Jeremiah:50

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* The word that Jehovah spoke concerning Babylon , concerning the land of the Chaldeans , through Jeremiah the prophet . * Declare ye among the nations , and publish , and lift up a banner ; publish , conceal not ! Say , Babylon is taken , Bel is put to shame , Merodach is dismayed : her images are put to shame , her idols are dismayed . * For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her , which shall make her land desolate , and 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 , going and weeping as they go , and shall seek Jehovah their God . * They shall inquire concerning Zion , with their faces thitherward , [saying ,] Come , and let us join ourselves to Jehovah , in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten . * My people are lost sheep ; their shepherds have caused them to go astray , they turned them away on the mountains : they went from mountain to hill , they forgot their resting-place . * All that found them devoured them , and their adversaries said , We are not guilty , because they have sinned against Jehovah , the habitation of righteousness , even Jehovah , the hope of their fathers . * Flee out of the midst of Babylon , and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans , and be as the he-goats before the flock . * For behold , I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon , an assemblage of great nations from the north country ; and they shall set themselves in array against her : from thence shall she be taken . Their arrows shall be as those of a mighty expert man : none shall return empty . * And Chaldea shall be a spoil : all the spoilers thereof shall be satiated , saith Jehovah . * For ye rejoiced , for ye triumphed , ye plunderers of my heritage ; for ye have been wanton as the heifer at grass , and neighed as steeds . * Your mother hath been sorely put to shame ; she that bore you hath been covered with reproach : behold , [she is become ] hindmost of the nations , a wilderness , a dry land , and a desert . * Because of the wrath of Jehovah , it shall not be inhabited , but it shall be wholly desolate ; every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished , and shall hiss , because of all her plagues . * 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 Jehovah . * Shout against her round about : she hath given her hand ; her ramparts are fallen , her walls are thrown down : for this is the vengeance of Jehovah . Take vengeance upon her ; as she hath done , do unto her . * Cut off the sower from Babylon , and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest . For fear of the oppressing sword let them turn every one to his people , and let them flee every one to his own land . * Israel is a hunted sheep ; the lions have driven him away : first the king of Assyria devoured him , and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones . * Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel : Behold , I will visit the king of Babylon and his land , like as I have visited the king of Assyria . * And I will bring Israel again to his pasture , and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan , and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and in 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 leave remaining . * Go up against the land of double rebellion , against it , and against the inhabitants of visitation ; waste and utterly destroy after them , saith Jehovah , and do according to all that I have commanded thee . * A sound of battle is in the land , and great destruction . * How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken ! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations ! * I have laid a snare for thee , and thou , Babylon , art also taken , and thou wast not aware ; thou art found , and also caught , for thou hast contended with Jehovah . * Jehovah hath opened his armoury , and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation ; for this is a work for the Lord , Jehovah of hosts , in the land of the Chaldeans . * Come ye against her from every quarter , open her storehouses ; pile her up like sheaves , 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 visitation . * The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon , to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God , the vengeance of his temple . * Call together the archers against Babylon , all those that bend the bow : encamp against her round about ; let there be no escaping : recompense her according to her work ; according to all that she hath done , do unto her : for she hath acted proudly against Jehovah , against the Holy One of Israel . * Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets ; and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day , saith Jehovah . * Behold , I am against thee , proud one , saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts ; for thy day is come , the time that I visit thee : * and the proud one shall stumble and fall , and none shall raise him up ; yea , I will kindle a fire in his cities , and it shall devour all that are round about him . * Thus saith Jehovah of hosts : The children of Israel and the children of Judah were together oppressed ; and all that took them captives held them fast : they refused to let them go . * Their Redeemer is strong ; Jehovah of hosts is his name : he will thoroughly plead their cause , that he may give rest to the land , and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon . * The sword is upon the Chaldeans , saith Jehovah , and upon the inhabitants of Babylon , and upon her princes , and upon her wise men ; * the sword is upon the liars , and they shall become fools ; the sword is upon her mighty men , and they shall be dismayed ; * the 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 ; the sword is upon her treasures , and they shall be robbed : * a drought is upon her waters , and they shall be dried up ; for it is a land of graven images , and they are mad after frightful idols . * Therefore wild beasts of the desert with jackals shall dwell there , and ostriches shall dwell therein ; and it shall be no more inhabited for ever , neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation . * As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah , and their neighbour cities , saith Jehovah , no one shall dwell there , neither shall a son of man sojourn therein . * Behold , a people cometh from the north , and a great nation . And many kings shall arise from the uttermost parts of the earth . * They lay hold of bow and spear ; they are cruel , and will not shew mercy ; their voice roareth like the sea , and they ride upon horses -- set in array like a man for the battle , against thee , O daughter of Babylon . * The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them , and his hands wax feeble ; trouble hath taken hold of him , pangs as of a woman in travail . * Behold , he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation ; for I will make him suddenly run away from it ; and who is a chosen [man ] whom I may appoint over her ? For who is like me ? and who will assign me a time ? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me ? * Therefore hear the counsel of Jehovah , which he hath taken against Babylon , and his purposes which he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans : The little ones of the flock shall certainly draw them away ; he shall certainly make their habitation desolate for them . * At the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth hath quaked , and the cry is heard among the nations .

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