1 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068; Behold, I will raise up 5782 against Babylon 894, and against them that dwell 3427 in the midst 3820 of them that rise up 6965 against me, a destroying 7843 wind 7307;
2 And will send 7971 unto Babylon 894 fanners 2114, that shall fan 2219 her, and shall empty 1238 her land 776: for in the day 3117 of trouble 7451 they shall be against her round about 5439.
3 Against him that bendeth 1869 0 let the archer 1869 bend 1869 his bow 7198, and against him that lifteth himself up 5927 in his brigandine 5630: and spare 2550 ye not her young men 970; destroy ye utterly 2763 all her host 6635.
4 Thus the slain 2491 shall fall 5307 in the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778, and they that are thrust through 1856 in her streets 2351.
5 For Israel 3478 hath not been forsaken 488, nor Judah 3063 of his God 430, of the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635; though their land 776 was filled 4390 with sin 817 against the Holy One 6918 of Israel 3478.
6 Flee out 5127 of the midst 8432 of Babylon 894, and deliver 4422 every man 376 his soul 5315: be not cut off 1826 in her iniquity 5771; for this is the time 6256 of the LORD'S 3068 vengeance 5360; he will render 7999 unto her a recompence 1576.
7 Babylon 894 hath been a golden 2091 cup 3563 in the LORD'S 3068 hand 3027, that made all the earth 776 drunken 7937: the nations 1471 have drunken 8354 of her wine 3196; therefore the nations 1471 are mad 1984.
8 Babylon 894 is suddenly 6597 fallen 5307 and destroyed 7665: howl 3213 for her; take 3947 balm 6875 for her pain 4341, if so be she may be healed 7495.
9 We would have healed 7495 Babylon 894, but she is not healed 7495: forsake 5800 her, and let us go 3212 every one 376 into his own country 776: for her judgment 4941 reacheth 5060 unto heaven 8064, and is lifted up 5375 even to the skies 7834.
10 The LORD 3068 hath brought forth 3318 our righteousness 6666: come 935, and let us declare 5608 in Zion 6726 the work 4639 of the LORD 3068 our God 430.
11 Make bright 1305 the arrows 2671; gather 4390 the shields 7982: the LORD 3068 hath raised up 5782 the spirit 7307 of the kings 4428 of the Medes 4074: for his device 4209 is against Babylon 894, to destroy 7843 it; because it is the vengeance 5360 of the LORD 3068, the vengeance 5360 of his temple 1964.
12 Set up 5375 the standard 5251 upon the walls 2346 of Babylon 894, make the watch 4929 strong 2388, set up 6965 the watchmen 8104, prepare 3559 the ambushes 693: for the LORD 3068 hath both devised 2161 and done 6213 that which he spake 1696 against the inhabitants 3427 of Babylon 894.
13 O thou that dwellest 7931 7931 upon many 7227 waters 4325, abundant 7227 in treasures 214, thine end 7093 is come 935, and the measure 520 of thy covetousness 1215.
14 The LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 hath sworn 7650 by himself 5315, saying, Surely I will fill 4390 thee with men 120, as with caterpillers 3218; and they shall lift up 6030 a shout 1959 against thee.
15 He hath made 6213 the earth 776 by his power 3581, he hath established 3559 the world 8398 by his wisdom 2451, and hath stretched out 5186 the heaven 8064 by his understanding 8394.
16 When he uttereth 5414 his voice 6963, there is a multitude 1995 of waters 4325 in the heavens 8064; and he causeth the vapours 5387 to ascend 5927 from the ends 7097 of the earth 776: he maketh 6213 lightnings 1300 with rain 4306, and bringeth forth 3318 the wind 7307 out of his treasures 214.
17 Every man 120 is brutish 1197 by his knowledge 1847; every founder 6884 is confounded 3001 by the graven image 6459: for his molten image 5262 is falsehood 8267, and there is no breath 7307 in them.
18 They are vanity 1892, the work 4639 of errors 8595: in the time 6256 of their visitation 6486 they shall perish 6.
19 The portion 2506 of Jacob 3290 is not like them; for he is the former 3335 of all things: and Israel is the rod 7626 of his inheritance 5159: the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 is his name 8034.
20 Thou art my battle axe 4661 and weapons 3627 of war 4421: for with thee will I break in pieces 5310 the nations 1471, and with thee will I destroy 7843 kingdoms 4467;
21 And with thee will I break in pieces 5310 the horse 5483 and his rider 7392; and with thee will I break in pieces 5310 the chariot 7393 and his rider 7392;
22 With thee also will I break in pieces 5310 man 376 and woman 802; and with thee will I break in pieces 5310 old 2205 and young 5288; and with thee will I break in pieces 5310 the young man 970 and the maid 1330;
23 I will also break in pieces 5310 with thee the shepherd 7462 and his flock 5739; and with thee will I break in pieces 5310 the husbandman 406 and his yoke of oxen 6776; and with thee will I break in pieces 5310 captains 6346 and rulers 5461.
