noyes - Jeremiah:50:1-51:64

noyes@Jeremiah:50:1 @ The word which Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, and concerning the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:2 @ Tell ye among the nations, and proclaim, and lift up a standard! Proclaim ye; conceal it not; Say ye, "Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is in consternation, Her idols are confounded, Her images are in consternation."

noyes@Jeremiah:50:3 @ For out of the North cometh up against her a nation Which shall make her land desolate, So that none shall dwell therein; Both man and beast are fled, They are gone.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:4 @ In those days, and at that time, saith Jehovah, The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; They shall go weeping on their way, And shall seek Jehovah their God.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:5 @ They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward; They shall come, and shall join themselves to Jehovah In a perpetual covenant, that shall not be forgotten.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:6 @ My people have been lost sheep; Their shepherds have caused them to go astray; They have caused them to wander upon the mountains; They have gone from mountain to hill, They have forgotten their fold.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:7 @ All that found them devoured them; For their adversaries said, "We shall not be held guilty," Because they had sinned against Jehovah, The fold of safety, and the hope of their fathers, Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:8 @ Flee ye out of Babylon, And go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, And be ye like hegoats before the flock!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:9 @ For, behold, I will raise up and bring against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the land of the North, And they shall set themselves in array against her, And then shall she be taken; Their arrows shall be as those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:10 @ And Chaldaea shall be a spoil; All that spoil her shall have their fill, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:11 @ Because ye rejoiced and exulted, O ye plunderers of my inheritance, Because ye wantoned like a thrashing heifer, And neighed like a stallion,

noyes@Jeremiah:50:12 @ Your mother is utterly confounded; She that bore you is put to shame. Behold, the end of the nations, A wilderness, a dry land, a desert!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:13 @ Because of the wrath of Jehovah, she shall not be inhabited, She shall be wholly desolate; Every one that passeth by Babylon shall be amazed, And hiss on account of all her plagues.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:14 @ Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: All ye that bend the bow, shoot at her; Spare not the arrows! For she hath sinned against Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:15 @ Raise the warshout! She reacheth forth her hand; Her pillars are fallen; Her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of Jehovah. Take ye vengeance upon her! As she hath done, do ye to her!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:16 @ Cut ye off the sower from Babylon, And him that handleth the sickle in harvesttime! Because of the overpowering sword They shall turn every one to his own people, And they shall flee every one to his own land.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:17 @ Israel hath been like scattered sheep, Which the lions have driven away; First the king of Assyria devoured him, And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, hath broken his bones.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:18 @ Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:19 @ And I will bring back Israel to his own pasture, And he shall feed upon Carmel and Bashan, And satiate himself upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:20 @ In those days and at that time, saith Jehovah, 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 those whom I cause to be left.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:21 @ Against the land of Rebellion go ye up, And against the inhabitants of Vengeance! Lay waste and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, And do all which I have commanded thee!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:22 @ The din of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:23 @ How is the battlehammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment to all the nations!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:24 @ I have laid a snare for thee, And thou hast been caught, O Babylon, When thou wast not aware! Thou hast been found and taken, Because thou hast contended against Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:25 @ Jehovah hath opened his armory, And hath brought out the weapons of his indignation; For the Lord Jehovah of hosts performeth a work against the land of the Chaldaeans.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:26 @ Come against her from the utmost border! Open ye her barns, Cast her up into heaps, And destroy her utterly; Let nothing of her be left!

noyes@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 punishment!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:28 @ The voice of them that flee and escape is heard from the land of Babylon, To make known to Zion the vengeance of Jehovah, our God, The vengeance for his temple.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:29 @ Call together the archers against Babylon, All ye that bend the bow, encamp ye round about her; Let no one escape; Recompense her according to her work; According to all that she hath done, do ye to her! For she hath exalted herself against Jehovah, Against the Holy One of Israel.

noyes@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 Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:31 @ Behold I am against thee, thou proud one, saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts; For thy day is come, The time of thy punishment.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:32 @ And the proud one 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.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:33 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together, And all that took them captives hold them fast; They refuse to let them go.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:34 @ But their redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name. He will maintain their cause, So as to give rest to the land, And confusion to the inhabitants of Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:35 @ The sword shall be upon the Chaldaeans, saith Jehovah, And upon the inhabitants of Babylon; And upon her princes, And upon her wise men;

noyes@Jeremiah:50:36 @ The sword upon her lying prophets, and they shall be fools; The sword upon her heroes, and they shall be dismayed;

noyes@Jeremiah:50:37 @ The sword upon her horses, and upon her chariots, And against all the allied multitude that is within her, And they shall become women. The sword is upon their treasures, and they shall be plundered;

noyes@Jeremiah:50:38 @ A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; For it is a land of graven images, And they put a mad trust in idols.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:39 @ Therefore the wild beasts of the desert, with the jackals, shall dwell there, And therein shall the ostrich dwell. And it shall be no more inhabited forever, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:40 @ As it was when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighboring cities, saith Jehovah, There shall not a man abide there, Nor any son of man dwell therein.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:41 @ Behold, a nation cometh from the North, And a great people and many kings shall rise up from the extremities of the earth.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:42 @ They bear the bow and the javelin; They are cruel, and show no mercy; Their voice roareth like the sea, And they ride upon horses, arrayed like a warrior, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon!

