Jeremiah:50

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drb @Jeremiah:50:1 @The word that the Lord hath spoken against Babylon , and against the land of the Chaldeans in the hand of Jeremias the prophet . drb @Jeremiah:50:2 @Declare ye among the nations , and publish it , lift up a standard : proclaim , and conceal it not : say : Babylon is taken , Bel is confounded , Merodach is overthrown , their graven things are confounded , their idols are overthrown . drb @Jeremiah:50:3 @For a nation is come up against her out of the north , which shall make her land desolate : and there shall be none to dwell therein , from man even to beast :: yea they are removed , and gone away . drb @Jeremiah:50:4 @In those days , and at that time , saith the Lord , the children of Israel shall come , they and the children of Juda together : going and weeping they shall make haste , and shall seek the Lord their God . drb @Jeremiah:50:5 @They shall ask the way to Sion , their faces are hitherward . They shall come , and shall be joined to the Lord by an everlasting covenant , which shall never be forgotten . drb @Jeremiah:50:6 @My people have been a lost flock , their shepherds have caused them to go astray , and have made them wander in the mountains : they have gone from mountain to hill , they have forgotten their resting place . drb @Jeremiah:50:7 @All that found them , have devoured them : and their enemies said : We have not sinned in so doing : because they have sinned against the Lord the beauty of justice , and against the Lord the hope of their fathers . drb @Jeremiah:50:8 @Remove out of the midst of Babylon , and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans : and be ye as kids at the head of the flock . drb @Jeremiah:50:9 @For behold I raise up , and will bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north : and they shall be prepared against her , and from thence she shall be taken : their arrows , like those of a mighty man , a destroyer , shall not return in vain . drb @Jeremiah:50:10 @And Chaldea shall be made a prey : all that waste her shall be filled , saith the Lord . drb @Jeremiah:50:11 @Because you rejoice , and speak great things , pillaging my inheritance : because you are spread abroad as calves upon the grass , and have bellowed as bulls . drb @Jeremiah:50:12 @Your mother is confounded exceedingly , and she that bore you is made even with the dust : behold she shall be the last among the nations , a wilderness unpassable , and dry . drb @Jeremiah:50:13 @Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited , but shall be wholly desolate : every one that shall pass by Babylon , shall be astonished , and hiss at all her plagues . drb @Jeremiah:50:14 @Prepare yourselves against Babylon round about , all you that bend the bow : fight against her , spare not arrows : because she hath sinned against the Lord . drb @Jeremiah:50:15 @Shout against her , she hath every where 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 , so do to her . drb @Jeremiah:50:16 @Destroy the sower out of Babylon , and him that holdeth the sickle in the time of harvest : for fear of the sword of the dove every man shall return to his people , and every one shall flee to his own land . drb @Jeremiah:50:17 @Israel is a scattered flock , the lions have driven him away : first the king of Assyria devoured him : and last this Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath broken his bones . drb @Jeremiah:50:18 @Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel : Behold I will visit the king of Babylon and his land , as I have visited the king of Assyria . drb @Jeremiah:50:19 @And I will bring Israel again to his habitation : and he shall feed on Carmel , and Bason , and his soul shall be satisfied in mount Ephraim , and Galaad . drb @Jeremiah:50:20 @In those days , and at that time , saith the Lord , the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for , and there shall be none : and the sin of Juda , and there shall none be found : for I will be merciful to them , whom I shall leave . drb @Jeremiah:50:21 @Go up against the land of the rulers , and punish the inhabitants thereof , waste , and destroy all behind them , saith the Lord : and do according to all that I have commanded thee . drb @Jeremiah:50:22 @A noise of war in the land , and a great destruction . drb @Jeremiah:50:23 @How is the hammer of the whole earth broken , and destroyed ! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations ! drb @Jeremiah:50:24 @I have caused thee to fall into a snare , and thou art taken , O Babylon , and thou wast not aware of it : thou art found and caught , because thou hast provoked the Lord . drb @Jeremiah:50:25 @The Lord hath opened his armoury , and hath brought forth the weapons of his wrath : for the Lord the God of hosts hath a work to be done in the land of the Chaldeans . drb @Jeremiah:50:26 @Come ye against her from the uttermost borders : open that they may go forth that shall tread her down : take the stones out of the way , and make heaps , and destroy her : and let nothing of her be left . drb @Jeremiah:50:27 @Destroy all her valiant men , let them go down to the slaughter : woe to them , for their day is come , the time of their visitation . drb @Jeremiah:50:28 @The voice of them that flee , and of them that have escaped out of the land of Babylon : to declare in Sion the revenge of the Lord our God , the revenge of his temple . drb @Jeremiah:50:29 @Declare to many against Babylon , to all that bend the bow : stand together against her round about , and let nose escape ; pay her according to her work : according to all that she hath done , do ye to her : for she hath lifted up herself against the Lord , against the Holy One of Israel . drb @Jeremiah:50:30 @Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets : and all her men of war shall hold their peace in that day , saith the Lord . drb @Jeremiah:50:31 @Behold I come against thee , O proud one , saith the Lord the God of hosts : for thy day is come , the time of thy visitation . drb @Jeremiah:50:32 @And the proud one shall fall , he shall fall down , and there shall be none to lift him up : and I will kindle a fire in his cities , and it shall devour all round about him . drb @Jeremiah:50:33 @Thus saith the Lord of hosts : The children of Israel , and the children of Juda are oppressed together : all that have taken them captives , hold them fast , they will not let them go . drb @Jeremiah:50:34 @Their redeemer is strong , the Lord of hosts is his name : he will defend their cause in judgment , to terrify the land , and to disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon . drb @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 . drb @Jeremiah:50:36 @A sword upon her diviners , and they shall be foolish : a sword upon her valiant ones , and they shall be dismayed . drb @Jeremiah:50:37 @A sword upon their horses , and upon their chariots , and upon all the people that are in the midst of her : and they shall become as women : a sword upon her treasures , and they shall be made a spoil . drb @Jeremiah:50:38 @A drought upon her waters , and they shall be dried up : because it is a land of idols , and they glory in monstrous things . drb @Jeremiah:50:39 @Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns : and ostriches shall dwell therein , and it shall be no more inhabited for ever , neither shall it be built up from generation to generation . drb @Jeremiah:50:40 @As the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha , and their neighbour cities , saith the Lord : no man shall dwell there , neither shall the son of man inhabit it . drb @Jeremiah:50:41 @Behold a people cometh from the north , and a great nation , and many kings shall rise from the ends of the earth . drb @Jeremiah:50:42 @They shall take the bow and the shield : they are cruel and unmerciful : their voice shall roar like the sea , and they shall ride upon horses : like a man prepared for battle against thee , O daughter of Babylon . drb @Jeremiah:50:43 @The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them , and his hands are grown feeble : anguish hath taken hold of him , pangs as a , woman in labour . drb @Jeremiah:50:44 @Behold he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan to the strong and beautiful : for I will make him run suddenly upon her : and who shall be the chosen one whom I may appoint over her ? for who is like to me ? and who shall bear up against me ? and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance ? drb @Jeremiah:50:45 @Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord , which he hath taken against Babylon : and his thoughts which he hath thought against the land of the Chaldeans : surely the little ones of the flocks shall pull them down , of a truth their habitation shall be destroyed with them . drb @Jeremiah:50:46 @At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved , and the cry is heard amongst the nations .

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