Jeremiah:51

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* Thus saith Jehovah : Behold , I will raise up against Babylon , And against them that dwell in the midst of mine adversaries , A destroying wind ; * 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 . * 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 ! * Thus shall they fall down slain in the land of the Chaldaeans , And thrust through in her streets . * 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 . * 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 Jehovah ’s vengeance ; He will render to her a recompense . * 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 . * Babylon is suddenly fallen , and broken ; Howl ye over her ; Bring ye balm for her wounds , If so be she may be healed . * "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 ." * Jehovah hath brought forth our deliverance ; Come ye , and let us declare in Zion The work of Jehovah our God . * 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 . * 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 . * O thou that dwellest by great waters , That aboundest in treasures , Thine end is come ; The measure of thy rapaciousness is full ! * Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself , Surely I will fill thee with men , as with caterpillars , Who shall raise the war –shout against thee . * He made the earth by his power , He established the world by his wisdom , And by his understanding he spread out the heavens . * 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 . * 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 . * They are vanity , deceptive work ; In the time of their punishment shall they perish . * 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 . * Thou hast been to me my battle –hammer , My weapon of war . And with thee I broke in pieces the nations , And with thee I destroyed the kingdoms . * And with thee I broke in pieces the horse and his rider , And with thee I broke in pieces the chariot and its driver . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 , * So that none shall take from thee a corner –stone , or a foundation –stone ; But thou shalt be a perpetual desolation , saith Jehovah . * 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 ! * 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 , * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ; * That the passages are taken , That the reeds are burned with fire , And that the men of war are struck with terror . * For thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel : The daughter of Babylon shall be like a thrashing –floor when it is thrashed ; Yet a little while , and the time of harvest for her shall come . * 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 . * "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 . * 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 . * And Babylon shall become heaps , The dwelling –place of jackals , An astonishment and a hissing , Without an inhabitant . * Together shall they roar like lions ; They shall yell like lions ’ whelps . * 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 . * I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter , Like rams with he –goats . * How is Sheshach taken ! How is the praise of the whole earth fallen ! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations ! * The sea is come up over Babylon ; With the roaring of its waves is she covered . * 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 . * 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 . * Go ye out of her , my people , And save ye every man his life From the fierce anger of Jehovah ! * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall , So at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land . * Ye that have escaped her sword , go ! Tarry not ! Remember Jehovah afar off , And let Jerusalem come into your mind ! * 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 . * Therefore , behold , the days come , saith Jehovah , When I will punish her graven images , And through all her land shall the wounded groan . * 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 . * Hark ! a cry from Babylon , Of great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans ! * For Jehovah destroyeth Babylon , And bringeth to silence her loud tumult ; Their waves roar like great waters ; Their tumultuous noise resounds . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And Jeremiah wrote all the evil that was to come upon Babylon in one book , all these words that are written concerning Babylon . * And Jeremiah said to Seraiah , When thou comest to Babylon , see that thou read all these words , * 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 ! * 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 , * 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 .

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