Jeremiah 51

1 ♥ 📝 T hus saith^H559 Jehovah:^H3068 Behold, I will raise up^H5782 against Babylon,^H894 and against them that dwell^H3427 in Leb -^H3820 kamai,^H6965 a destroying^H7843 wind.^H7307

2 ♥ 📝 And I will send^H7971 unto Babylon^H894 strangers,^H2114 that shall winnow^H2219 her; and they shall empty^H1238 her land:^H776 for in the day^H3117 of trouble^H7451 they shall be against her round about.^H5439

3 ♥ 📝 Against [him that] bendeth^H1869 let the archer^H1869 bend^H1869 his bow,^H7198 and against [him that] lifteth himself up^H5927 in his coat^H5630 of mail: and spare^H2550 ye not her young men;^H970 destroy ye utterly^H2763 all her host.^H6635

4 ♥ 📝 And they shall fall^H5307 down slain^H2491 in the land^H776 of the Chaldeans,^H3778 and thrust through^H1856 in her streets.^H2351

5 ♥ 📝 For Israel^H3478 is not forsaken,^H488 nor Judah,^H3063 of his God,^H430 of Jehovah^H3068 of hosts;^H6635 though their land^H776 is full^H4390 of guilt^H817 against the Holy One^H6918 of Israel.^H3478

6 ♥ 📝 Flee out^H5127 of the midst^H8432 of Babylon,^H894 and save^H4422 every man^H376 his life;^H5315 be not cut off^H1826 in her iniquity:^H5771 for it is the time^H6256 of Jehovah's^H3068 vengeance;^H5360 he will render^H7999 unto her a recompense.^H1576

7 ♥ 📝 Babylon^H894 hath been a golden^H2091 cup^H3563 in Jehovah's^H3068 hand,^H3027 that made all the earth^H776 drunken:^H7937 the nations^H1471 have drunk^H8354 of her wine;^H3196 therefore the nations^H1471 are mad.^H1984

8 ♥ 📝 Babylon^H894 is suddenly^H6597 fallen^H5307 and destroyed:^H7665 wail^H3213 for her; take^H3947 balm^H6875 for her pain,^H4341 if so be she may be healed.^H7495

9 ♥ 📝 We would have healed^H7495 Babylon,^H894 but she is not healed:^H7495 forsake^H5800 her, and let us go^H3212 every one^H376 into his own country;^H776 for her judgment^H4941 reacheth^H5060 unto heaven,^H8064 and is lifted up^H5375 even to the skies.^H7834

10 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 hath brought forth^H3318 our righteousness:^H6666 come,^H935 and let us declare^H5608 in Zion^H6726 the work^H4639 of Jehovah^H3068 our God.^H430

11 ♥ 📝 Make sharp^H1305 the arrows;^H2671 hold firm^H4390 the shields:^H7982 Jehovah^H3068 hath stirred up^H5782 the spirit^H7307 of the kings^H4428 of the Medes;^H4074 because his purpose^H4209 is against Babylon,^H894 to destroy^H7843 it: for it is the vengeance^H5360 of Jehovah,^H3068 the vengeance^H5360 of his temple.^H1964

12 ♥ 📝 Set up^H5375 a standard^H5251 against the walls^H2346 of Babylon,^H894 make the watch^H4929 strong,^H2388 set^H3559 the watchmen,^H8104 prepare^H3559 the ambushes;^H693 for Jehovah^H3068 hath both purposed^H2161 and done^H6213 that which he spake^H1696 concerning the inhabitants^H3427 of Babylon.^H894

13 ♥ 📝 O thou that dwellest^H7931 upon many^H7227 waters,^H4325 abundant^H7227 in treasures,^H214 thine end^H7093 is come,^H935 the measure^H520 of thy covetousness.^H1215

14 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts^H6635 hath sworn^H7650 by himself,^H5315 [saying], Surely I will fill^H4390 thee with men,^H120 as with the canker-worm;^H3218 and they shall lift up^H6030 a shout^H1959 against thee.

15 ♥ 📝 He hath made^H6213 the earth^H776 by his power,^H3581 he hath established^H3559 the world^H8398 by his wisdom,^H2451 and by his understanding^H8394 hath he stretched out^H5186 the heavens:^H8064

16 ♥ 📝 when he uttereth^H5414 his voice,^H6963 there is a tumult^H1995 of waters^H4325 in the heavens,^H8064 and he causeth the vapors^H5387 to ascend^H5927 from the ends^H7097 of the earth;^H776 he maketh^H6213 lightnings^H1300 for the rain,^H4306 and bringeth forth^H3318 the wind^H7307 out of his treasuries.^H214

17 ♥ 📝 Every man^H120 is become brutish^H1197 [and is] without knowledge;^H1847 every goldsmith^H6884 is put to shame^H3001 by his image;^H6459 for his molten image^H5262 is falsehood,^H8267 and there is no breath^H7307 in them.

