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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.
Foreigners will come and winnow her,
blowing her away as chaff.
They will come from every side
to rise against her in her day of trouble.
blowing her away as chaff.
They will come from every side
to rise against her in her day of trouble.
For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies
has not abandoned Israel and Judah.
He is still their God,
even though their land was filled with sin
against the Holy One of Israel.”
has not abandoned Israel and Judah.
He is still their God,
even though their land was filled with sin
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 from Babylon! Save yourselves!
Don’t get trapped in her punishment!
It is the LORD’s time for vengeance;
he will repay her in full.
Don’t get trapped in her punishment!
It is the LORD’s time for vengeance;
he will repay her in full.
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 has been a gold cup in the LORD’s hands,
a cup that made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank Babylon’s wine,
and it drove them all mad.
a cup that made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank Babylon’s wine,
and it drove them all 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.
But suddenly Babylon, too, has fallen.
Weep for her.
Give her medicine.
Perhaps she can yet be healed.
Weep for her.
Give her medicine.
Perhaps she can yet 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 would have helped her if we could,
but nothing can save her now.
Let her go; abandon her.
Return now to your own land.
For her punishment reaches to the heavens;
it is so great it cannot be measured.
but nothing can save her now.
Let her go; abandon her.
Return now to your own land.
For her punishment reaches to the heavens;
it is so great it cannot be measured.
“ ‘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.’
“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.
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.
Raise the battle flag against Babylon!
Reinforce the guard and station the watchmen.
Prepare an ambush,
for the LORD will fulfill all his plans against Babylon.
Reinforce the guard and station the watchmen.
Prepare an ambush,
for the LORD will fulfill all his plans against 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.
You are a city by a great river,
a great center of commerce,
but your end has come.
The thread of your life is cut.
a great center of commerce,
but your end has come.
The thread of your life is cut.
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.
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has taken this vow
and has sworn to it by his own name:
“Your cities will be filled with enemies,
like fields swarming with locusts,
and they will shout in triumph over you.”
A Hymn of Praise to the LORD
and has sworn to it by his own name:
“Your cities will be filled with enemies,
like fields swarming with locusts,
and they will shout in triumph over you.”
A Hymn of Praise to the LORD
“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.
The LORD made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.
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 speaks in the thunder,
the heavens roar with rain.
He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.
He sends the lightning with the rain
and releases the wind from his storehouses.
the heavens roar with rain.
He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.
He sends the lightning with the rain
and releases the wind from his storehouses.
“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.
The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
They are worthless, the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies!
On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
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.
“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,
with you I shatter horse and rider,
with you I shatter chariot and driver,
with you I shatter chariot and driver,
With you I will shatter armies —
destroying the horse and rider,
the chariot and charioteer.
destroying the horse and rider,
the chariot and charioteer.
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,
With you I will shatter men and women,
old people and children,
young men and young women.
old people and children,
young men and young women.
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.
With you I will shatter shepherds and flocks,
farmers and oxen,
captains and officers.
farmers and oxen,
captains and officers.
“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.
“Look, O mighty mountain, destroyer of the earth!
I am your enemy,” says the LORD.
“I will raise my fist against you,
to knock you down from the heights.
When I am finished,
you will be nothing but a heap of burnt rubble.
I am your enemy,” says the LORD.
“I will raise my fist against you,
to knock you down from the heights.
When I am finished,
you will be nothing but a heap of burnt rubble.
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.
You will be desolate forever.
Even your stones will never again be used for building.
You will be completely wiped out,”
says the LORD.
Even your stones will never again be used for building.
You will be completely wiped out,”
says the LORD.
“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.
Raise a signal flag to the nations.
Sound the battle cry!
Mobilize them all against Babylon.
Prepare them to fight against her!
Bring out the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a commander,
and bring a multitude of horses like swarming locusts!
Sound the battle cry!
Mobilize them all against Babylon.
Prepare them to fight against her!
Bring out the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a commander,
and bring a multitude of horses like swarming locusts!
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.
Bring against her the armies of the nations —
led by the kings of the Medes
and all their captains and officers.
led by the kings of the Medes
and all their captains and officers.
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.
The earth trembles and writhes in pain,
for everything the LORD has planned against Babylon stands unchanged.
Babylon will be left desolate without a single inhabitant.
for everything the LORD has planned against Babylon stands unchanged.
Babylon will be left desolate without a single 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.
Her mightiest warriors no longer fight.
They stay in their barracks, their courage gone.
They have become like women.
The invaders have burned the houses
and broken down the city gates.
They stay in their barracks, their courage gone.
They have become like women.
The invaders have burned the houses
and broken down the city gates.
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,
The news is passed from one runner to the next
as the messengers hurry to tell the king
that his city has been captured.
as the messengers hurry to tell the king
that his city has been captured.
the river crossings seized,
the marshes set on fire,
and the soldiers terrified.”
the marshes set on fire,
and the soldiers terrified.”
All the escape routes are blocked.
The marshes have been set aflame,
and the army is in a panic.
The marshes have been set aflame,
and the army is in a panic.
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.”
This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
the God of Israel, says:
“Babylon is like wheat on a threshing floor,
about to be trampled.
In just a little while
her harvest will begin.”
the God of Israel, says:
“Babylon is like wheat on a threshing floor,
about to be trampled.
In just a little while
her harvest will begin.”
“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.
Make Babylon suffer as she made us suffer,”
say the people of Zion.
