strkjv@Jeremiah:50:1
@ The
word
that the
LORD
spake
against
Babylon
and against the
land
of the
Chaldeans
by
Jeremiah
the
prophet
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:2
@
Declare
ye among the
nations
, and
publish
, and set
up
a
standard
;
publish
, and
conceal
not:
say
,
Babylon
is
taken
,
Bel
is
confounded
,
Merodach
is broken in
pieces
; her
idols
are
confounded
, her
images
are broken in
pieces
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:3
@ For out of the
north
there cometh
up
a
nation
against her, which shall
make
her
land
desolate
, and none shall
dwell
therein: they shall
remove
, they shall
depart
, both
man
and
beast
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:4
@ In those
days
, and in that
time
,
saith
the
LORD
, the
children
of
Israel
shall
come
, they and the
children
of
Judah
together
,
going
and
weeping
: they shall
go
, and
seek
the
LORD
their
God
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:5
@ They shall
ask
the
way
to
Zion
with their
faces
thitherward
, saying,
Come
, and let us
join
ourselves to the
LORD
in a
perpetual
covenant
that shall not be
forgotten
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:6
@ My
people
hath been
lost
sheep
: their
shepherds
have caused them to go
astray
, they have turned them
away
on the
mountains
: they have
gone
from
mountain
to
hill
, they have
forgotten
their
restingplace
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:7
@ All that
found
them have
devoured
them: and their
adversaries
said
, We
offend
not, because they have
sinned
against the
LORD
, the
habitation
of
justice
, even the
LORD
, the
hope
of their
fathers
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:8
@
Remove
out of the
midst
of
Babylon
, and go
forth
out of the
land
of the
Chaldeans
, and be as the he
goats
before
the
flocks
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:9
@ For, lo, I will
raise
and cause to come
up
against
Babylon
an
assembly
of
great
nations
from the
north
country
: and they shall set themselves in
array
against her; from thence she shall be
taken
: their
arrows
shall be as of a
mighty
expert
man
; none shall
return
in
vain
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:10
@ And
Chaldea
shall be a
spoil
: all that
spoil
her shall be
satisfied
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:11
@ Because ye were
glad
, because ye
rejoiced
, O ye
destroyers
of mine
heritage
, because ye are grown
fat
as the
heifer
at
grass
, and
bellow
as
bulls
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:12
@ Your
mother
shall be
sore
confounded
; she that
bare
you shall be
ashamed
: behold, the
hindermost
of the
nations
shall be a
wilderness
, a dry
land
, and a
desert
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:13
@ Because of the
wrath
of the
LORD
it shall not be
inhabited
, but it shall be wholly
desolate
: every one that
goeth
by
Babylon
shall be
astonished
, and
hiss
at all her
plagues
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:14
@ Put yourselves in
array
against
Babylon
round
about
: all ye that
bend
the
bow
,
shoot
at her,
spare
no
arrows
: for she hath
sinned
against the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:15
@
Shout
against her round
about
: she hath
given
her
hand
: her
foundations
are
fallen
, her
walls
are thrown
down
: for it is the
vengeance
of the
LORD
: take
vengeance
upon her; as she hath
done
,
do
unto her.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:16
@ Cut
off
the
sower
from
Babylon
, and him that
handleth
the
sickle
in the
time
of
harvest
: for
fear
of the
oppressing
sword
they shall
turn
every
one
to his
people
, and they shall
flee
every
one
to his own
land
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:17
@
Israel
is a
scattered
sheep
; the
lions
have driven him
away
:
first
the
king
of
Assyria
hath
devoured
him; and
last
this
Nebuchadrezzar
king
of
Babylon
hath broken his
bones
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:18
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
, the
God
of
Israel
; Behold, I will
punish
the
king
of
Babylon
and his
land
, as I have
punished
the
king
of
Assyria
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:19
@ And I will
bring
Israel
again
to his
habitation
, and he shall
feed
on
Carmel
and
Bashan
, and his
soul
shall be
satisfied
upon
mount
Ephraim
and
Gilead
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:20
@ In those
days
, and in that
time
,
saith
the
LORD
, the
iniquity
of
Israel
shall be sought
for
, and there shall be none; and the
sins
of
Judah
, and they shall not be
found
: for I will
pardon
them whom I
reserve
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:21
@ Go
up
against the
land
of
Merathaim
, even against it, and against the
inhabitants
of
Pekod
:
waste
and utterly
destroy
after
them,
saith
the
LORD
, and
do
according to all that I have
commanded
thee.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:22
@ A
sound
of
battle
is in the
land
, and of
great
destruction
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:23
@ How is the
hammer
of the whole
earth
cut
asunder
and
broken
! how is
Babylon
become a
desolation
among the
nations
!
