Jeremiah 50:2-28

2DeclareH5046 ye among the nationsH1471 and publish, and set up a standardH5251; publish, and conceal not: sayH559, BabylonH894 is takenH3920, BelH1078 is put to shame, Merodach is dismayedH2865; her images are put to shame, her idolsH1544 are dismayedH2865. 3For out of the northH6828 there cometh up a nationH1471 against her, which shall makeH7896 her landH776 desolate, and none shall dwellH3427 therein: they are fled, they are goneH1980, both manH120 and beast. 4In those daysH3117, and in that timeH6256, saith Jehovah, the children of IsraelH3478 shall comeH935, they and the children of JudahH3063 togetherH3162; they shall goH1980 on their way weepingH1058, and shall seekH1245 Jehovah their GodH430. 5They shall inquire concerningH413 ZionH6726 with their facesH6440 thitherward, saying, ComeH935 ye, and joinH3867 yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenantH1285 that shall not be forgottenH7911.

6My peopleH5971 have beenH1961 lost sheepH6629: their shepherdsH7462 have caused them to goH1980 astrayH8582; they have turned them away on the mountainsH2022; they have goneH1980 from mountainH2022 to hillH2022; they have forgottenH7911 their resting-place. 7All that foundH4672 them have devouredH398 them; and their adversaries saidH559, We are not guiltyH816, because they have sinnedH2398 against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousnessH6664, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathersH1. 8Flee out of the midstH8432 of BabylonH894, and goH3318 forthH3318 out of the landH776 of the ChaldeansH3778, and beH1961 as the he-goats before the flocksH6629. 9For, lo, I will stirH5782 up and cause to comeH5927 up against BabylonH894 a companyH6951 of greatH1419 nationsH1471 from the northH6828 country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be takenH3920: their arrowsH2671 shall be as of an expert mightyH1368 manH1368; none shall returnH7725 in vain. 10And ChaldeaH3778 shall beH1961 a prey: all that prey upon her shall beH1961 satisfiedH7646, saith Jehovah.

11Because ye are gladH8055, because ye rejoiceH8055, O ye that plunderH8154 my heritage, because ye are wanton as a heiferH5697 that treadeth out the grain, and neigh as strong horses; 12your motherH517 shall be utterly putH954 to shameH954; she that bare you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the hindermost of the nationsH1471, a wildernessH4057, a dryH6723 land, and a desertH6160. 13Because of the wrathH7110 of Jehovah she shall not beH1961 inhabitedH3427, but she shall beH1961 wholly desolateH8074: every one that goeth by BabylonH894 shall beH1961 astonished, and hissH8319 at all her plaguesH4347. 14Set yourselves in array against BabylonH894 roundH5439 about, all ye that bendH1869 the bowH7198; shoot at her, spareH2550 no arrowsH2671: for she hath sinnedH2398 against Jehovah. 15ShoutH7321 against her roundH5439 about: she hath submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallenH5307, her wallsH2346 are thrown downH5307; for it is the vengeanceH5360 of Jehovah: take vengeanceH5360 upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. 16CutH3772 off the sowerH2232 from BabylonH894, and him that handleth the sickleH4038 in the timeH6256 of harvestH7105: for fear of the oppressingH3238 swordH2719 they shall turnH6437 every oneH376 to his peopleH5971, and they shall fleeH5127 every oneH376 to his own landH776.

17IsraelH3478 is a hunted sheepH7716; the lionsH738 have drivenH5080 him awayH5080: firstH7223, the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 devouredH398 him; and now at lastH314 Nebuchadrezzar kingH4428 of BabylonH894 hath broken his bones. 18ThereforeH3651 thusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478: Behold, I will punishH6485 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 and his landH776, as I have punishedH6485 the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804. 19And I will bringH7725 IsraelH3478 again to his pasture, and he shall feedH7462 on CarmelH3760 and BashanH1316, and his soulH5315 shall be satisfiedH7646 upon the hillsH2022 of EphraimH669 and in GileadH1568. 20In those daysH3117, and in that timeH6256, saith Jehovah, the iniquityH5771 of IsraelH3478 shall be soughtH1245 for, and there shall be none; and the sinsH2403 of JudahH3063, and they shall not be foundH4672: for I will pardon them whom I leaveH7604 as a remnantH7604.

21GoH5927 up against the landH776 of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitantsH3427 of PekodH6489: slay and utterly destroyH2763 after them, saith Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commandedH6680 thee. 22A soundH6963 of battleH4421 is in the landH776, and of greatH1419 destructionH7667. 23HowH349 is the hammerH6360 of the whole earthH776 cutH1438 asunder and brokenH7665! howH349 is BabylonH894 becomeH1961 a desolationH8047 among the nationsH1471! 24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art alsoH1571 takenH3920, O BabylonH894, and thou wast not aware: thou art foundH4672, and alsoH1571 caughtH3920, because thou hast striven against Jehovah. 25Jehovah hath openedH6605 his armory, and hath broughtH3318 forthH3318 the weaponsH3627 of his indignationH2195; for the Lord, Jehovah of hostsH6635, hath a workH4399 to do in the landH776 of the ChaldeansH3778. 26ComeH935 against her from the utmost border; openH6605 her store-houses; cast her up as heapsH6194, and destroyH2763 her utterly; let nothing of her beH1961 left. 27Slay all her bullocks; let them goH935 down to the slaughterH2874: woeH1945 unto them! for their dayH3117 is comeH935, the timeH6256 of their visitation. 28The voiceH6963 of them that fleeH5127 and escapeH6412 out of the landH776 of BabylonH894, to declareH5046 in ZionH6726 the vengeanceH5360 of Jehovah our GodH430, the vengeanceH5360 of his templeH1964.