“Make the people of Babylonia pay for spilling our blood,”
says Jerusalem.
say the people of Zion.
“Make the people of Babylonia pay for spilling our blood,”
says Jerusalem.
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.
The LORD’s Vengeance on Babylon
This is what the LORD says to Jerusalem:
“I will be your lawyer to plead your case,
and I will avenge you.
I will dry up her river,
as well as her springs,
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 will become a heap of ruins,
haunted by jackals.
She will be an object of horror and contempt,
a place where no one lives.
haunted by jackals.
She will be an object of horror and contempt,
a place where no one lives.
Her people all roar like young lions,
they growl like lion cubs.
they growl like lion cubs.
Her people will roar together like strong lions.
They will growl like lion cubs.
They will growl like lion cubs.
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.
And while they lie inflamed with all their wine,
I will prepare a different kind of feast for them.
I will make them drink until they fall asleep,
and they will never wake up again,”
says the LORD.
I will prepare a different kind of feast for them.
I will make them drink until they fall asleep,
and they will never wake up again,”
says the LORD.
“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 and goats to be sacrificed.
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats to be sacrificed.
The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves will cover her.
its roaring waves will cover her.
The sea has risen over Babylon;
she is covered by its crashing waves.
she is covered by its crashing 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 now lie in ruins;
she is a dry wasteland
where no one lives or even passes by.
she is a dry wasteland
where no one lives or even passes by.
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, the god of Babylon,
and make him vomit up all he has eaten.
The nations will no longer come and worship him.
The wall of Babylon has fallen!
A Message for the Exiles
and make him vomit up all he has eaten.
The nations will no longer come and worship him.
The wall of Babylon has fallen!
A Message for the Exiles
“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.
“Come out, my people, flee from Babylon.
Save yourselves! Run from the LORD’s fierce anger.
Save yourselves! Run from the LORD’s fierce anger.
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.
But do not panic; don’t be afraid
when you hear the first rumor of approaching forces.
For rumors will keep coming year by year.
Violence will erupt in the land
as the leaders fight against each other.
when you hear the first rumor of approaching forces.
For rumors will keep coming year by year.
Violence will erupt in the land
as the leaders fight against each other.
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.
For the time is surely coming
when I will punish this great city and all her idols.
Her whole land will be disgraced,
and her dead will lie in the streets.
when I will punish this great city and all her idols.
Her whole land will be disgraced,
and her dead will lie in the streets.
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.
Then the heavens and earth will rejoice,
for out of the north will come destroying armies
against Babylon,” says the LORD.
for out of the north will come destroying armies
against Babylon,” says the LORD.
“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.
“Just as Babylon killed the people of Israel
and others throughout the world,
so must her people be killed.
and others throughout the world,
so must her people be killed.
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.”
Get out, all you who have escaped the sword!
Do not stand and watch — flee while you can!
Remember the LORD, though you are in a far-off land,
and think about your home in Jerusalem.”
Do not stand and watch — flee while you can!
Remember the LORD, though you are in a far-off land,
and think about your home in Jerusalem.”
“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 ashamed,” the people say.
“We are insulted and disgraced
because the LORD’s Temple
has been defiled by foreigners.”
“We are insulted and disgraced
because the LORD’s Temple
has been defiled by foreigners.”
“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.
“Yes,” says the LORD, “but the time is coming
when I will destroy Babylon’s idols.
The groans of her wounded people
will be heard throughout the land.
when I will destroy Babylon’s idols.
The groans of her wounded people
will be heard throughout the land.
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 reaches as high as the heavens
and makes her fortifications incredibly strong,
I will still send enemies to plunder her.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
Babylon’s Complete Destruction
and makes her fortifications incredibly strong,
I will still send enemies to plunder her.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
Babylon’s Complete Destruction
“Listen! Hear the cry of Babylon,
the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.
the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.
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 the LORD is destroying Babylon.
He will silence her loud voice.
Waves of enemies pound against her;
the noise of battle rings through the city.
He will silence her loud voice.
Waves of enemies pound against her;
the noise of battle rings through the city.
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.
Destroying armies come against Babylon.
Her mighty men are captured,
and their weapons break in their hands.
For the LORD is a God who gives just punishment;
he always repays in full.
Her mighty men are captured,
and their weapons break in their hands.
For the LORD is a God who gives just punishment;
he always repays in full.
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.
I will make her officials and wise men drunk,
along with her captains, officers, and warriors.
They will fall asleep
and never wake up again!”
says the King, whose name is
the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
along with her captains, officers, and warriors.
They will fall asleep
and never wake up again!”
says the King, whose name is
the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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.”
This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:
“The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground,
and her massive gates will be burned.
The builders from many lands have worked in vain,
for their work will be destroyed by fire!”
“The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground,
and her massive gates will be burned.
The builders from many lands have worked in vain,
for their work will be destroyed by fire!”
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 had written on a scroll about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon — all that had been recorded concerning Babylon.
Jeremiah had recorded on a scroll all the terrible disasters that would soon come upon Babylon — all the words written here.
He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud.
He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, read aloud everything on this scroll.
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.’
Then say, ‘LORD, you have said that you will destroy Babylon so that neither people nor animals will remain here. She will lie empty and abandoned forever.’
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.
When you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone and throw it into the Euphrates River.
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.
Then say, ‘In this same way Babylon and her people will sink, never again to rise, because of the disasters I will bring upon her.’”
This is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.
This is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.