50The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.H1697H3068H1696H894H776H3778H3027H3414H50302Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.H5046H1471H8085H5375H5251H8085H3582H559H894H3920H1078H3001H4781H2865H6091H3001H1544H28653For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.H6828H5927H1471H7896H776H8047H3427H5110H1980H120H9294In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.H3117H6256H5002H3068H1121H3478H935H1121H3063H3162H1980H1058H3212H1245H3068H4305They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.H7592H1870H6726H6440H2008H935H3867H3068H5769H1285H79116My people hath 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 restingplace.H5971H6H6629H7462H8582H7725H7726H2022H1980H2022H1389H7911H72587All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.H4672H398H6862H559H816H2398H3068H5116H6664H3068H4723H18Remove 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.H5110H8432H894H3318H3318H776H3778H6260H6440H66299For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.H5782H5927H894H6951H1419H1471H6828H776H6186H3920H2671H1368H7919H7921H7725H738710And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.H3778H7998H7997H7646H5002H306811Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;H8055H5937H8154H5159H6335H5697H1877H1758H6670H4712Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.H517H3966H954H3205H2659H319H1471H4057H6723H616013Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.H7110H3068H3427H8077H5674H894H8074H8319H434714Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.H6186H894H5439H1869H7198H3034H2550H2671H2398H306815Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.H7321H5439H5414H3027H803H5307H2346H2040H5360H3068H5358H6213H621316Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.H3772H2232H894H8610H4038H6256H7105H6440H3238H2719H6437H376H5971H5127H376H77617Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.H3478H6340H7716H738H5080H7223H4428H804H398H314H5019H4428H894H610518Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.H559H3068H6635H430H3478H6485H4428H894H776H6485H4428H80419And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.H7725H3478H7725H5116H7462H3760H1316H5315H7646H2022H669H156820In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.H3117H6256H5002H3068H5771H3478H1245H2403H3063H4672H5545H760421Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.H5927H776H4850H3427H6489H2717H2763H310H5002H3068H6213H668022A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.H6963H4421H776H1419H766723How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!H6360H776H1438H7665H894H8047H147124I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.H3369H3920H894H3045H4672H8610H1624H306825The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.H3068H6605H214H3318H3627H2195H4399H136H3069H6635H776H377826Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.H935H7093H6605H3965H5549H6194H2763H761127Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.H2717H6499H3381H2874H1945H3117H935H6256H648628The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.H6963H5127H6405H776H894H5046H6726H5360H3068H430H5360H196429Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.H8085H7228H894H1869H7198H2583H5439H6413H7999H6467H6213H6213H2102H3068H6918H347830Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.H970H5307H7339H582H4421H1826H3117H5002H306831Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.H2087H5002H136H3069H6635H3117H935H6256H648532And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.H2087H3782H5307H6965H3341H784H5892H398H543933Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.H559H3068H6635H1121H3478H1121H3063H6231H3162H7617H2388H3985H797134Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.H1350H2389H3068H6635H8034H7378H7378H7379H7280H776H7264H3427H89435A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.H2719H3778H5002H3068H3427H894H8269H245036A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.H2719H907H2973H2719H1368H286537A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.H2719H5483H7393H6153H8432H802H2719H214H96238A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.H2721H4325H3001H776H6456H1984H36739Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.H6728H338H3427H1323H3284H3427H3427H5331H7931H1755H175540As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.H430H4114H5467H6017H7934H5002H3068H376H3427H1121H120H148141Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.H5971H935H6828H1419H1471H7227H4428H5782H3411H77642They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.H2388H7198H3591H394H7355H6963H1993H3220H7392H5483H6186H376H4421H1323H89443The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.H4428H894H8085H8088H3027H7503H6869H2388H2427H320544Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?H5927H738H1347H3383H5116H386H7323H7280H7323H7323H977H6485H3259H7462H5975H644045Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.H8085H6098H3068H3289H894H4284H2803H776H3778H6810H6629H5498H5116H807446At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.H6963H8610H894H776H7493H2201H8085H1471