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Babylon Judged for Sins against Israel
Thus says the LORD:
“Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon
And against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai
The spirit of a destroyer.
Thus says the LORD:
“Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon
And against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai
The spirit of a destroyer.
“I will dispatch foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her
And may devastate her land;
For on every side they will be opposed to her
In the day of her calamity.
And may devastate her land;
For on every side they will be opposed to her
In the day of her calamity.
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.
and they shall winnow her,
and they shall empty her land,
when they come against her from every side
on the day of trouble.
“Let not him who bends his bow bend it,
Nor let him rise up in his scale-armor;
So do not spare her young men;
Devote all her army to destruction.
Nor let him rise up in his scale-armor;
So do not spare her young men;
Devote all her army to destruction.
“They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
And pierced through in their streets.”
And pierced through in their streets.”
They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
and wounded in her streets.
and wounded in her streets.
For neither Israel nor Judah has been forsaken
By his God, the LORD of hosts,
Although their land is full of guilt
Before the Holy One of Israel.
By his God, the LORD of hosts,
Although their land is full of guilt
Before the Holy One of Israel.
Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And each of you save his life!
Do not be destroyed in her punishment,
For this is the LORD’S time of vengeance;
He is going to render recompense to her.
And each of you save his life!
Do not be destroyed in her punishment,
For this is the LORD’S time of vengeance;
He is going to render recompense 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.
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.
Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the LORD,
Intoxicating all the earth.
The nations have drunk of her wine;
Therefore the nations are going mad.
Intoxicating all the earth.
The nations have drunk of her wine;
Therefore the nations are going 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.
making all the earth drunken;
the nations drank of her wine;
therefore the nations went mad.
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
Wail over her!
Bring balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
Wail over her!
Bring balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
wail for her!
Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
wail for her!
Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;
Forsake her and let us each go to his own country,
For her judgment has reached to heaven
And towers up to the very skies.
Forsake her and let us each go to his own country,
For her judgment has reached to heaven
And towers up to the very skies.
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.
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.
The LORD has brought about our vindication;
Come and let us recount in Zion
The work of the LORD our God!
Come and let us recount in Zion
The work of the LORD our God!
The Lord has brought about our vindication;
come, let us declare in Zion
the work of the Lord our God.
come, let us declare in Zion
the work of the Lord our God.
Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers!
The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
Because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy it;
For it is the vengeance of the LORD, vengeance for His temple.
The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
Because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy it;
For it is the vengeance of the LORD, 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.
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.
Lift up a signal against the walls of Babylon;
Post a strong guard,
Station sentries,
Place men in ambush!
For the LORD has both purposed and performed
What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
Post a strong guard,
Station sentries,
Place men in ambush!
For the LORD has both purposed and performed
What He spoke concerning 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.
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.
O you who dwell by many waters,
Abundant in treasures,
Your end has come,
The measure of your end.
Abundant in treasures,
Your end has come,
The measure of your end.
O you who dwell by many waters,
rich in treasures,
your end has come;
the thread of your life is cut.
rich in treasures,
your end has come;
the thread of your life is cut.
The LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself:
“Surely I will fill you with a population like locusts,
And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.”
“Surely I will fill you with a population like locusts,
And they will cry out with shouts 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.
Surely I will fill you with men, as many as locusts,
and they shall raise the shout of victory over you.
It is He who made the earth by His power,
Who established the world by His wisdom,
And by His understanding He stretched out the heavens.
Who established the world by His wisdom,
And by His understanding He 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.
who established the world by his wisdom,
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain
And brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain
And brings forth the wind from 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.
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.
All mankind is stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath 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.
every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
and there is no breath in them.
They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time of their punishment they will perish.
In the time of their punishment they will perish.
They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
The portion of Jacob is not like these;
For the Maker of all is He,
And of the tribe of His inheritance;
The LORD of hosts is His name.
For the Maker of all is He,
And of the tribe of His inheritance;
The 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.
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 says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war;
And with you I shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.
And with you I shatter nations,
And 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;
with you I break nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;
“With you I shatter the horse and his rider,
And with you I shatter the chariot and its rider,
And with you I shatter the chariot and its rider,
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 break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
And with you I shatter man and woman,
And with you I shatter old man and youth,
And with you I shatter young man and virgin,
And with you I shatter old man and youth,
And with you I shatter young man and virgin,
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 break in pieces the old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces the young man and the young woman;
And with you I shatter the shepherd and his flock,
And with you I shatter the farmer and his team,
And with you I shatter governors and prefects.
