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Severe Judgment against Babylon
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the heart of those that rise against me, a destroying wind;
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the heart of those that rise against me, a destroying wind;
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.
to winnow her and to devastate her land;
they will oppose her on every side
in the day of her disaster.
and I will send unto Babylon strangers, who shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail; and spare not her young men: destroy utterly all her host.
And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; for their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
“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.
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.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be ye not cut off in her iniquity: for this is the time of Jehovah's vengeance: he shall render unto her a recompence.
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.
she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
therefore they have now gone mad.
Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore have the nations become mad.
Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken.
Wail over her!
Get balm for her pain;
perhaps she can be healed.
Wail over her!
Get balm for her pain;
perhaps she can be healed.
Babylon is suddenly fallen and ruined. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
“ ‘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.’
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.’
We have treated Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto the heavens, and is lifted up to the skies.
“ ‘The Lord has vindicated us;
come, let us tell in Zion
what the Lord our God has done.’
come, let us tell in Zion
what the Lord our God has done.’
Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
“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.
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.
Sharpen the arrows; take the shields. Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; for his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; for this is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
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.
Reinforce the guard,
station the watchmen,
prepare an ambush!
The Lord will carry out his purpose,
his decree against the people of Babylon.
Lift up a banner towards the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both devised and done that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
You who live by many waters
and are rich in treasures,
your end has come,
the time for you to be destroyed.
and are rich in treasures,
your end has come,
the time for you to be destroyed.
Thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy rapacity.
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.
I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts,
and they will shout in triumph over you.
Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, I will assuredly fill thee with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall raise a shout against thee.
“He made the earth by his power;
he founded the world by his wisdom
and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
he founded the world by his wisdom
and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
Song of Praise
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
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.
he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
“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.
every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;
they have no breath in them.
Every man is become brutish, so as to have no knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
They are worthless, the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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.
for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance —
the Lord Almighty is his name.
The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all things: and [Israel] is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
“You are my war club,
my weapon for battle —
with you I shatter nations,
with you I destroy kingdoms,
my weapon for battle —
with you I shatter nations,
with you I destroy kingdoms,
Babylon's Punishment
Thou art my maul, [my] weapons of war: and with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and I will with thee destroy kingdoms;
Thou art my maul, [my] weapons of war: and with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and I will with thee destroy kingdoms;
with you I shatter horse and rider,
with you I shatter chariot and driver,
with you I shatter chariot and driver,
and with thee I will break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee I will break in pieces the chariot and its driver;
with you I shatter man and woman,
with you I shatter old man and youth,
with you I shatter young man and young woman,
with you I shatter old man and youth,
with you I shatter young man and young woman,
and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
with you I shatter governors and officials.
with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
with you I shatter governors and officials.
and with thee will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces governors and rulers.
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea, in your sight, all their evil which they have done in Zion, saith Jehovah.
“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.
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.
Behold, I am against thee, mount of destruction, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burning mountain.
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.
nor any stone for a foundation,
for you will be desolate forever,”
declares the Lord.
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; for thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.
“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.
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.
Lift up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare nations against her; call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the bristly caterpillars.
Prepare the nations for battle against her —
the kings of the Medes,
their governors and all their officials,
and all the countries they rule.
the kings of the Medes,
their governors and all their officials,
and all the countries they rule.
Prepare nations against her, the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their rulers, yea, all the land of their dominion.
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.
for the Lord’s purposes against Babylon stand —
to lay waste the land of Babylon
so that no one will live there.
And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
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.
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.
The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight, they are sitting in the fortresses; their might hath failed, they are become as women: they have set her dwelling places on fire; her bars are broken.
One courier follows another
and messenger follows messenger
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his entire city is captured,
and messenger follows messenger
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his entire city is captured,
Courier runneth to meet courier, and messenger to meet messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end;
the river crossings seized,
the marshes set on fire,
and the soldiers terrified.”
the marshes set on fire,
and the soldiers terrified.”
and the passages are seized, and the reedy places are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
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.”
“Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor
at the time it is trampled;
the time to harvest her will soon come.”
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor, at the time of its being trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
“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.
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.
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel; he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitress of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
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.
“See, I will defend your cause
and avenge you;
I will dry up her sea
and make her springs dry.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her spring dry.
Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
a haunt of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,
a place where no one lives.
a haunt of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,
a place where no one lives.
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Her people all roar like young lions,
they growl like lion cubs.
they growl like lion cubs.
They shall roar together like young lions, growl as lions' whelps.
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.
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.
When they are heated, I will prepare their drink, and I will make them drunken, that they may exult, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.
“I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves will cover her.
its roaring waves will cover her.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Her towns will be desolate,
a dry and desert land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels.
a dry and desert land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels.
Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no one dwelleth, neither doth a son of man pass thereby.
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.
and make him spew out what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
And the wall of Babylon will fall.
And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth what he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon is fallen.
“Come out of her, my people!
Run for your lives!
Run from the fierce anger of the Lord.
Run for your lives!
Run from the fierce anger of the Lord.
Instructions for the Exiles
Go ye out of the midst of her, my people, and deliver every man his soul from the fierce anger of Jehovah!
Go ye out of the midst of her, my people, and deliver every man his soul from the fierce anger of Jehovah!
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.
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.
lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; for a rumour shall come [one] year, and after that a rumour in [another] year, and violence in the earth, ruler against ruler.
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.
when I will punish the idols of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced
and her slain will all lie fallen within her.
Therefore behold, days are coming when I will punish the graven images of Babylon; and 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 out of the north
destroyers will attack her,”
declares the Lord.
will shout for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north
destroyers will attack her,”
declares the Lord.
And the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall shout aloud over Babylon; for out of the north the spoilers shall come against her, saith Jehovah.
“Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
just as the slain in all the earth
have fallen because of Babylon.
just as the slain in all the earth
have fallen because of Babylon.
As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
You who have escaped the sword,
leave and do not linger!
Remember the Lord in a distant land,
and call to mind Jerusalem.”
leave and do not linger!
Remember the Lord in a distant land,
and call to mind Jerusalem.”
Ye that have escaped the sword, go, stand not still: remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
“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.”
for we have been insulted
and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
the holy places of the Lord’s house.”
-- We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our face: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah's house.
“But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will punish her idols,
and throughout her land
the wounded will groan.
“when I will punish her idols,
and throughout her land
the wounded will groan.
-- Therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish her graven images; and throughout her land the wounded shall groan.
Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens
and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
I will send destroyers against her,”
declares the Lord.
and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
I will send destroyers against her,”
declares the Lord.
Though Babylon should mount up to the heavens, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith Jehovah.
The sound of a cry [cometh] from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;
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.
he will silence her noisy din.
Waves of enemies will rage like great waters;
the roar of their voices will resound.
for Jehovah spoileth Babylon, and he will destroy out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like great waters, the noise of their voice resoundeth.
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.
her warriors will be captured,
and their bows will be broken.
For the Lord is a God of retribution;
he will repay in full.
For the spoiler is come against her, against Babylon, and her mighty men are taken; their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah, the God of recompences, will certainly requite.
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.
her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep forever and not awake,”
declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her governors, and her rulers, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
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.”
“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.”
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly laid bare, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; so that the peoples will have laboured in vain, and the nations for the fire: and they shall be weary.
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.
Jeremiah's Prophecy to Seraiah
The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Nerijah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.
The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Nerijah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.
Jeremiah had written on a scroll about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon — all that had been recorded concerning Babylon.
And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon.
He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud.
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, see that thou read all these words;
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.’
and say, Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, that thou wilt cut it off, so that none shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.
And it shall be, when thou hast ended reading this book, [that] thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates;
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.
The words of Jeremiah end here.
and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise, because of the evil that I will bring upon it: and they shall be weary. Thus far the words of Jeremiah.