24 And I will render 7999 unto Babylon 894 and to all the inhabitants 3427 of Chaldea 3778 all their evil 7451 that they have done 6213 in Zion 6726 in your sight 5869, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying 4889 mountain 2022, saith 5002 the LORD 3068, which destroyest 7843 all the earth 776: and I will stretch out 5186 mine hand 3027 upon thee, and roll thee down 1556 from the rocks 5553, and will make 5414 thee a burnt 8316 mountain 2022.
26 And they shall not take 3947 of thee a stone 68 for a corner 6438, nor a stone 68 for foundations 4146; but thou shalt be desolate 8077 for ever 5769, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
27 Set ye up 5375 a standard 5251 in the land 776, blow 8628 the trumpet 7782 among the nations 1471, prepare 6942 the nations 1471 against her, call together 8085 against her the kingdoms 4467 of Ararat 780, Minni 4508, and Ashchenaz 813; appoint 6485 a captain 2951 against her; cause the horses 5483 to come up 5927 as the rough 5569 caterpillers 3218.
28 Prepare 6942 against her the nations 1471 with the kings 4428 of the Medes 4074, the captains 6346 thereof, and all the rulers 5461 thereof, and all the land 776 of his dominion 4475.
29 And the land 776 shall tremble 7493 and sorrow 2342: for every purpose 4284 of the LORD 3068 shall be performed 6965 against Babylon 894, to make 7760 the land 776 of Babylon 894 a desolation 8047 without an inhabitant 3427.
30 The mighty men 1368 of Babylon 894 have forborn 2308 to fight 3898, they have remained 3427 in their holds 4679: their might 1369 hath failed 5405; they became as women 802: they have burned 3341 her dwellingplaces 4908; her bars 1280 are broken 7665.
31 One post 7323 shall run 7323 to meet 7125 another 7323, and one messenger 5046 to meet 7125 another 5046, to shew 5046 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 that his city 5892 is taken 3920 at one end 7097,
32 And that the passages 4569 are stopped 8610, and the reeds 98 they have burned 8313 with fire 784, and the men 582 of war 4421 are affrighted 926.
33 For thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478; The daughter 1323 of Babylon 894 is like a threshingfloor 1637, it is time 6256 to thresh 1869 her: yet a little while 4592, and the time 6256 of her harvest 7105 shall come 935.
34 Nebuchadrezzar 5019 the king 4428 of Babylon 894 hath devoured 398 me, he hath crushed 2000 me, he hath made 3322 me an empty 7385 vessel 3627, he hath swallowed me up 1104 like a dragon 8577, he hath filled 4390 his belly 3770 with my delicates 5730, he hath cast me out 1740.
35 The violence 2555 done to me and to my flesh 7607 be upon Babylon 894, shall the inhabitant 3427 of Zion 6726 say 559; and my blood 1818 upon the inhabitants 3427 of Chaldea 3778, shall Jerusalem 3389 say 559.
36 Therefore thus saith 559 the LORD 3068; Behold, I will plead 7378 thy cause 7379, and take vengeance 5358 for thee 5360; and I will dry up 2717 her sea 3220, and make her springs 4726 dry 3001.
37 And Babylon 894 shall become heaps 1530, a dwellingplace 4583 for dragons 8577, an astonishment 8047, and an hissing 8322, without an inhabitant 3427.
38 They shall roar 7580 together 3162 like lions 3715: they shall yell 5286 as lions 738' whelps 1484.
39 In their heat 2527 I will make 7896 their feasts 4960, and I will make them drunken 7937, that they may rejoice 5937, and sleep 3462 a perpetual 5769 sleep 8142, and not wake 6974, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
40 I will bring them down 3381 like lambs 3733 to the slaughter 2873, like rams 352 with he goats 6260.
41 How is Sheshach 8347 taken 3920! and how is the praise 8416 of the whole earth 776 surprised 8610! how is Babylon 894 become an astonishment 8047 among the nations 1471!
42 The sea 3220 is come up 5927 upon Babylon 894: she is covered 3680 with the multitude 1995 of the waves 1530 thereof.
43 Her cities 5892 are a desolation 8047, a dry 6723 land 776, and a wilderness 6160, a land 776 wherein no man 376 dwelleth 3427, neither doth any son 1121 of man 120 pass 5674 thereby 2004.
44 And I will punish 6485 Bel 1078 in Babylon 894, and I will bring forth 3318 out of his mouth 6310 that which he hath swallowed up 1105: and the nations 1471 shall not flow together 5102 any more unto him: yea, the wall 2346 of Babylon 894 shall fall 5307.
