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[1]The wordH1697 that the LORDH3068 spakeH1696[H8765] against BabylonH894 and against the landH776 of the ChaldeansH3778 byH3027 JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030.
[2]DeclareH5046[H8685] ye among the nationsH1471, and publishH8085[H8685], and set upH5375[H8798] a standardH5251; publishH8085[H8685], and concealH3582[H8762] not: sayH559[H8798], BabylonH894 is takenH3920[H8738], BelH1078 is confoundedH3001[H8689], MerodachH4781 is broken in piecesH2865[H8804]; her idolsH6091 are confoundedH3001[H8689], her imagesH1544 are broken in piecesH2865.[H8804]
[3]For out of the northH6828 there cometh upH5927[H8804] a nationH1471 against her, which shall makeH7896[H8799] her landH776 desolateH8047, and none shall dwellH3427[H8802] therein: they shall removeH5110[H8804], they shall departH1980[H8804], both manH120 and beastH929.
[4]In those daysH3117, and in that timeH6256, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 shall comeH935[H8799], they and the childrenH1121 of JudahH3063 togetherH3162, goingH1980[H8800] and weepingH1058[H8800]: they shall goH3212[H8799], and seekH1245[H8762] the LORDH3068 their GodH430.
[5]They shall askH7592[H8799] the wayH1870 to ZionH6726 with their facesH6440 thitherwardH2008, saying, ComeH935[H8798], and let us joinH3867[H8738] ourselves to the LORDH3068 in a perpetualH5769 covenantH1285 that shall not be forgottenH7911.[H8735]
[6]My peopleH5971 hath been lostH6[H8802] sheepH6629: their shepherdsH7462[H8802] have caused them to go astrayH8582[H8689], they have turned them awayH7725[H8790][H8675][H7726] on the mountainsH2022: they have goneH1980[H8804] from mountainH2022 to hillH1389, they have forgottenH7911[H8804] their restingplaceH7258.
[7]All that foundH4672[H8802] them have devouredH398[H8804] them: and their adversariesH6862 saidH559[H8804], We offendH816[H8799] not, because they have sinnedH2398[H8804] against the LORDH3068, the habitationH5116 of justiceH6664, even the LORDH3068, the hopeH4723 of their fathersH1.
[8]RemoveH5110[H8798] out of the midstH8432 of BabylonH894, and go forthH3318[H8798][H8675][H3318][H8799] out of the landH776 of the ChaldeansH3778, and be as the he goatsH6260 beforeH6440 the flocksH6629.
[9]For, lo, I will raiseH5782[H8688] and cause to come upH5927[H8688] against BabylonH894 an assemblyH6951 of greatH1419 nationsH1471 from the northH6828 countryH776: and they shall set themselves in arrayH6186[H8804] against her; from thence she shall be takenH3920[H8735]: their arrowsH2671 shall be as of a mightyH1368 expert manH7919[H8688][H8676][H7921][H8688]; none shall returnH7725[H8799] in vainH7387.
[10]And ChaldeaH3778 shall be a spoilH7998: all that spoilH7997[H8802] her shall be satisfiedH7646[H8799], saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068.
[11]Because ye were gladH8055[H8799], because ye rejoicedH5937[H8799], O ye destroyersH8154[H8802] of mine heritageH5159, because ye are grown fatH6335[H8799] as the heiferH5697 at grassH1877[H8676][H1758][H8801], and bellowH6670[H8799] as bullsH47;
[12]Your motherH517 shall be soreH3966 confoundedH954[H8804]; she that bareH3205[H8802] you shall be ashamedH2659[H8804]: behold, the hindermostH319 of the nationsH1471 shall be a wildernessH4057, a dry landH6723, and a desertH6160.
[13]Because of the wrathH7110 of the LORDH3068 it shall not be inhabitedH3427[H8799], but it shall be wholly desolateH8077: every one that goethH5674[H8802] by BabylonH894 shall be astonishedH8074[H8799], and hissH8319[H8799] at all her plaguesH4347.
[14]Put yourselves in arrayH6186[H8798] against BabylonH894 round aboutH5439: all ye that bendH1869[H8802] the bowH7198, shootH3034[H8798] at her, spareH2550[H8799] no arrowsH2671: for she hath sinnedH2398[H8804] against the LORDH3068.
