Jeremiah 51:1 Thus says559 Yahweh:3068 Behold, I will raise up5782 against Babylon,894 and against those who dwell3427 in Lebkamai,3820 6965 a destroying7843 wind.7307 cr 2 I will send7971 to Babylon894 strangers,2114 who shall winnow2219 her; and they shall empty1238 her land:776 for in the day3117 of trouble7451 they shall be against her around.5439 cr 3 Against him who bends1869 let the archer1869 bend1869 his bow,7198 and against him who lifts himself up5927 in his coat5630 of mail: and don't spare2550 her young men;970 utterly2763 destroy all her army.6635 cr 4 They shall fall5307 down slain2491 in the land776 of the Chaldeans,3778 and thrust through1856 in her streets.2351 cr 5 For Israel3478 is not forsaken,488 nor Judah,3063 of his God,430 of Yahweh3068 of Armies;6635 though their land776 is full4390 of guilt817 against the Holy One6918 of Israel.3478 cr 6 Flee out5127 of the midst8432 of Babylon,894 and save4422 every man376 his life;5315 don't be cut off1826 in her iniquity:5771 for it is the time6256 of Yahweh's3068 vengeance;5360 he will render7999 to her a recompense.1576 cr 7 Babylon894 has been a golden2091 cup3563 in Yahweh's3068 hand,3027 who made all the earth776 drunken:7937 the nations1471 have drunk8354 of her wine;3196 therefore the nations1471 are mad.1984 cr 8 Babylon894 is suddenly6597 fallen5307 and destroyed:7665 wail3213 for her; take3947 balm6875 for her pain,4341 if so be she may be healed.7495 cr 9 We would have healed7495 Babylon,894 but she is not healed:7495 forsake5800 her, and let us go3212 everyone376 into his own country;776 for her judgment4941 reaches5060 to heaven,8064 and is lifted up5375 even to the skies.7834 cr 10 Yahweh3068 has brought forth3318 our righteousness:6666 come,935 and let us declare5608 in Zion6726 the work4639 of Yahweh3068 our God.430 cr 11 Make sharp1305 the arrows;2671 hold firm4390 the shields:7982 Yahweh3068 has stirred up5782 the spirit7307 of the kings4428 of the Medes;4074 because his purpose4209 is against Babylon,894 to destroy7843 it: for it is the vengeance5360 of Yahweh,3068 the vengeance5360 of his temple.1964 cr 12 Set up5375 a standard5251 against the walls2346 of Babylon,894 make the watch4929 strong,2388 set3559 the watchmen,8104 prepare3559 the ambushes;693 for Yahweh3068 has both purposed2161 and done6213 that which he spoke1696 concerning the inhabitants3427 of Babylon.894 cr 13 You who dwell7931 on many7227 waters,4325 abundant7227 in treasures,214 your end7093 has come,935 the measure520 of your covetousness.1215 cr 14 Yahweh3068 of Armies6635 has sworn7650 by himself,5315 saying, Surely I will fill4390 you with men,120 as with the canker worm;3218 and they shall lift up6030 a shout1959 against you. cr 15 He has made6213 the earth776 by his power,3581 he has established3559 the world8398 by his wisdom,2451 and by his understanding8394 has he stretched out5186 the heavens:8064 cr 16 when he utters5414 his voice,6963 there is a tumult1995 of waters4325 in the heavens,8064 and he causes the vapors5387 to ascend5927 from the ends7097 of the earth;776 he makes6213 lightning1300 for the rain,4306 and brings forth3318 the wind7307 out of his treasuries.214 cr 17 Every man120 has become brutish1197 without knowledge.1847 Every goldsmith6884 is disappointed3001 by his image;6459 for his molten image5262 is falsehood,8267 and there is no breath7307 in them. cr 18 They are vanity,1892 a work4639 of delusion:8595 in the time6256 of their visitation6486 they shall perish.6 cr 19 The portion2506 of Jacob3290 is not like these; for he is the former3335 of all things; and is the tribe7626 of his inheritance:5159 Yahweh3068 of Armies6635 is his name.8034 cr 20 You are my battle axe4661 and weapons3627 of war:4421 and with you will I break in pieces5310 the nations;1471 and with you will I destroy7843 kingdoms;4467 cr 21 and with you will I break in pieces5310 the horse5483 and his rider;7392 cr 22 and with you will I break in pieces5310 the chariot7393 and him who rides7392 therein; and with you will I break in pieces5310 man376 and woman;802 and with you will I break in pieces5310 the old2205 man and the youth;5288 and with you will I break in pieces5310 the young man970 and the virgin;1330 cr 23 and with you will I break in