And with you I shatter the farmer and his team,
And with you I shatter governors and prefects.
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 break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.
“But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes,” 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.
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the LORD,
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
And roll you down from the crags,
And I will make you a burnt out mountain.
Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the LORD,
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
And roll you down from the crags,
And I will make you a burnt out mountain.
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
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.
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.
“They will not take from you even a stone for a corner
Nor a stone for foundations,
But you will be desolate forever,” declares the LORD.
Nor a stone for foundations,
But you will be desolate 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.
and no stone for a foundation,
but you shall be a perpetual waste,
declares the Lord.
Lift up a signal in the land,
Blow a trumpet among the nations!
Consecrate the nations against her,
Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz;
Appoint a marshal against her,
Bring up the horses like bristly locusts.
Blow a trumpet among the nations!
Consecrate the nations against her,
Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz;
Appoint a marshal against her,
Bring up the horses like bristly 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.
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.
Consecrate the nations against her,
The kings of the Medes,
Their governors and all their prefects,
And every land of their dominion.
The kings of the Medes,
Their governors and all their prefects,
And every land of their dominion.
Prepare the nations for war against her,
the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies,
and every land under their dominion.
the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies,
and every land under their dominion.
So the land quakes and writhes,
For the purposes of the LORD against Babylon stand,
To make the land of Babylon
A desolation without inhabitants.
For the purposes of the LORD against Babylon stand,
To make the land of Babylon
A desolation 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.
for the Lord’s purposes against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation,
without inhabitant.
The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They stay in the strongholds;
Their strength is exhausted,
They are becoming like women;
Their dwelling places are set on fire,
The bars of her gates are broken.
They stay in the strongholds;
Their strength is exhausted,
They are becoming like women;
Their dwelling places 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.
they remain in their strongholds;
their strength has failed;
they have become women;
her dwellings are on fire;
her bars are broken.
One courier runs to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To tell the king of Babylon
That his city has been captured from end to end;
And one messenger to meet another,
To tell the king of Babylon
That his city has been captured from end to end;
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;
and one messenger to meet another,
to tell the king of Babylon
that his city is taken on every side;
The fords also have been seized,
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
the fords have been seized,
the marshes are burned with fire,
and the soldiers are in panic.
the marshes are burned with fire,
and the soldiers are in panic.
For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:
“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor
At the time it is stamped firm;
Yet in a little while the time of harvest will come for her.”
“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor
At the time it is stamped firm;
Yet in a little while the time of harvest 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.”
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.”
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me and crushed me,
He has set me down like an empty vessel;
He has swallowed me like a monster,
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
He has washed me away.
He has set me down like an empty vessel;
He has swallowed me like a monster,
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
He has washed me away.
“May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
Jerusalem will say.
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
Jerusalem will say.
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.
let the inhabitant of Zion say.
“My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
let Jerusalem say.
Therefore thus says the LORD,
“Behold, I am going to plead your case
And exact full vengeance for you;
And I will dry up her sea
And make her fountain dry.
“Behold, I am going to plead your case
And exact full vengeance for you;
And I will 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,
“Behold, I will plead your cause
and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain dry,
“Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals,
An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
An object 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.
the haunt of jackals,
a horror and a hissing,
without inhabitant.
“They will roar together like young lions,
They will growl like lions’ cubs.
They will growl like lions’ cubs.
“They shall roar together like lions;
they shall growl like lions’ cubs.
they shall growl like lions’ cubs.
“When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet
And make them drunk, that they may become jubilant
And may sleep a perpetual sleep
And not wake up,” declares the LORD.
And make them drunk, that they may become jubilant
And may sleep a perpetual sleep
And not 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.
and make them drunk, that they may become merry,
then sleep a perpetual sleep
and not wake, declares the Lord.
“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams together with male goats.
Like rams together with male goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and male goats.
like rams and male goats.
“How Sheshak has been captured,
And the praise of the whole earth been seized!
How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!
And the praise of the whole earth been seized!
How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!