[15]ShoutH7321[H8685] against her round aboutH5439: she hath givenH5414[H8804] her handH3027: her foundationsH803 are fallenH5307[H8804], her wallsH2346 are thrown downH2040[H8738]: for it is the vengeanceH5360 of the LORDH3068: take vengeanceH5358[H8734] upon her; as she hath doneH6213[H8804], doH6213 unto herH8798.
[16]Cut offH3772[H8798] the sowerH2232[H8802] from BabylonH894, and him that handlethH8610[H8802] the sickleH4038 in the timeH6256 of harvestH7105: for fearH6440 of the oppressingH3238[H8802] swordH2719 they shall turnH6437[H8799] every oneH376 to his peopleH5971, and they shall fleeH5127[H8799] every oneH376 to his own landH776.
[17]IsraelH3478 is a scatteredH6340[H8801] sheepH7716; the lionsH738 have driven him awayH5080[H8689]: firstH7223 the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 hath devouredH398[H8804] him; and lastH314 this NebuchadrezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894 hath broken his bonesH6105.[H8765]
[18]Therefore thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478; Behold, I will punishH6485[H8802] the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 and his landH776, as I have punishedH6485[H8804] the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804.
[19]And I will bringH7725 IsraelH3478 againH7725[H8790] to his habitationH5116, and he shall feedH7462[H8804] on CarmelH3760 and BashanH1316, and his soulH5315 shall be satisfiedH7646[H8799] upon mountH2022 EphraimH669 and GileadH1568.
[20]In those daysH3117, and in that timeH6256, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, the iniquityH5771 of IsraelH3478 shall be sought forH1245[H8792], and there shall be none; and the sinsH2403 of JudahH3063, and they shall not be foundH4672[H8735]: for I will pardonH5545[H8799] them whom I reserveH7604.[H8686]
[21]Go upH5927[H8798] against the landH776 of MerathaimH4850, even against it, and against the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of PekodH6489: wasteH2717[H8798] and utterly destroyH2763[H8687] afterH310 them, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, and doH6213[H8798] according to all that I have commandedH6680 theeH8765.
[22]A soundH6963 of battleH4421 is in the landH776, and of greatH1419 destructionH7667.
[23]How is the hammerH6360 of the whole earthH776 cut asunderH1438[H8738] and brokenH7665[H8735]! how is BabylonH894 become a desolationH8047 among the nationsH1471!
[24]I have laid a snareH3369[H8804] for thee, and thou art also takenH3920[H8738], O BabylonH894, and thou wast not awareH3045[H8804]: thou art foundH4672[H8738], and also caughtH8610[H8738], because thou hast strivenH1624[H8694] against the LORDH3068.
[25]The LORDH3068 hath openedH6605[H8804] his armouryH214, and hath brought forthH3318[H8686] the weaponsH3627 of his indignationH2195: for this is the workH4399 of the LordH136 GODH3069 of hostsH6635 in the landH776 of the ChaldeansH3778.
[26]ComeH935[H8798] against her from the utmost borderH7093, openH6605[H8798] her storehousesH3965: cast her upH5549[H8798] as heapsH6194, and destroy her utterlyH2763[H8685]: let nothing of her be leftH7611.
[27]SlayH2717[H8798] all her bullocksH6499; let them go downH3381[H8799] to the slaughterH2874: woeH1945 unto them! for their dayH3117 is comeH935[H8802], the timeH6256 of their visitationH6486.
[28]The voiceH6963 of them that fleeH5127[H8801] and escape outH6405 of the landH776 of BabylonH894, to declareH5046[H8687] in ZionH6726 the vengeanceH5360 of the LORDH3068 our GodH430, the vengeanceH5360 of his templeH1964.
[29]Call togetherH8085[H8685] the archersH7228 against BabylonH894: all ye that bendH1869[H8802] the bowH7198, campH2583[H8798] against it round aboutH5439; let none thereof escapeH6413: recompenseH7999[H8761] her according to her workH6467; according to all that she hath doneH6213[H8804], doH6213[H8798] unto her: for she hath been proudH2102[H8804] against the LORDH3068, against the Holy OneH6918 of IsraelH3478.
[30]Therefore shall her young menH970 fallH5307[H8799] in the streetsH7339, and all her menH582 of warH4421 shall be cut offH1826[H8735] in that dayH3117, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068.