pieces5310 the shepherd7462 and his flock;5739 and with you will I break in pieces5310 the farmer406 and his yoke;6776 and with you will I break in pieces5310 governors6346 and deputies.5461 cr 24 I will render7999 to Babylon894 and to all the inhabitants3427 of Chaldea3778 all their evil7451 that they have done6213 in Zion6726 in your sight,5869 says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 25 Behold, I am against you, destroying4889 mountain,2022 says5002 Yahweh,3068 which destroys7843 all the earth;776 and I will stretch out5186 my hand3027 on you, and roll you down1556 from the rocks,5553 and will make5414 you a burnt8316 mountain.2022 cr 26 They shall not take3947 of you a stone68 for a corner,6438 nor a stone68 for foundations;4146 but you shall be desolate8077 for ever,5769 says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 27 Set up5375 a standard5251 in the land,776 blow8628 the trumpet7782 among the nations,1471 prepare6942 the nations1471 against her, call together8085 against her the kingdoms4467 of Ararat,780 Minni,4508 and Ashkenaz:813 appoint6485 a marshal2951 against her; cause the horses5483 to come up5927 as the rough5569 canker worm.3218 cr 28 Prepare6942 against her the nations,1471 the kings4428 of the Medes,4074 its governors,6346 and all its deputies,5461 and all the land776 of their dominion.4475 cr 29 The land776 trembles7493 and is in pain;2342 for the purposes4284 of Yahweh3068 against Babylon894 do stand,6965 to make7760 the land776 of Babylon894 a desolation,8047 without inhabitant.3427 cr 30 The mighty men1368 of Babylon894 have forborne2308 to fight,3898 they remain3427 in their strongholds;4679 their might1369 has failed;5405 they are become as women:802 her dwelling4908 places are set on fire;3341 her bars1280 are broken.7665 cr 31 One runner7323 will run7323 to meet7125 another,7323 and one messenger5046 to meet7125 another,5046 to show5046 the king4428 of Babylon894 that his city5892 is taken3920 on every quarter:7097 cr 32 and the passages4569 are seized,8610 and the reeds98 they have burned8313 with fire,784 and the men582 of war4421 are frightened.926 cr 33 For thus says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies,6635 the God430 of Israel:3478 The daughter1323 of Babylon894 is like a threshing1637 floor at the time6256 when6256 it is trodden; yet a little while,4592 and the time6256 of harvest7105 shall come935 for her. cr 34 Nebuchadnezzar5019 the king4428 of Babylon894 has devoured398 me, he has crushed2000 me, he has made3322 me an empty7385 vessel,3627 he has, like a monster,8577 swallowed me up,1104 he has filled4390 his maw3770 with my delicacies;5730 he has cast me out.1740 cr 35 The violence2555 done to me and to my flesh7607 be on Babylon,894 shall the inhabitant3427 of Zion6726 say;559 and, My blood1818 be on the inhabitants3427 of Chaldea,3778 shall Jerusalem3389 say.559 cr 36 Therefore thus says559 Yahweh:3068 Behold, I will plead7378 your cause,7379 and take vengeance5358 for you;5360 and I will dry up2717 her sea,3220 and make her fountain4726 dry.3001 cr 37 Babylon894 shall become heaps,1530 a dwelling4583 place for jackals,8577 an astonishment,8047 and a hissing,8322 without inhabitant.3427 cr 38 They shall roar7580 together3162 like young lions;3715 they shall growl5286 as lions'738 cubs.1484 cr 39 When they are heated,2527 I will make7896 their feast,4960 and I will make them drunken,7937 that they may rejoice,5937 and sleep3462 a perpetual5769 sleep,8142 and not wake,6974 says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 40 I will bring them down3381 like lambs3733 to the slaughter,2873 like rams352 with male goats.6260 cr 41 How is Sheshach8347 taken!3920 and the praise8416 of the whole earth776 seized!8610 how is Babylon894 become a desolation8047 among the nations!1471 cr 42 The sea3220 has come up5927 on Babylon;894 she is covered3680 with the multitude1995 of its waves.1530 cr 43 Her cities5892 are become a desolation,8047 a dry6723 land,776 and a desert,6160 a land776 in which no man376 dwells,3427 neither does any son1121 of man120 pass5674 thereby.2004 cr 44 I will execute judgment6485 on Bel1078 in Babylon,894 and I will bring forth3318 out3318 of his mouth6310 that which he has swallowed