Jeremiah:50

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* The word that the LORD spoke against Babylon , against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet . * Declare among the nations , and cause them to hear , and lift up a banner . Cause them to hear , do not hide it ; say , Babylon is captured , Bel is ashamed , Merodach is broken in pieces ; her images are shamed , her idols are broken in pieces . * For out of the north a nation comes up against her , which shall make her land a desert , and none shall dwell in it . They shall flee , they shall depart , both man and beast . * In those days , and at that time , says the LORD , the sons of Israel shall come , they and the sons of Judah together , going and weeping . They shall go and seek Jehovah their God . * They shall ask the way [to ] Zion with their faces there , [saying ], Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD [in ] an everlasting covenant never [to be ] forgotten . * My people have 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 resting place . * All who have found them have devoured them . And their enemies said , We do not offend , because they have sinned against the LORD , the habitation of righteousness , even the LORD , the hope of their fathers . * Flee from the midst of Babylon , and go out of the land of the Chaldeans , and be as the he-goats before the flocks . * For , lo , I am stirring up and bringing up against Babylon a company of great nations from a northern land . And they shall array themselves against her . She shall be captured there . Their arrows [ shall be ] as [those ] of a skillful , mighty man ; none shall return in vain . * And Chaldea shall be a prize ; all who plunder her shall be satisfied , says the LORD . * Because you were glad , because you rejoiced , O destroyers of My inheritance ; because you are fat like the heifer in grass , and bellow like bulls ; * your mother shall be deeply ashamed ; she who bore you shall turn pale . Behold , the last of the nations [shall be ] a wilderness , a dry land , and a desert . * Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited , but it shall be wholly a waste . Everyone who goes by Babylon shall be amazed and hiss at all her plagues . * Put yourselves in order against Babylon all around ; all you who bend the bow , shoot at her . Hold back no arrows , for she has sinned against the LORD . * Shout against her all around . She has given her hand ; her foundations have fallen , her walls have been thrown down ; for it [is ] the vengeance of the LORD . Take vengeance on her . As she has done , do to her . * Cut off the sower from Babylon , and the one who handles the sickle in the time of harvest . For fear of the pressing sword they shall turn , each one to his people ; and they shall flee , each one to his own land . * Israel [is ] a scattered sheep , driven away by lions . First the king of Assyria devoured him , and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon crunched [his bones ]. * So Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel , says this : Behold , I will punish the king of Babylon and his land , as I have punished the king of Assyria . * And I will again bring Israel to his home , and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan , and his soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead . * In those days , and at that time , says the LORD , the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for , and it [shall ] not [be ] found ; and the sins of Judah , and they shall not be found ; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant . * Go up against the land of Merathaim , even against it and against the people of Pekod . Waste and destroy after them , says the LORD , and do according to all that I have commanded you . * A sound of battle [is ] in the land , and of great ruin . * How the hammer of the whole earth is cut off and broken ! How Babylon has become a ruin among the nations ! * I have laid a trap for you , and you are also captured , O Babylon , and you did not know . You were found and also caught , because you have fought against the LORD . * The LORD has opened His armory , and has brought forth the weapons of His fury . For this [is ] the work of the Lord Jehovah of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans . * Come against her from the border ; open her storehouses ; cast her up as heaps , and destroy her completely . Let nothing of her be left . * Kill all her bulls ; let them go down to the slaughter . Woe to them ! For their day has come , the time of their punishment . * The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon , to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God , the vengeance of His temple . * Make the archers hear against Babylon . All you who tread a bow , camp against it all around ; let none of them escape . Repay her according to her work ; according to all that she has done , do to her . For she has been proud against the LORD , against the Holy One of Israel . * So her young men shall fall in the streets , and all her men of war shall be silenced in that day , says the LORD . * Behold , I [am ] against you , O proud ones , says the Lord Jehovah of hosts ; for your day has come , the time that I will judge you . * 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 burn up everything all around him . * So says Jehovah of hosts : The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah [were ] oppressed together . And all who captured them held them fast ; they refused to let them go . * Their Redeemer [is ] strong ; Jehovah of hosts , [is ] His name . He shall thoroughly plead their cause , so that he may give rest to the land , and give trouble to the people of Babylon . * A sword [is ] on the Chaldeans , says the LORD , and on the people of Babylon , and on her rulers , and on her wise men . * A sword [is ] on the liars , and they shall become fools . A sword [is ] on her mighty men , and they shall be afraid . * A sword [is ] on their horses and their chariots , and on all the mixed people in her midst ; and they shall become as women . A sword [is ] to her treasuries , and they shall be robbed . * A drought [is ] on her waters ; and they shall be dried up . For it [is ] the land of idols , and they act madly [with ] idols . * So the beasts of the desert shall dwell there with jackals . And the daughters of the ostrich shall dwell in her again . And it shall not again have anyone [in it ] forever ; it shall not be lived in until generation and generation . * As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors , says the LORD , no man shall live there ; nor shall any son of man live in it . * Behold , a people shall come from the north , even a great nation ; and many kings shall be stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth . * They lay hold on a bow and spear ; they [are ] cruel and will not show mercy . Their voice shall roar like the sea , and they shall ride on horses arrayed like a man for the battle against you , O daughter of Babylon . * The king of Babylon has heard the report of them , and his hands became feeble . Anguish took hold of him , [and ] pangs like [those of ] a woman in labor . * Behold , he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan to the home of the strong . But I will make them suddenly run away from her . And who [is ] a chosen [one whom ] I will appoint over her ? For who [is ] like Me ? And who will set Me the time ? And who [is ] that shepherd who will stand before Me ? * Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He has taken against Babylon ; and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans . Surely the least of the flock shall drag them ; surely He shall make [their ] dwelling a desert with them . * At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble , and a cry is heard among the nations .

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