[31]Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proudH2087, saithH5002[H8803] the LordH136 GODH3069 of hostsH6635: for thy dayH3117 is comeH935[H8802], the timeH6256 that I will visitH6485 theeH8804.
[32]And the most proudH2087 shall stumbleH3782[H8804] and fallH5307[H8804], and none shall raise him upH6965[H8688]: and I will kindleH3341[H8689] a fireH784 in his citiesH5892, and it shall devourH398[H8804] all round about himH5439.
[33]Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635; The childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 and the childrenH1121 of JudahH3063 were oppressedH6231[H8803] togetherH3162: and all that took them captivesH7617[H8802] held them fastH2388[H8689]; they refusedH3985[H8765] to let them goH7971.[H8763]
[34]Their RedeemerH1350[H8802] is strongH2389; the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 is his nameH8034: he shall throughlyH7378[H8800] pleadH7378[H8799] their causeH7379, that he may give restH7280[H8689] to the landH776, and disquietH7264[H8689] the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of BabylonH894.
[35]A swordH2719 is upon the ChaldeansH3778, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, and upon the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of BabylonH894, and upon her princesH8269, and upon her wise menH2450.
[36]A swordH2719 is upon the liarsH907; and they shall doteH2973[H8738]: a swordH2719 is upon her mighty menH1368; and they shall be dismayedH2865.[H8804]
[37]A swordH2719 is upon their horsesH5483, and upon their chariotsH7393, and upon all the mingled peopleH6153 that are in the midstH8432 of her; and they shall become as womenH802: a swordH2719 is upon her treasuresH214; and they shall be robbedH962.[H8795]
[38]A droughtH2721 is upon her watersH4325; and they shall be dried upH3001[H8804]: for it is the landH776 of graven imagesH6456, and they are madH1984[H8704] upon their idolsH367.
[39]Therefore the wild beasts of the desertH6728 with the wild beasts of the islandsH338 shall dwellH3427[H8799] there, and the owlsH1323[H3284] shall dwellH3427[H8804] therein: and it shall be no more inhabitedH3427[H8799] for everH5331; neither shall it be dweltH7931[H8799] in from generationH1755 to generationH1755.
[40]As GodH430 overthrewH4114 SodomH5467 and GomorrahH6017 and the neighbourH7934 cities thereof, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068; so shall no manH376 abideH3427[H8799] there, neither shall any sonH1121 of manH120 dwellH1481 thereinH8799.
[41]Behold, a peopleH5971 shall comeH935[H8802] from the northH6828, and a greatH1419 nationH1471, and manyH7227 kingsH4428 shall be raised upH5782[H8735] from the coastsH3411 of the earthH776.
[42]They shall holdH2388[H8686] the bowH7198 and the lanceH3591: they are cruelH394, and will not shew mercyH7355[H8762]: their voiceH6963 shall roarH1993[H8799] like the seaH3220, and they shall rideH7392[H8799] upon horsesH5483, every one put in arrayH6186[H8803], like a manH376 to the battleH4421, against thee, O daughterH1323 of BabylonH894.
[43]The kingH4428 of BabylonH894 hath heardH8085[H8804] the reportH8088 of them, and his handsH3027 waxed feebleH7503[H8804]: anguishH6869 took holdH2388[H8689] of him, and pangsH2427 as of a woman in travailH3205.[H8802]
[44]Behold, he shall come upH5927[H8799] like a lionH738 from the swellingH1347 of JordanH3383 unto the habitationH5116 of the strongH386: but I will makeH7323 them suddenlyH7280[H8686] run awayH7323[H8686][H8675][H7323][H8799] from her: and who is a chosenH977[H8803] man, that I may appointH6485[H8799] over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the timeH3259[H8686]? and who is that shepherdH7462[H8802] that will standH5975[H8799] before meH6440?
[45]Therefore hearH8085[H8798] ye the counselH6098 of the LORDH3068, that he hath takenH3289[H8804] against BabylonH894; and his purposesH4284, that he hath purposedH2803[H8804] against the landH776 of the ChaldeansH3778: Surely the leastH6810 of the flockH6629 shall draw them outH5498[H8799]: surely he shall make their habitationH5116 desolateH8074 with themH8686.
[46]At the noiseH6963 of the takingH8610[H8738] of BabylonH894 the earthH776 is movedH7493[H8735], and the cryH2201 is heardH8085[H8738] among the nationsH1471.
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