“The sea has come up over Babylon;
She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has come up on Babylon;
she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
“Her cities have become an object of horror,
A parched land and a desert,
A land in which no man lives
And through which no son of man passes.
A parched land and a desert,
A land in which no man lives
And through which no son of man 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.
a land of drought and a desert,
a land in which no one dwells,
and through which no son of man passes.
“I will punish Bel in Babylon,
And I will make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth;
And the nations will no longer stream to him.
Even the wall of Babylon has fallen down!
And I will make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth;
And the nations will no longer stream to him.
Even the wall of Babylon has fallen down!
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.
and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed.
The nations shall no longer flow to him;
the wall of Babylon has fallen.
“Come forth from her midst, My people,
And each of you save yourselves
From the fierce anger of the LORD.
And each of you save yourselves
From the fierce anger 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!
Let every one save his life
from the fierce anger of the Lord!
“Now so that your heart does not grow faint,
And you are not afraid at the report that will be heard in the land —
For the report will come one year,
And after that another report in another year,
And violence will be in the land
With ruler against ruler —
And you are not afraid at the report that will be heard in the land —
For the report will come one year,
And after that another report in another year,
And violence will be in the land
With 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.
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.
Therefore behold, days are coming
When I will punish the idols of Babylon;
And her whole land will be put to shame
And all her slain will fall in her midst.
When I will punish the idols of Babylon;
And her whole 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.
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.
“Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
Will shout for joy over Babylon,
For the destroyers will come to her from the north,”
Declares the LORD.
Will shout for joy over Babylon,
For the destroyers will come to her from the north,”
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,
and all that is in them,
shall sing for joy over Babylon,
for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north,
Indeed Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel,
As also for Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen.
As also for 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.
just as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.
You who have escaped the sword,
Depart! Do not stay!
Remember the LORD from afar,
And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
Depart! Do not stay!
Remember the LORD from afar,
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:
go, do not stand still!
Remember the Lord from far away,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind:
We are ashamed because we have heard reproach;
Disgrace has covered our faces,
For aliens have entered
The holy places of the LORD’S house.
Disgrace has covered our faces,
For aliens have entered
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.’
dishonor has covered our face,
for foreigners have come
into the holy places of the Lord’s house.’
“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD,
“When I will punish her idols,
And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
“When I will punish her idols,
And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
“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.
when I will execute judgment upon her images,
and through all her land
the wounded shall groan.
“Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens,
And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold,
From Me destroyers will come to her,” declares the LORD.
And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold,
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.
and though she should fortify her strong height,
yet destroyers would come from me against her,
declares the Lord.
The sound of an outcry from Babylon,
And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
And of 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 noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
For the LORD is going to destroy Babylon,
And He will make her loud noise vanish from her.
And their waves will roar like many waters;
The tumult of their voices sounds forth.
And He will make her loud noise vanish from her.
And their waves will roar like many waters;
The tumult of their voices sounds 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,
and stilling her mighty voice.
Their waves roar like many waters;
the noise of their voice is raised,
For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men will be captured,
Their bows are shattered;
For the LORD is a God of recompense,
He will fully repay.
And her mighty men will be captured,
Their bows are shattered;
For the LORD is a God of recompense,
He will fully 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.
upon Babylon;
her warriors are taken;
their bows are broken in pieces,
for the Lord is a God of recompense;
he will surely repay.
“I will make her princes and her wise men drunk,
Her governors, her prefects and her mighty men,
That they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,”
Declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Her governors, her prefects and her mighty men,
That they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,”
Declares the King, whose name is the 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.
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.
Thus says the LORD of hosts,
“The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed
And her high gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will toil for nothing,
And the nations become exhausted only for fire.”
“The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed
And her high gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will toil for nothing,
And the nations become exhausted 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.”
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.”
The message which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the grandson of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. (Now Seraiah was 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.
So Jeremiah wrote in a single scroll all the calamity which would come upon Babylon, that is, all these words which have been written concerning Babylon.
Jeremiah wrote in a book all the disaster that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “As soon as you come to Babylon, then 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,
and say, ‘You, O LORD, have promised concerning this place to cut it off, so that there will be nothing dwelling in it, whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual desolation.’
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.’
“And as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you will tie a stone to 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,
and say, ‘Just so shall Babylon sink down and not rise again because of the calamity that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become exhausted.’” Thus far are 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.
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.