noyes@Jeremiah:50:43 @ The king of Babylon heareth the rumor concerning them, And his hands become feeble; Anguish taketh hold of him, Trembling, as of a woman in travail.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:44 @ Behold, like a lion from the pride of Jordan, he cometh up against the habitation of the rock; Suddenly will I drive them from her; And him who is chosen by me will I appoint over her; For who is like me? And who will summon me to trial? And who is the shepherd that will stand up against me?

noyes@Jeremiah:50:45 @ Therefore hear ye the purpose of Jehovah, which he hath formed against Babylon, And the designs which he meditateth against the land of the Chaldaeans; Surely he shall drag them forth like feeble sheep, Surely he will come upon them, and make their pastures desolate.

noyes@Jeremiah:50:46 @ At the noise of the taking of Babylon, the earth trembleth, And the cry is heard among the nations.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:1 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, And against them that dwell in the midst of mine adversaries, A destroying wind;

noyes@Jeremiah:51:2 @ And I will send against Babylon winnowers, And they shall winnow her, and empty her land; For they shall come against her on every side.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:3 @ Against him that bendeth, let the archer bend his bow, And against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine! And spare ye not her young men; Destroy ye utterly her whole host!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:4 @ Thus shall they fall down slain in the land of the Chaldaeans, And thrust through in her streets.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:5 @ For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah abandoned of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; For their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:6 @ Flee ye out of Babylon, And save ye every man his life, That ye be not cut off in her punishment! For this is the time of Jehovahs vengeance; He will render to her a recompense.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:7 @ Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of Jehovah, That made all the earth drunken; The nations have drunken of her wine, Therefore the nations are mad.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:8 @ Babylon is suddenly fallen, and broken; Howl ye over her; Bring ye balm for her wounds, If so be she may be healed.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:9 @ "We would have healed Babylon, But she cannot be healed. Forsake her, and let us go every one to his own country! For her punishment reacheth to the heavens, And ascendeth even to the skies."

noyes@Jeremiah:51:10 @ Jehovah hath brought forth our deliverance; Come ye, and let us declare in Zion The work of Jehovah our God.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:11 @ Make sharp the arrows; put on the shields! Jehovah hath roused 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 for his temple.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:12 @ Against the walls of Babylon set up a standard, Make strong the guard, appoint the watchmen, prepare the ambush! For Jehovah deviseth and doeth that which he spake Against the inhabitants of Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:13 @ O thou that dwellest by great waters, That aboundest in treasures, Thine end is come; The measure of thy rapaciousness is full!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:14 @ Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillars, Who shall raise the warshout against thee.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:15 @ He made the earth by his power, He established the world by his wisdom, And by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:16 @ When he uttereth his voice there is an abundance of water in the heavens; He causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; He bringeth the wind from his storehouses.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:17 @ Brutish is every man who hath not this knowledge; By his images is every founder put to shame; For his molten work is deceit; There is no breath in it.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:18 @ They are vanity, deceptive work; In the time of their punishment shall they perish.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:19 @ Not like them is he who is the portion of Jacob; He is the former of all things, And Israel is his allotted inheritance. Jehovah of hosts is his name.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:20 @ Thou hast been to me my battlehammer, My weapon of war. And with thee I broke in pieces the nations, And with thee I destroyed the kingdoms.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:21 @ And with thee I broke in pieces the horse and his rider, And with thee I broke in pieces the chariot and its driver.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:22 @ With thee I broke in pieces man and woman, And with thee I broke in pieces the old and the young, And with thee I broke in pieces the young man and the maiden.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:23 @ With thee I broke in pieces the shepherd and his flock, And with thee I broke in pieces the husbandman and his team; And with thee I broke in pieces prefects and governors.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:24 @ But now before your eyes will I repay to Babylon, And to all the inhabitants of Chaldaea, All the evil which they have done in Zion, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:25 @ O thou destroying mountain, that destroyest the whole earth, Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah! And I will stretch out my hand against thee, And roll thee down from the rocks, And make thee a burnt mountain,

