They shall hold 2388 the bow 7198 and the lance 3591: they are cruel 394, and will not shew mercy 7355: their voice 6963 shall roar 1993 like the sea 3220, and they shall ride 7392 upon horses 5483, every one put in array 6186, like a man 376 to the battle 4421, against thee, O daughter 1323 of Babylon 894.
43 The king 4428 of Babylon 894 hath heard 8085 the report 8088 of them, and his hands 3027 waxed feeble 7503: anguish 6869 took hold 2388 of him, and pangs 2427 as of a woman in travail 3205.
44 Behold, he shall come up 5927 like a lion 738 from the swelling 1347 of Jordan 3383 unto the habitation 5116 of the strong 386: but I will make 7323 0 them suddenly 7280 run away 7323 7323 from her: and who is a chosen 977 man, that I may appoint 6485 over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time 3259? and who is that shepherd 7462 that will stand 5975 before 6440 me?
45 Therefore hear 8085 ye the counsel 6098 of the LORD 3068, that he hath taken 3289 against Babylon 894; and his purposes 4284, that he hath purposed 2803 against the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778: Surely the least 6810 of the flock 6629 shall draw them out 5498: surely he shall make their habitation 5116 desolate 8074 with them.
46 At the noise 6963 of the taking 8610 of Babylon 894 the earth 776 is moved 7493, and the cry 2201 is heard 8085 among the nations 1471.