18 ♥ 📝 They are vanity,^H1892 a work^H4639 of delusion:^H8595 in the time^H6256 of their visitation^H6486 they shall perish.^H6

19 ♥ 📝 The portion^H2506 of Jacob^H3290 is not like these; for he is the former^H3335 of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe^H7626 of his inheritance:^H5159 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts^H6635 is his name.^H8034

20 ♥ 📝 Thou art my battle-axe^H4661 and weapons^H3627 of war:^H4421 and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the nations;^H1471 and with thee will I destroy^H7843 kingdoms;^H4467

21 ♥ 📝 and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the horse^H5483 and his rider;^H7392

22 ♥ 📝 and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the chariot^H7393 and him that rideth^H7392 therein; and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 man^H376 and woman;^H802 and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the old^H2205 man and the youth;^H5288 and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the young man^H970 and the virgin;^H1330

23 ♥ 📝 and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the shepherd^H7462 and his flock;^H5739 and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the husbandman^H406 and his yoke [of oxen];^H6776 and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 governors^H6346 and deputies.^H5461

24 ♥ 📝 And I will render^H7999 unto Babylon^H894 and to all the inhabitants^H3427 of Chaldea^H3778 all their evil^H7451 that they have done^H6213 in Zion^H6726 in your sight,^H5869 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

25 ♥ 📝 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying^H4889 mountain,^H2022 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 which destroyest^H7843 all the earth;^H776 and I will stretch out^H5186 my hand^H3027 upon thee, and roll thee down^H1556 from the rocks,^H5553 and will make^H5414 thee a burnt^H8316 mountain.^H2022

26 ♥ 📝 And they shall not take^H3947 of thee a stone^H68 for a corner,^H6438 nor a stone^H68 for foundations;^H4146 but thou shalt be desolate^H8077 for ever,^H5769 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

27 ♥ 📝 Set ye up^H5375 a standard^H5251 in the land,^H776 blow^H8628 the trumpet^H7782 among the nations,^H1471 prepare^H6942 the nations^H1471 against her, call together^H8085 against her the kingdoms^H4467 of Ararat,^H780 Minni,^H4508 and Ashkenaz:^H813 appoint^H6485 a marshal^H2951 against her; cause the horses^H5483 to come up^H5927 as the rough^H5569 canker-worm.^H3218

28 ♥ 📝 Prepare^H6942 against her the nations,^H1471 the kings^H4428 of the Medes,^H4074 the governors^H6346 thereof, and all the deputies^H5461 thereof, and all the land^H776 of their dominion.^H4475

29 ♥ 📝 And the land^H776 trembleth^H7493 and is in pain;^H2342 for the purposes^H4284 of Jehovah^H3068 against Babylon^H894 do stand,^H6965 to make^H7760 the land^H776 of Babylon^H894 a desolation,^H8047 without inhabitant.^H3427

30 ♥ 📝 The mighty men^H1368 of Babylon^H894 have forborne^H2308 to fight,^H3898 they remain^H3427 in their strongholds;^H4679 their might^H1369 hath failed;^H5405 they are become as women:^H802 her dwelling-places^H4908 are set on fire;^H3341 her bars^H1280 are broken.^H7665

31 ♥ 📝 One post^H7323 shall run^H7323 to meet^H7125 another,^H7323 and one messenger^H5046 to meet^H7125 another,^H5046 to show^H5046 the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 that his city^H5892 is taken^H3920 on every quarter:^H7097

32 ♥ 📝 and the passages^H4569 are seized,^H8610 and the reeds^H98 they have burned^H8313 with fire,^H784 and the men^H582 of war^H4421 are affrighted.^H926

33 ♥ 📝 For thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 the God^H430 of Israel:^H3478 The daughter^H1323 of Babylon^H894 is like a threshing-floor^H1637 at the time^H6256 when^H6256 it is trodden; yet a little while,^H4592 and the time^H6256 of harvest^H7105 shall come^H935 for her.