noyes@Jeremiah:51:26 @ So that none shall take from thee a cornerstone, or a foundationstone; But thou shalt be a perpetual desolation, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:27 @ Set ye up a standard in the land, Sound a trumpet among the nations; Enlist the nations against Babylon, Call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; Appoint captains against her, Cause the horses to come up like the bristled locusts!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:28 @ Enlist ye against her the nations, The kings of the Medes, and their prefects, And all their governors, And all the lands under their dominion,

noyes@Jeremiah:51:29 @ So that the earth shall tremble and quake! For the purpose of Jehovah against Babylon is to be fulfilled, To make the land of Babylon a desolation, without an inhabitant.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:30 @ The mighty men of Babylon refuse to fight; They remain in their stronghold; Their strength hath failed; They have become women; Her habitations are burned; Her bars are broken.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:31 @ Courier runs to meet courier, And messenger to meet messenger, To make known to the king of Babylon, That his city is taken from end to end;

noyes@Jeremiah:51:32 @ That the passages are taken, That the reeds are burned with fire, And that the men of war are struck with terror.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:33 @ For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon shall be like a thrashingfloor when it is thrashed; Yet a little while, and the time of harvest for her shall come.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:34 @ Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, hath devoured us; He hath made an end of us; He hath made us empty vessels; He hath swallowed us up like a dragon; He hath filled his maw with our delicacies; He hath cast us out.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:35 @ "The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon!" Shall the inhabitant of Zion say; And, "My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldaeans!" shall Jerusalem say.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:36 @ Therefore, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will maintain thy cause, And take vengeance for thee; And I will dry up her sea, And make her springs dry.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:37 @ And Babylon shall become heaps, The dwellingplace of jackals, An astonishment and a hissing, Without an inhabitant.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:38 @ Together shall they roar like lions; They shall yell like lions whelps.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:39 @ In their heat I will prepare them a drink, And will make them drunk, so that they shall rejoice, And then sleep an everlasting sleep, And awake no more, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:40 @ I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams with hegoats.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:41 @ How is Sheshach taken! How is the praise of the whole earth fallen! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:42 @ The sea is come up over Babylon; With the roaring of its waves is she covered.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:43 @ Her cities have become a desolation, A dry land and a desert, A land in which no man dwelleth, And which no son of man passeth through.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:44 @ I will punish Bel at Babylon, And bring forth from his mouth that which he hath swallowed, And the nations shall flow to him no more; Even the wall of Babylon shall fall.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:45 @ Go ye out of her, my people, And save ye every man his life From the fierce anger of Jehovah!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:46 @ And let not your heart faint, And fear ye not on account of the rumors which are heard in the land, When in one year a rumor cometh, And after it in another year another rumor, And violence is in the land, Ruler against ruler.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:47 @ Therefore, behold the days come When I will punish the graven images of Babylon, And her whole land shall be confounded; And all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:48 @ Then the heavens shall shout over Babylon, And the earth and all that is therein; For out of the North come spoilers against her, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:49 @ As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, So at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:50 @ Ye that have escaped her sword, go! Tarry not! Remember Jehovah afar off, And let Jerusalem come into your mind!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:51 @ We have been confounded, because we have heard reproach; Shame hath covered our faces, For strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the house of Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:52 @ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, When I will punish her graven images, And through all her land shall the wounded groan.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:53 @ Though Babylon should mount up to the heavens, And make inaccessible the height of her strength, Yet from me shall spoilers come upon her, saith Jehovah.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:54 @ Hark! a cry from Babylon, Of great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:55 @ For Jehovah destroyeth Babylon, And bringeth to silence her loud tumult; Their waves roar like great waters; Their tumultuous noise resounds.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:56 @ For the spoiler is come upon her, upon Babylon; And their mighty men are taken, And all their bows are broken; For Jehovah is a God of retribution; He will surely requite.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:57 @ And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, Her prefects, and her governors, and her mighty men; And they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, And shall no more awake, saith the King, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:58 @ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be razed to the foundations, And her high gates shall be burned with fire; So that nations shall have labored for naught, And kingdoms have wearied themselves for fire.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:59 @ The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah, the king of Judah, into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. This Seraiah was chief chamberlain.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:60 @ And Jeremiah wrote all the evil that was to come upon Babylon in one book, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

noyes@Jeremiah:51:61 @ And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, see that thou read all these words,

noyes@Jeremiah:51:62 @ and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken against this place to destroy it, so that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall remain desolate forever!

noyes@Jeremiah:51:63 @ And when thou hast made an end of reading this book, bind a stone upon it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,

noyes@Jeremiah:51:64 @ and say: So shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again from the evil which I bring upon her. And they shall utterly fail. Thus far the words of Jeremiah.