Jeremiah:50:1-51

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* The word which Jehovah spake concerning Babylon , and concerning the land of the Chaldaeans , by Jeremiah the prophet . * 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 ." * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * Flee ye out of Babylon , And go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans , And be ye like he –goats before the flock ! * 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 . * And Chaldaea shall be a spoil ; All that spoil her shall have their fill , saith Jehovah . * Because ye rejoiced and exulted , O ye plunderers of my inheritance , Because ye wantoned like a thrashing heifer , And neighed like a stallion , * 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 ! * 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 . * 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 . * Raise the war –shout ! 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 ! * Cut ye off the sower from Babylon , And him that handleth the sickle in harvest –time ! Because of the overpowering sword They shall turn every one to his own people , And they shall flee every one to his own land . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ! * The din of battle is in the land , And great destruction . * How is the battle –hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken ! How is Babylon become an astonishment to all the nations ! * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ! * Slay all her bullocks , Let them go down to the slaughter ! Woe unto them , For their day is come , The time of their punishment ! * 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 . * 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 . * Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets , And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day , saith Jehovah . * Behold I am against thee , thou proud one , saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts ; For thy day is come , The time of thy punishment . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * The sword shall be upon the Chaldaeans , saith Jehovah , And upon the inhabitants of Babylon ; And upon her princes , And upon her wise men ; * The sword upon her lying prophets , and they shall be fools ; The sword upon her heroes , and they shall be dismayed ; * 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 ; * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * Behold , a nation cometh from the North , And a great people and many kings shall rise up from the extremities of the earth . * 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 ! * 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 . * 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 ? * 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 . * At the noise of the taking of Babylon , the earth trembleth , And the cry is heard among the nations .

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