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And I will send winnowers to Babylon,
Who shall winnow her and empty her land.
For in the day of doom
They shall be against her all around.
Who shall winnow her and empty her land.
For in the day of doom
They shall be against her all around.
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.
Against her let the archer bend his bow,
And lift himself up against her in his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
Utterly destroy all her army.
And lift himself up against her in his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
Utterly destroy all her army.
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
And those thrust through in her streets.
And those thrust through in her streets.
For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah,
By his God, the Lord of hosts,
Though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”
By his God, the Lord of hosts,
Though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”
Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
He shall recompense her.
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
He shall recompense her.
“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.
Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
That made all the earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
Therefore the nations are deranged.
That made all the earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
Therefore the nations are deranged.
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 suddenly fallen and been destroyed.
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.
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.
We would have healed Babylon,
But she is not healed.
Forsake her, and let us go everyone to his own country;
For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
But she is not healed.
Forsake her, and let us go everyone to his own country;
For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
“ ‘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.’
The Lord has revealed our righteousness.
Come and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
Come and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
“ ‘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.
Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon;
Make the guard strong,
Set up the watchmen,
Prepare the ambushes.
For the Lord has both devised and done
What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
Make the guard strong,
Set up the watchmen,
Prepare the ambushes.
For the Lord has both devised and done
What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
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.
O you who dwell by many waters,
Abundant in treasures,
Your end has come,
The measure of your covetousness.
Abundant in treasures,
Your end has come,
The measure of your covetousness.
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.
The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself:
“Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts,
And they shall lift up a shout against you.”
“Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts,
And they shall lift up a shout against you.”
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.
He has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom,
And stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
He has established the world by His wisdom,
And stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
“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.
When He utters His voice —
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
“He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightnings for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
“He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightnings for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
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.
Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge;
Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image;
For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image;
For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
“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.
They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
They are worthless, the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
The Portion of Jacob is not like them,
For He is the Maker of all things;
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance.
The Lord of hosts is His name.
For He is the Maker of all things;
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance.
The Lord of hosts is His name.
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 battle-ax and weapons of war:
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms;
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms;
“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 will break in pieces the horse and its rider;
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;
with you I shatter horse and rider,
with you I shatter chariot and driver,
with you I shatter chariot and driver,
With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;
With you I will break in pieces old and young;
With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
With you I will break in pieces old and young;
With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
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 also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.
With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.
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 I will repay Babylon
And all the inhabitants of Chaldea
For all the evil they have done
In Zion in your sight,” says the Lord.
And all the inhabitants of Chaldea
For all the evil they have done
In Zion in your sight,” says the Lord.
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
Roll you down from the rocks,
And make you a burnt mountain.
Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
Roll you down from the rocks,
And make you a burnt mountain.
“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.
They shall not take from you a stone for a corner
Nor a stone for a foundation,
But you shall be desolate forever,” says the Lord.
Nor a stone for a foundation,
But you shall be desolate forever,” says the Lord.
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.
Set up a banner in the land,
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations against her,
Call the kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations against her,
Call the kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
“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.
Prepare against her the nations,
With the kings of the Medes,
Its governors and all its rulers,
All the land of his dominion.
With the kings of the Medes,
Its governors and all its rulers,
All the land of his dominion.
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.
And the land will tremble and sorrow;
For every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon,
To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
For every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon,
To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
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 mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
The bars of her gate are broken.
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
The bars of her gate are broken.
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.
One runner will run to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;
And one messenger to meet another,
To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;
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 passages are blocked,
The reeds they have burned with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
The reeds they have burned with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
the river crossings seized,
the marshes set on fire,
and the soldiers terrified.”
the marshes set on fire,
and the soldiers terrified.”
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor
When it is time to thresh her;
Yet a little while
And the time of her harvest will come.”
“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor
When it is time to thresh her;
Yet a little while
And the time of her harvest will come.”
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.”
“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
Has devoured me, he has crushed me;
He has made me an empty vessel,
He has swallowed me up like a monster;
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies,
He has spit me out.
Has devoured me, he has crushed me;
He has made me an empty vessel,
He has swallowed me up like a monster;
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies,
He has spit me out.
“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.
Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.
Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
“Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
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.
Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
A dwelling place for jackals,
An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
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.
They shall roar together like lions,
They shall growl like lions’ whelps.
They shall growl like lions’ whelps.
Her people all roar like young lions,
they growl like lion cubs.
they growl like lion cubs.
In their excitement I will prepare their feasts;
I will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the Lord.
I will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the Lord.
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.
“I will bring them down
Like lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams with male goats.
Like lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams with male goats.
“I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.
The sea has come up over Babylon;
She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves will cover her.
its roaring waves will cover her.
Her cities are a desolation,
A dry land and a wilderness,
A land where no one dwells,
Through which no son of man passes.
A dry land and a wilderness,
A land where no one dwells,
Through which no son of man passes.
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.
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.
“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.
And lest your heart faint,
And you fear for the rumor that will be heard in the land
(A rumor will come one year,
And after that, in another year
A rumor will come,
And violence in the land,
Ruler against ruler),
And you fear for the rumor that will be heard in the land
(A rumor will come one year,
And after that, in another year
A rumor will come,
And violence in the land,
Ruler against ruler),
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.
Therefore behold, the days are coming
That I will bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon;
Her whole land shall be ashamed,
And all her slain shall fall in her midst.
That I will bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon;
Her whole land shall be ashamed,
And all her slain shall fall in her midst.
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.
Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
For the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the Lord.
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
For the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the Lord.
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.
As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,
So at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall.
So at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall.
“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.
You who have escaped the sword,
Get away! Do not stand still!
Remember the Lord afar off,
And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
Get away! Do not stand still!
Remember the Lord afar off,
And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
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.”
“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.”
“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will bring judgment on her carved images,
And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.
“That I will bring judgment on her carved images,
And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.
“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.
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.
The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,
And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,
Because the Lord is plundering Babylon
And silencing her loud voice,
Though her waves roar like great waters,
And the noise of their voice is uttered,
And silencing her loud voice,
Though her waves roar like great waters,
And the noise of their voice is uttered,
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.
Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men are taken.
Every one of their bows is broken;
For the Lord is the God of recompense,
He will surely repay.
And her mighty men are taken.
Every one of their bows is broken;
For the Lord is the God of recompense,
He will surely repay.
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.
“And I will make drunk
Her princes and wise men,
Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.
And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
Her princes and wise men,
Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.
And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
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.
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.”
Jeremiah’s Command to Seraiah
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And Seraiah was the quartermaster.
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And Seraiah was the quartermaster.
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.
So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon.
Jeremiah had written on a scroll about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon — all that had been recorded concerning Babylon.
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon and see it, and read all these words,
He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud.
then you shall say, ‘O Lord, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but it shall be desolate forever.’
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.’
Now it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall tie a stone to it and throw it out into the Euphrates.
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.
Then you shall say, ‘Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.’ ”
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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.