Babylon Judged for Sins against Israel
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And with you I shatter the shepherd and his flock,
And with you I shatter the farmer and his team,
And with you I shatter governors and prefects.
And with you I shatter the farmer and his team,
And with you I shatter governors and prefects.
24 “But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of (AU)Chaldea for (AV)all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes,” declares the Lord.
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“They will not take from you even a stone for a corner
Nor a stone for foundations,
But you will be (AZ)desolate forever,” declares the Lord.
Nor a stone for foundations,
But you will be (AZ)desolate forever,” declares the Lord.
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The fords also have been seized,
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
33 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
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“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will punish her (DA)idols,
And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
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“When I will punish her (DA)idols,
And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
58 Thus says the Lord of hosts,
59 The (ay)message which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of (DP)Neriah, the grandson of Mahseiah, when he went with (DQ)Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. (Now Seraiah was quartermaster.)
60 So Jeremiah (DR)wrote in a single (az)scroll all the calamity which would come upon Babylon, that is, all these words which have been written concerning Babylon.
61 Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “As soon as you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words aloud,
62 and say, ‘You, O Lord, have (ba)promised concerning this place to (DS)cut it off, so that there will be (DT)nothing dwelling in it, (bb)whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual desolation.’
63 And as soon as you finish reading this (bc)scroll, you will tie a stone to it and (DU)throw it into the middle of the Euphrates,
64 and say, ‘Just so shall Babylon sink down and (DV)not rise again because of the calamity that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become (DW)exhausted.’” (DX)Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 51:1: ['Cryptic name for Chaldea; or ', the heart of those who rise up against Me]
b.
Jeremiah 51:1: ['Or ', a destroying wind]
c.
Jeremiah 51:2: ['Some versions read ', winnowers]
d.
Jeremiah 51:3: ['M.T. reads ', Against him who]
e.
Jeremiah 51:3: ['I.e. the Chaldean defender']
f.
Jeremiah 51:3: ['Lit ', tread(s), ' (in order to string)']
g.
Jeremiah 51:3: ['Lit ', tread(s), ' (in order to string)']
h.
Jeremiah 51:3: ['M.T. reads ', Against him who]
i.
Jeremiah 51:4: ['Or ', wounded]
j.
Jeremiah 51:5: ['Lit ', widowed]
k.
Jeremiah 51:5: ['Lit ', From]
l.
Jeremiah 51:6: ['Or ', silenced, ' or ', made lifeless]
m.
Jeremiah 51:6: ['Or ', penalty for iniquity]
n.
Jeremiah 51:8: ['Or ', balsam resin]
o.
Jeremiah 51:9: ['Lit ', is lifted]
p.
Jeremiah 51:10: ['Lit ', forth]
q.
Jeremiah 51:12: ['Or ', standard]
r.
Jeremiah 51:12: ['Or ', watchmen]
s.
Jeremiah 51:13: ['Lit ', cubit]
t.
Jeremiah 51:13: ['Lit ', being cut off]
u.
Jeremiah 51:14: ['Or ', mankind]
v.
Jeremiah 51:14: ['I.e. like the song of grape treaders']
w.
Jeremiah 51:17: ['Or ', graven images]
x.
Jeremiah 51:19: ['Lit ', Fashioner]
y.
Jeremiah 51:19: ['Or ', Scepter, '; cf Num 24:17']
z.
Jeremiah 51:20: ['Lit ', shatterer]
aa.
Jeremiah 51:27: ['Or ', standard]
ab.
Jeremiah 51:28: ['Lit ', Her]
ac.
Jeremiah 51:28: ['Lit ', Her]
ad.
Jeremiah 51:28: ['I.e. lieutenant governors']
ae.
Jeremiah 51:28: ['Lit ', his]
af.
Jeremiah 51:29: ['Or ', An object of horror]
ag.
Jeremiah 51:30: ['Lit ', dried up]
ah.
Jeremiah 51:31: ['Lit ', runner]
ai.
Jeremiah 51:31: ['Lit ', runner]
aj.
Jeremiah 51:31: ['Lit ', announcer]
ak.
Jeremiah 51:31: ['Lit ', announcer]
al.
Jeremiah 51:33: ['Lit ', of treading it]
am.
Jeremiah 51:35: ['Lit ', inhabitress]
an.
Jeremiah 51:36: ['Or ', broad river]
ao.
Jeremiah 51:40: ['Or ', young rams]
ap.
Jeremiah 51:41: ['Cryptic name for Babylon']
aq.
Jeremiah 51:42: ['Or ', broad river]
ar.
Jeremiah 51:46: ['Lit ', in the]
as.
Jeremiah 51:46: ['Lit ', the]
at.
Jeremiah 51:46: ['Lit ', the]
au.
Jeremiah 51:50: ['Lit ', come upon your heart]
av.
Jeremiah 51:53: ['Lit ', the height of her strength]
aw.
Jeremiah 51:55: ['Or ', voice]
ax.
Jeremiah 51:55: ['Lit ', is given]
ay.
Jeremiah 51:59: ['Lit ', word]
az.
Jeremiah 51:60: ['Or ', book]
ba.
Jeremiah 51:62: ['Lit ', spoken]
bb.
Jeremiah 51:62: ['Lit ', from man even to beast]
bc.
Jeremiah 51:63: ['Or ', book]
Cross references:
AI.
Jeremiah 51:16:
Jonah 1:4
BG.
Jeremiah 51:29:
Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 13:20; Isaiah 47:11; Jeremiah 50:13; Jeremiah 51:26; Jeremiah 51:43
CA.
Jeremiah 51:39:
Psalm 76:5
CJ.
Jeremiah 51:44:
Isaiah 2:2
DB.
Jeremiah 51:53:
Genesis 11:4; Job 20:6; Psalm 139:8-10; Isaiah 14:12-14; Jeremiah 49:16; Amos 9:2; Obadiah 1:4
DR.
Jeremiah 51:60:
Isaiah 30:8; Jeremiah 30:2; Jeremiah 30:3; Jeremiah 36:2; Jeremiah 36:4; Jeremiah 36:32