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Jeremiah 50

Prophecy against Babylon

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The word which the LORD spoke concerning  aBabylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet:

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aDeclare and proclaim among the nations. Proclaim it and  blift up a standard. Do not conceal it but say, ` cBabylon has been captured,  dBel has been put to shame,  1Marduk has been  2shattered; Her  eimages have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.'

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"For a nation has come up against her out of the  anorth; it will make her land  ban object of horror, and there will be  cno inhabitant in it. Both man and beast have wandered off, they have gone away!

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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  aas well; they will go along  bweeping as they go, and it will be  cthe LORD their God they will seek.

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"They will  aask for the way to Zion, turning their faces  1in its direction;  2they  3will come that they may join themselves to the LORD in an  beverlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.

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"My people have become  alost sheep;  bTheir shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the  cmountains; They have gone along from mountain to hill And have forgotten their  dresting place.

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"All who came upon them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, ` aWe are not guilty, Inasmuch as they have sinned against the LORD who is the  bhabitation of righteousness, Even the LORD, the  chope of their fathers.'

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"Wander away from the  amidst of Babylon And  1go forth from the land of the Chaldeans; Be also like male goats  2at the head of the flock.

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"For behold, I am going to  aarouse 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  1an expert warrior Who does not return empty-handed.

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1 aChaldea will become plunder; All who plunder her will have enough," declares the LORD.

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"Because you are glad, because you are jubilant, O you who  apillage My heritage, Because you skip about  1like a threshing  bheifer And neigh like  2stallions,

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Your  amother  1will be greatly ashamed, She who gave you birth  1will be humiliated. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, A  bwilderness, a parched land and a desert.

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"Because of the indignation of the LORD she will  anot be inhabited, But she will be  bcompletely desolate; Everyone who passes by Babylon  cwill be horrified And will hiss because of all her wounds.

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"Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on every side, All you who  1bend the bow; Shoot at her, do not be sparing with your arrows, For she has  asinned against the LORD.

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"Raise your battle cry against her on every side! She has  agiven  1herself up, her pillars have fallen, Her  bwalls have been torn down. For this is the  cvengeance of the LORD: Take vengeance on her;  dAs she has done to others, so do to her.

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"Cut off the  asower from Babylon And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest; From before  1the  bsword of the oppressor  cThey will each turn back to his own people And they will each flee to his own land.

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"Israel is a  ascattered  1flock, the  blions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the  cking of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is  dNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

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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  apunished the king of Assyria.

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`And I will  abring Israel back to his pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his  1desire will be satisfied in the  bhill country of Ephraim and Gilead.

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`In those days and at that time,' declares the LORD, `search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but  athere will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those  bwhom I leave as a remnant.'

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"Against the land of  1Merathaim, go up against it, And against the inhabitants of  2 aPekod. Slay and  3utterly destroy them," declares the LORD, "And do according to all that I have commanded you.

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"The  anoise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

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"How the  ahammer 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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"I  aset a snare for you and you were also  bcaught, O Babylon, While you yourself were not aware; You have been found and also seized Because you have engaged in  cconflict with the LORD."

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The LORD has opened His armory And has brought forth the  aweapons of His indignation, For it is a  bwork of the Lord  1GOD of hosts In the land of the Chaldeans.

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Come to her from the  1farthest border;  aOpen up her barns, Pile her up like heaps And  2 butterly destroy her, Let nothing be left to her.

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 aPut all her young bulls to the sword; Let them  bgo down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their  cday has come, The time of their punishment.

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There is a  asound of fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, To declare in Zion the  bvengeance of the LORD our God, Vengeance for His  ctemple.

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"Summon  1many against Babylon, All those who  2bend the bow: Encamp against her on every side, Let there be no escape 3. Repay her according to her work;  aAccording to all that she has done, so do to her; For she has become  barrogant against the LORD, Against the Holy One of Israel.

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"Therefore her  ayoung men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will be  1 bsilenced in that day," declares the LORD.

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"Behold,  aI am against you, O  1arrogant one," Declares the Lord  2GOD of hosts, "For your day has come, The time  3when I will punish you.

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"The  1 aarrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will  bset fire to his cities And it will devour all his environs."

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Thus says the LORD of hosts, "The sons of Israel are oppressed, And the sons of Judah as well; And  aall who took them captive have held them fast, They have refused to let them go.

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"Their  aRedeemer is strong,  bthe LORD of hosts is His name; He will vigorously  cplead their case So that He may  dbring rest to  1the earth, But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.

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"A  asword against the Chaldeans," declares the LORD, "And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her  bofficials and her  cwise men!

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"A sword against the  aoracle priests, and they will become fools! A sword against her  bmighty men, and they will be  1 cshattered!

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"A sword against  1their  ahorses and against  1their chariots And against all the  2 bforeigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become  cwomen! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!

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"A  1 adrought on her waters, and they will be dried up! For it is a land of  bidols, And they are mad over fearsome idols.

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"Therefore the  adesert creatures will live there along with the jackals; The ostriches also will live in it, And it will  bnever again be inhabited Or dwelt in from generation to generation.

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"As when God overthrew  aSodom 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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"Behold, a people is coming  afrom the north, And a great nation and many kings Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

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"They  aseize their bow and javelin; They are  bcruel and have no mercy. Their  cvoice roars like the sea; And they ride on  dhorses,  eMarshalled like a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

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"The  aking of Babylon has heard the report about them, And his hands hang limp;  bDistress has gripped him, Agony like a woman in childbirth.

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aBehold, one will come up like a lion from the  1thicket of the Jordan to  2a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make them run away from it, and whoever is  bchosen I will appoint over it. For who is  clike Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can  dstand before Me?"

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Therefore hear the  aplan of the LORD which He has planned against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:  bsurely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their  1pasture desolate because of them.

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At the  1shout, "Babylon has been seized!" the  aearth is shaken, and an  boutcry is heard among the nations.



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