Jeremiah 50:2-10

2“1Declare and proclaim among the nations. Proclaim it and 2lift up a flag, Do not conceal it. Say, ‘3Babylon has been captured, 4Bel has been put to shame, 5Marduk has been 6shattered; Her 7idols have been put to shame, her images have been shattered.’ 3For a nation has come up against her from the 8north; it will make her land 9an object of horror, and there will be 10no inhabitant in it. Whether people or animals, they have wandered off, they have gone!

4“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, they and the sons of Judah 11as well; they will go along 12weeping as they go, and it will be 13the Lord their God whom they will seek. 5They will 14ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces 15in its direction; 16they 17will come so that they may join themselves to the Lord in an 18everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.

6“My people have become 19lost sheep; 20Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the 21mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill, They have forgotten their 22resting place.7All who found them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, ‘23We are not guilty, Since they have sinned against the Lord who is the 24habitation of righteousness, The Lord, the 25hope of their fathers.’

8“Wander away from the 26midst of Babylon And 27go out from the land of the Chaldeans; Be like male goats 28at the head of the flock.9For behold, I am going to 29rouse and bring up against Babylon A contingent of great nations from the land of the north, And they will draw up their battle lines against her; From there she will be taken captive. Their arrows will be like 30an expert warrior Who does not return empty-handed.103132Chaldea will become plunder; All who plunder her will have enough,” declares the Lord.