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:24
@ I have laid a
snare
for thee, and thou art also
taken
, O
Babylon
, and thou wast not
aware
: thou art
found
, and also
caught
, because thou hast
striven
against the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:25
@ The
LORD
hath
opened
his
armoury
, and hath brought
forth
the
weapons
of his
indignation
: for this is the
work
of the
Lord
GOD
of
hosts
in the
land
of the
Chaldeans
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:26
@
Come
against her from the utmost
border
,
open
her
storehouses
: cast her
up
as
heaps
, and destroy her
utterly
: let nothing of her be
left
sh@.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:27
@
Slay
all her
bullocks
; let them go
down
to the
slaughter
:
woe
unto them! for their
day
is
come
, the
time
of their
visitation
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:28
@ The
voice
of them that
flee
and escape
out
of the
land
of
Babylon
, to
declare
in
Zion
the
vengeance
of the
LORD
our
God
, the
vengeance
of his
temple
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:29
@ Call
together
the
archers
against
Babylon
: all ye that
bend
the
bow
,
camp
against it round
about
; let none thereof
escape
:
recompense
her according to her
work
; according to all that she hath
done
,
do
unto her: for she hath been
proud
against the
LORD
, against the Holy
One
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:30
@ Therefore shall her young
men
fall
in the
streets
, and all her
men
of
war
shall be cut
off
in that
day
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:31
@ Behold, I am against thee, O thou most
proud
,
saith
the
Lord
GOD
of
hosts
: for thy
day
is
come
, the
time
that I will
visit
thee.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:32
@ And the most
proud
shall
stumble
and
fall
, and none shall raise him
up
: and I will
kindle
a
fire
in his
cities
, and it shall
devour
all round
about
him.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:33
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
; The
children
of
Israel
and the
children
of
Judah
were
oppressed
together
: and all that took them
captives
held them
fast
; they
refused
to let them
go
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:34
@ Their
Redeemer
is
strong
; the
LORD
of
hosts
is his
name
: he shall
throughly
plead
their
cause
, that he may give
rest
to the
land
, and
disquiet
the
inhabitants
of
Babylon
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:35
@ A
sword
is upon the
Chaldeans
,
saith
the
LORD
, and upon the
inhabitants
of
Babylon
, and upon her
princes
, and upon her
wise
men.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:36
@ A
sword
is upon the
liars
; and they shall
dote
: a
sword
is upon her mighty
men
; and they shall be
dismayed
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:37
@ A
sword
is upon their
horses
, and upon their
chariots
, and upon all the mingled
people
that are in the
midst
of her; and they shall become as
women
: a
sword
is upon her
treasures
; and they shall be
robbed
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:38
@ A
drought
is upon her
waters
; and they shall be dried
up
: for it is the
land
of graven
images
, and they are
mad
upon their
idols
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:39
@ Therefore the wild beasts of the
desert
with the wild beasts of the
islands
shall
dwell
there, and the
owls
shall
dwell
therein: and it shall be no more
inhabited
for
ever
; neither shall it be
dwelt
in from
generation
to
generation
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:40
@ As
God
overthrew
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
and the
neighbour
cities thereof,
saith
the
LORD
; so shall no
man
abide
there, neither shall any
son
of
man
dwell
therein.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:41
@ Behold, a
people
shall
come
from the
north
, and a
great
nation
, and
many
kings
shall be raised
up
from the
coasts
of the
earth
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:42
@ They shall
hold
the
bow
and the
lance
: they are
cruel
, and will not shew
mercy
: their
voice
shall
roar
like the
sea
, and they shall
ride
upon
horses
, every one put in
array
, like a
man
to the
battle
, against thee, O
daughter
of
Babylon
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:43
@ The
king
of
Babylon
hath
heard
the
report
of them, and his
hands
waxed
feeble
:
anguish
took
hold
of him, and
pangs
as of a woman in
travail
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:44
@ Behold, he shall come
up
like a
lion
from the
swelling
of
Jordan
unto the
habitation
of the
strong
: but I will
make
them
suddenly
run
away
from her: and who is a
chosen
man, that I may
appoint
over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the
time
? and who is that
shepherd
that will
stand
before
me?
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:45
@ Therefore
hear
ye the
counsel
of the
LORD
, that he hath
taken
against
Babylon
; and his
purposes
, that he hath
purposed
against the
land
of the
Chaldeans
: Surely the
least
of the
flock
shall draw them
out
: surely he shall make their
habitation
desolate
with them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:50:46
@ At the
noise
of the
taking
of
Babylon
the
earth
is
moved
, and the
cry
is
heard
among the
nations
.
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