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Prophecy
against Babylon |
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| Jeremiah 50:1 |
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The word which the LORD spoke concerning Babylon,
the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet: |
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| Jeremiah 50:2 |
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"Declare and proclaim among the nations. Proclaim
it and lift up a standard. Do not conceal it but say, 'Babylon has been captured,
Bel has been put to shame, Marduk has been shattered; Her images have been put
to shame, her idols have been shattered.' |
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| Jeremiah 50:3 |
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"For a nation has come up against her out of
the north; it will make her land an object of horror, and there will be no inhabitant
in it. Both man and beast have wandered off, they have gone away! |
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| Jeremiah 50:4 |
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"In those days and at that time," declares the
LORD, "the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well;
they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the LORD their God they
will seek. |
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| Jeremiah 50:5 |
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"They will ask for the way to Zion, turning
their faces in its direction; they will come that they may join themselves to
the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten. |
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| Jeremiah 50:6 |
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"My people have become lost sheep; Their shepherds
have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the mountains; They have
gone along from mountain to hill And have forgotten their resting place. |
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| Jeremiah 50:7 |
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"All who came upon them have devoured them;
And their adversaries have said, 'We are not guilty, Inasmuch as they have sinned
against the LORD who is the habitation of righteousness, Even the LORD, the hope
of their fathers.' |
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| Jeremiah 50:8 |
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"Wander away from the midst of Babylon And go
forth from the land of the Chaldeans; Be also like male goats at the head of the
flock. |
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| Jeremiah 50:9 |
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"For behold, I am going to arouse and bring
up against Babylon A horde 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 an expert warrior Who does not return empty-handed. |
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| Jeremiah 50:10 |
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"Chaldea will become plunder; All who plunder
her will have enough," declares the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 50:11 |
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"Because you are glad, because you are jubilant,
O you who pillage My heritage, Because you skip about like a threshing heifer
And neigh like stallions, |
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| Jeremiah 50:12 |
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Your mother will be greatly ashamed, She who
gave you birth will be humiliated. Behold, she will be the least of the nations,
A wilderness, a parched land and a desert. |
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| Jeremiah 50:13 |
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"Because of the indignation of the LORD she
will not be inhabited, But she will be completely desolate; Everyone who passes
by Babylon will be horrified And will hiss because of all her wounds. |
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| Jeremiah 50:14 |
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"Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on
every side, All you who bend the bow; Shoot at her, do not be sparing with your
arrows, For she has sinned against the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 50:15 |
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"Raise your battle cry against her on every
side! She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen, Her walls have been torn
down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD: Take vengeance on her; As she has
done to others, so do to her. |
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| Jeremiah 50:16 |
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"Cut off the sower from Babylon And the one
who wields the sickle at the time of harvest; From before the sword of the oppressor
They will each turn back to his own people And they will each flee to his own
land. |
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| Jeremiah 50:17 |
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"Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have
driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and
this last one who has broken his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. |
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| Jeremiah 50:18 |
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"Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel: 'Behold, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land,
just as I punished the king of Assyria. |
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| Jeremiah 50:19 |
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'And I will bring Israel back to his pasture
and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his desire will be satisfied in the
hill country of Ephraim and Gilead. |
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| Jeremiah 50:20 |
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'In those days and at that time,' declares the
LORD, 'search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none;
and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those
whom I leave as a remnant.' |
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| Jeremiah 50:21 |
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"Against the land of Merathaim, go up against
it, And against the inhabitants of Pekod. Slay and utterly destroy them," declares
the LORD, "And do according to all that I have commanded you. |
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| Jeremiah 50:22 |
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"The noise of battle is in the land, And great
destruction. |
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| Jeremiah 50:23 |
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"How the hammer of the whole earth Has been
cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations!
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| Jeremiah 50:24 |
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"I set a snare for you and you were also caught,
O Babylon, While you yourself were not aware; You have been found and also seized
Because you have engaged in conflict with the LORD." |
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| Jeremiah 50:25 |
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The LORD has opened His armory And has brought
forth the weapons of His indignation, For it is a work of the Lord GOD of hosts
In the land of the Chaldeans. |
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| Jeremiah 50:26 |
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Come to her from the farthest border; Open up
her barns, Pile her up like heaps And utterly destroy her, Let nothing be left
to her. |
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| Jeremiah 50:27 |
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Put all her young bulls to the sword; Let them
go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of
their punishment. |
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| Jeremiah 50:28 |
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There is a sound of fugitives and refugees from
the land of Babylon, To declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, Vengeance
for His temple. |
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| Jeremiah 50:29 |
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"Summon many against Babylon, All those who
bend the bow: Encamp against her on every side, Let there be no escape. Repay
her according to her work; According to all that she has done, so do to her; For
she has become arrogant against the LORD, Against the Holy One of Israel. |
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| Jeremiah 50:30 |
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"Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,
And all her men of war will be silenced in that day," declares the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 50:31 |
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"Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,"
Declares the Lord GOD of hosts, "For your day has come, The time when I will punish
you. |
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| Jeremiah 50:32 |
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"The arrogant one will stumble and fall With
no one to raise him up; And I will set fire to his cities And it will devour all
his environs." |
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| Jeremiah 50:33 |
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Thus says the LORD of hosts, "The sons of Israel
are oppressed, And the sons of Judah as well; And all who took them captive have
held them fast, They have refused to let them go. |
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| Jeremiah 50:34 |
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"Their Redeemer is strong, the LORD of hosts
is His name; He will vigorously plead their case So that He may bring rest to
the earth, But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon. |
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| Jeremiah 50:35 |
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"A sword against the Chaldeans," declares the
LORD, "And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her officials and her
wise men! |
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| Jeremiah 50:36 |
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"A sword against the oracle priests, and they
will become fools! A sword against her mighty men, and they will be shattered!
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| Jeremiah 50:37 |
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"A sword against their horses and against their
chariots And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they
will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered! |
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| Jeremiah 50:38 |
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"A drought on her waters, and they will be dried
up! For it is a land of idols, And they are mad over fearsome idols. |
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| Jeremiah 50:39 |
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"Therefore the desert creatures will live there
along with the jackals; The ostriches also will live in it, And it will never
again be inhabited Or dwelt in from generation to generation. |
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| Jeremiah 50:40 |
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"As when God overthrew Sodom And Gomorrah with
its neighbors," declares the LORD, "No man will live there, Nor will any son of
man reside in it. |
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| Jeremiah 50:41 |
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"Behold, a people is coming from the north,
And a great nation and many kings Will be aroused from the remote parts of the
earth. |
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| Jeremiah 50:42 |
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"They seize their bow and javelin; They are
cruel and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea; And they ride on horses,
Marshalled like a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Babylon. |
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| Jeremiah 50:43 |
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"The king of Babylon has heard the report about
them, And his hands hang limp; Distress has gripped him, Agony like a woman in
childbirth. |
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| Jeremiah 50:44 |
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"Behold, one will come up like a lion from the
thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will
make them run away from it, and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it. For
who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd
who can stand before Me?" |
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| Jeremiah 50:45 |
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Therefore hear the plan of the LORD which He
has planned against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the
land of the Chaldeans: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of
the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them. |
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| Jeremiah 50:46 |
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At the shout, "Babylon has been seized!" the
earth is shaken, and an outcry is heard among the nations. |
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