45 My people 5971, go ye out 3318 of the midst 8432 of her, and deliver 4422 ye every man 376 his soul 5315 from the fierce 2740 anger 639 of the LORD 3068.
46 And lest your heart 3824 faint 7401, and ye fear 3372 for the rumour 8052 that shall be heard 8085 in the land 776; a rumour 8052 shall both come 935 one year 8141, and after 310 that in another year 8141 shall come a rumour 8052, and violence 2555 in the land 776, ruler 4910 against ruler 4910.
47 Therefore, behold, the days 3117 come 935, that I will do judgment 6485 upon the graven images 6456 of Babylon 894: and her whole land 776 shall be confounded 954, and all her slain 2491 shall fall 5307 in the midst 8432 of her.
48 Then the heaven 8064 and the earth 776, and all that is therein, shall sing 7442 for Babylon 894: for the spoilers 7703 shall come 935 unto her from the north 6828, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
49 As 1571 Babylon 894 hath caused the slain 2491 of Israel 3478 to fall 5307, so at Babylon 894 shall fall 5307 the slain 2491 of all the earth 776.
50 Ye that have escaped 6405 the sword 2719, go away 1980, stand not still 5975: remember 2142 the LORD 3068 afar off 7350, and let Jerusalem 3389 come 5927 into your mind 3824.
51 We are confounded 954, because we have heard 8085 reproach 2781: shame 3639 hath covered 3680 our faces 6440: for strangers 2114 are come 935 into the sanctuaries 4720 of the LORD'S 3068 house 1004.
52 Wherefore, behold, the days 3117 come 935, saith 5002 the LORD 3068, that I will do judgment 6485 upon her graven images 6456: and through all her land 776 the wounded 2491 shall groan 602.
53 Though Babylon 894 should mount up 5927 to heaven 8064, and though she should fortify 1219 the height 4791 of her strength 5797, yet from 227 me shall spoilers 7703 come 935 unto her, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
54 A sound 6963 of a cry 2201 cometh from Babylon 894, and great 1419 destruction 7667 from the land 776 of the Chaldeans 3778:
55 Because the LORD 3068 hath spoiled 7703 Babylon 894, and destroyed 6 out of her the great 1419 voice 6963; when her waves 1530 do roar 1993 like great 7227 waters 4325, a noise 7588 of their voice 6963 is uttered 5414:
56 Because the spoiler 7703 is come 935 upon her, even upon Babylon 894, and her mighty men 1368 are taken 3920, every one of their bows 7198 is broken 2865: for the LORD 3068 God 410 of recompences 1578 shall surely 7999 requite 7999.
57 And I will make drunk 7937 her princes 8269, and her wise 2450 men, her captains 6346, and her rulers 5461, and her mighty men 1368: and they shall sleep 3462 a perpetual 5769 sleep 8142, and not wake 6974, saith 5002 the King 4428, whose name 8034 is the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
58 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635; The broad 7342 walls 2346 of Babylon 894 shall be utterly 6209 broken 6209, and her high 1364 gates 8179 shall be burned 3341 with fire 784; and the people 5971 shall labour 3021 in vain 7385, and the folk 3816 in 1767 the fire 784, and they shall be weary 3286.
59 The word 1697 which Jeremiah 3414 the prophet 5030 commanded 6680 Seraiah 8304 the son 1121 of Neriah 5374, the son 1121 of Maaseiah 4271, when he went 3212 with Zedekiah 6667 the king 4428 of Judah 3063 into Babylon 894 in the fourth 7243 year 8141 of his reign 4427. And this Seraiah 8304 was a quiet 4496 prince 8269.
60 So Jeremiah 3414 wrote 3789 in a 259 book 5612 all the evil 7451 that should come 935 upon Babylon 894, even all these words 1697 that are written 3789 against Babylon 894.
61 And Jeremiah 3414 said 559 to Seraiah 8304, When thou comest 935 to Babylon 894, and shalt see 7200, and shalt read 7121 all these words 1697;
62 Then shalt thou say 559, O LORD 3068, thou hast spoken 1696 against this place 4725, to cut it off 3772, that none shall remain 3427 in it, neither man 120 nor beast 929, but that it shall be desolate 8077 for ever 5769.
63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end 3615 of reading 7121 this book 5612, that thou shalt bind 7194 a stone 68 to it, and cast 7993 it into the midst 8432 of Euphrates 6578:
64 And thou shalt say 559, Thus shall Babylon 894 sink 8257, and shall not rise 6965 from 6440 the evil 7451 that I will bring 935 upon her: and they shall be weary 3286. Thus far are the words 1697 of Jeremiah 3414.