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The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon ,
concerning the land of the Chaldeans ,
by Jeremiah the prophet .
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Declare (
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among the nations and publish ,
and set up a standard ;
publish ,
and do not conceal :
say ,
Babylon is taken ,
Bel is put to shame ,
Merodach is dismayed ;
her images are put to shame ,
her idols are dismayed .
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For out of the north there comes up a nation against her ,
which will make her land desolate ,
and none will dwell in it :
they have fled ,
they have gone ,
both man and beast .
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In those days ,
and in that time ,
says Yahweh ,
the sons of Israel will come ,
they and the sons of Judah together ;
they will go on their way weeping ,
and will seek Yahweh their God .
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They will inquire concerning Zion with their faces toward there , [
saying ],
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and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten .
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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 .
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All who found them have devoured them ;
and their adversaries said ,
We are not guilty ,
because they have sinned against Yahweh ,
the habitation of righteousness ,
even Yahweh ,
the hope of their fathers .
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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 flocks .
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For ,
look ,
I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country ;
and they will set themselves in array against her ;
from there she will be taken :
their arrows will be as a mighty man taking away children ,
they will not return in vain .
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And Chaldea will be a prey :
all who prey on her will be satisfied ,
says Yahweh .
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Because you (
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are glad ,
because you {+}
rejoice ,
O you {+}
who plunder my heritage ,
because you {+}
are wanton as a heifer that treads out [
the grain ],
and neigh as strong horses ;
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mother will be completely put to shame ;
she who bore you {+}
will be confounded :
look ,
she will be the hindermost of the nations ,
a wilderness ,
a dry land ,
and a desert .
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Because of the wrath of Yahweh she will not be inhabited ,
but she will be wholly desolate :
everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished ,
and hiss at all her plagues .
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Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about ,
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who bend the bow ;
shoot at her ,
spare no arrows :
for she has sinned against Yahweh .
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Shout against her round about :
she has submitted herself ;
her bulwarks have fallen ,
her walls are thrown down ;
for it is the vengeance of Yahweh :
take vengeance on her ;
as she has done ,
do to her .
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Cut off the sower from Babylon ,
and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest :
for fear of the oppressing sword they will turn every one to his people ,
and they will flee every one to his own land .
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Israel is a hunted sheep ;
the lions have driven him away :
first ,
the king of Assyria devoured him ;
and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones .
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Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Look ,
I will punish the king of Babylon and his land ,
as I have punished the king of Assyria .
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And I will bring Israel again to his pasture ,
and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan ,
and his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead .
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In those days ,
and in that time ,
says Yahweh ,
the iniquity of Israel will be sought for ,
and there will be none ;
and the sins of Judah ,
and they will not be found :
for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant .
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Go up against the land of Merathaim ,
even against it ,
and against the inhabitants of Pekod :
slay and completely destroy after them ,
says Yahweh ,
and do according to all that I have commanded you .
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A sound of battle is in the land ,
and of great destruction .
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How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken !
How has Babylon become a desolation among the nations !
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I have laid a snare for you ,
and you are also taken ,
O Babylon ,
and you were not aware :
you are found ,
and also caught ,
because you have striven against Yahweh .
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Yahweh has opened his armory ,
and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation ;
for the Lord ,
Yahweh of hosts ,
has a work [
to do ]
in the land of the Chaldeans .
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Come against her from the utmost border ;
open her storehouses ;
cast her up as heaps ,
and destroy her completely ;
let nothing of her be left .
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Slay all her bullocks ;
let them go down to the slaughter :
woe to them !
For their day has come ,
the time of their visitation .
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The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon ,
to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God ,
the vengeance of his temple .
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Call together the archers against Babylon ,
all those who bend the bow ;
encamp against her round about ;
let none of her escape :
recompense her according to her work ;
according to all that she has done ,
do to her ;
for she has been proud against Yahweh ,
against the Holy One of Israel .
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Therefore will her young men fall in her streets ,
and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day ,
says Yahweh .
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Look ,
I am against you ,
O you proud one ,
says the Lord ,
Yahweh of hosts ;
for your day has come ,
the time that I will visit you .
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And the proud one will stumble and fall ,
and none will raise him up ;
and I will kindle a fire in his cities ,
and it will devour all who are round about him .
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Thus says Yahweh of hosts :
The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah are oppressed together ;
and all who took them captive hold them fast ;
they refuse to let them go .
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Their Redeemer is strong ;
Yahweh of hosts is his name :
he will thoroughly plead their cause ,
that he may give rest to the earth ,
and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon .
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A sword is on the Chaldeans ,
says Yahweh ,
and on the inhabitants of Babylon ,
and on her princes ,
and on her wise men .
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A sword is on the boasters ,
and they will become fools ;
a sword is on her mighty men ,
and they will be dismayed .
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A sword is on their horses ,
and on their chariots ,
and on all the mingled people who are in the midst of her ;
and they will become as women :
a sword is on her treasures ,
and they will be robbed .
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A drought is on her waters ,
and they will be dried up ;
for it is a land of graven images ,
and they are mad over idols .
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Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves will dwell there ,
and the ostriches will dwell in it :
and it will be inhabited no more forever ;
neither will it be stayed in from generation to generation .
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As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities ,
says Yahweh ,
so a man will not dwell there ,
neither will any son of man sojourn in it .
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Look ,
a people comes from the north ;
and a great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth .
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They lay hold on bow and spear ;
they are cruel ,
and have no mercy ;
their voice roars like the sea ;
and they ride on horses ,
everyone set in array ,
as a man to the battle ,
against you ,
O daughter of Babylon .
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The king of Babylon has heard the news of them ,
and his hands wax feeble :
anguish has taken hold of him , [
and ]
pangs as of a woman in travail .
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Look , [
the enemy ]
will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation :
for I will suddenly make them run away from it ;
and whoever is chosen ,
I will appoint him over it :
for who is like me ?
And who will appoint me a time ?
And who is the shepherd that can stand before me ?
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Therefore hear (
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the counsel of Yahweh ,
that he has taken against Babylon ;
and his purposes ,
that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans :
Surely they will drag them away , [
even ]
the little ones of the flock ;
surely he will make their habitation desolate over them .
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At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles ,
and the cry is heard among the nations .