up;1105 and the nations1471 shall not flow any more to him: yes, the wall2346 of Babylon894 shall fall.5307 cr 45 My people,5971 go away from the midst8432 of her, and save4422 yourselves5315 every man376 from the fierce2740 anger639 of Yahweh.3068 cr 46 Don't let your heart3824 faint,7401 neither fear3372 for the news8052 that shall be heard8085 in the land;776 for news8052 shall come935 one year,8141 and after310 that in another year8141 shall come news,8052 and violence2555 in the land,776 ruler4910 against ruler.4910 cr 47 Therefore, behold, the days3117 come,935 that I will execute judgment6485 on the engraved images6456 of Babylon;894 and her whole land776 shall be confounded;954 and all her slain2491 shall fall5307 in the midst8432 of her. cr 48 Then the heavens8064 and the earth,776 and all that is therein, shall sing7442 for joy over Babylon;894 for the destroyers7703 shall come935 to her from the north,6828 says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 49 As1571 Babylon894 has caused the slain2491 of Israel3478 to fall,5307 so at Babylon894 shall fall5307 the slain2491 of all the land.776 cr 50 You who have escaped6405 the sword,2719 go,1980 don't stand still;5975 remember2142 Yahweh3068 from afar,7350 and let Jerusalem3389 come5927 into your mind.3824 cr 51 We are confounded,954 because we have heard8085 reproach;2781 confusion3639 has covered3680 our faces:6440 for strangers2114 have come935 into the sanctuaries4720 of Yahweh's3068 house.1004 cr 52 Therefore, behold, the days3117 come,935 says5002 Yahweh,3068 that I will execute judgment6485 on her engraved images;6456 and through all her land776 the wounded2491 shall groan.602 cr 53 Though Babylon894 should mount up5927 to the sky,8064 and though she should fortify1219 the height4791 of her strength,5797 yet227 from me shall destroyers7703 come935 to her, says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 54 The sound6963 of a cry2201 from Babylon,894 and of great1419 destruction7667 from the land776 of the Chaldeans!3778 cr 55 For Yahweh3068 lays Babylon894 waste,7703 and destroys6 out of her the great1419 voice;6963 and their waves1530 roar1993 like many7227 waters;4325 the noise7588 of their voice6963 is uttered:5414 cr 56 for the destroyer7703 has come935 on her, even on Babylon,894 and her mighty men1368 are taken,3920 their bows7198 are broken2865 in pieces; for Yahweh3068 is a God410 of recompenses,1578 he will surely7999 requite.7999 cr 57 I will make drunk7937 her princes8269 and her wise2450 men, her governors6346 and her deputies,5461 and her mighty men;1368 and they shall sleep3462 a perpetual5769 sleep,8142 and not wake6974 up, says5002 the King,4428 whose name8034 is Yahweh3068 of Armies.6635 cr 58 Thus says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies:6635 The broad7342 walls2346 of Babylon894 shall be utterly6209 overthrown,6209 and her high1364 gates8179 shall be burned3341 with fire;784 and the peoples5971 shall labor3021 for vanity,7385 and the nations3816 for1767 the fire;784 and they shall be weary.3286 cr 59 The word1697 which Jeremiah3414 the prophet5030 commanded6680 Seraiah8304 the son1121 of Neriah,5374 the son1121 of Mahseiah,4271 when he went3212 with Zedekiah6667 the king4428 of Judah3063 to Babylon894 in the fourth7243 year8141 of his reign.4427 Now Seraiah8304 was chief4496 quartermaster.8269 cr 60 Jeremiah3414 wrote3789 in a259 book5612 all the evil7451 that should come935 on Babylon,894 even all these words1697 that are written3789 concerning Babylon.894 cr 61 Jeremiah3414 said559 to Seraiah,8304 When you come935 to Babylon,894 then see7200 that you read7121 all these words,1697 cr 62 and say,559 Yahweh,3068 you have spoken1696 concerning this place,4725 to cut it off,3772 that none shall dwell3427 therein, neither man120 nor animal,929 but that it shall be desolate8077 forever.5769 cr 63 It shall be, when you have made an end3615 of reading7121 this book,5612 that you shall bind7194 a stone68 to it, and cast7993 it into the midst8432 of the Euphrates:6578 cr 64 and you shall say,559 Thus shall Babylon894 sink,8257 and shall not rise6965 again because6440 of the evil7451 that I will bring935 on her; and they shall be weary.3286 Thus far are the words1697 of Jeremiah.3414 cr