34 ♥ 📝 Nebuchadrezzar^H5019 the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 hath devoured^H398 me, he hath crushed^H2000 me, he hath made^H3322 me an empty^H7385 vessel,^H3627 he hath, like a monster,^H8577 swallowed me up,^H1104 he hath filled^H4390 his maw^H3770 with my delicacies;^H5730 he hath cast me out.^H1740

35 ♥ 📝 The violence^H2555 done to me and to my flesh^H7607 be upon Babylon,^H894 shall the inhabitant^H3427 of Zion^H6726 say;^H559 and, My blood^H1818 be upon the inhabitants^H3427 of Chaldea,^H3778 shall Jerusalem^H3389 say.^H559

36 ♥ 📝 Therefore thus saith^H559 Jehovah:^H3068 Behold, I will plead^H7378 thy cause,^H7379 and take vengeance^H5358 for thee;^H5360 and I will dry up^H2717 her sea,^H3220 and make her fountain^H4726 dry.^H3001

37 ♥ 📝 And Babylon^H894 shall become heaps,^H1530 a dwelling-place^H4583 for jackals,^H8577 an astonishment,^H8047 and a hissing,^H8322 without inhabitant.^H3427

38 ♥ 📝 They shall roar^H7580 together^H3162 like young lions;^H3715 they shall growl^H5286 as lions'^H738 whelps.^H1484

39 ♥ 📝 When they are heated,^H2527 I will make^H7896 their feast,^H4960 and I will make them drunken,^H7937 that they may rejoice,^H5937 and sleep^H3462 a perpetual^H5769 sleep,^H8142 and not wake,^H6974 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

40 ♥ 📝 I will bring them down^H3381 like lambs^H3733 to the slaughter,^H2873 like rams^H352 with he-goats.^H6260

41 ♥ 📝 How is Sheshach^H8347 taken!^H3920 and the praise^H8416 of the whole earth^H776 seized!^H8610 how is Babylon^H894 become a desolation^H8047 among the nations!^H1471

42 ♥ 📝 The sea^H3220 is come up^H5927 upon Babylon;^H894 she is covered^H3680 with the multitude^H1995 of the waves^H1530 thereof.

43 ♥ 📝 Her cities^H5892 are become a desolation,^H8047 a dry^H6723 land,^H776 and a desert,^H6160 a land^H776 wherein no man^H376 dwelleth,^H3427 neither doth any son^H1121 of man^H120 pass^H5674 thereby.^H2004

44 ♥ 📝 And I will execute judgment^H6485 upon Bel^H1078 in Babylon,^H894 and I will bring forth^H3318 out^H3318 of his mouth^H6310 that which he hath swallowed up;^H1105 and the nations^H1471 shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall^H2346 of Babylon^H894 shall fall.^H5307

45 ♥ 📝 My people,^H5971 go ye out^H3318 of the midst^H8432 of her, and save^H4422 yourselves^H5315 every man^H376 from the fierce^H2740 anger^H639 of Jehovah.^H3068

46 ♥ 📝 And let not your heart^H3824 faint,^H7401 neither fear^H3372 ye for the tidings^H8052 that shall be heard^H8085 in the land;^H776 for tidings^H8052 shall come^H935 one year,^H8141 and after^H310 that in another year^H8141 shall come tidings,^H8052 and violence^H2555 in the land,^H776 ruler^H4910 against ruler.^H4910

47 ♥ 📝 Therefore, behold, the days^H3117 come,^H935 that I will execute judgment^H6485 upon the graven images^H6456 of Babylon;^H894 and her whole land^H776 shall be confounded;^H954 and all her slain^H2491 shall fall^H5307 in the midst^H8432 of her.

48 ♥ 📝 Then the heavens^H8064 and the earth,^H776 and all that is therein, shall sing^H7442 for joy over Babylon;^H894 for the destroyers^H7703 shall come^H935 unto her from the north,^H6828 saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

49 ♥ 📝 As^H1571 Babylon^H894 hath caused the slain^H2491 of Israel^H3478 to fall,^H5307 so at Babylon^H894 shall fall^H5307 the slain^H2491 of all the land.^H776

50 ♥ 📝 Ye that have escaped^H6405 the sword,^H2719 go^H1980 ye, stand not still;^H5975 remember^H2142 Jehovah^H3068 from afar,^H7350 and let Jerusalem^H3389 come^H5927 into your mind.^H3824

51 ♥ 📝 We are confounded,^H954 because we have heard^H8085 reproach;^H2781 confusion^H3639 hath covered^H3680 our faces:^H6440 for strangers^H2114 are come^H935 into the sanctuaries^H4720 of Jehovah's^H3068 house.^H1004

52 ♥ 📝 Wherefore, behold, the days^H3117 come,^H935 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 that I will execute judgment^H6485 upon her graven images;^H6456 and through all her land^H776 the wounded^H2491 shall groan.^H602

53 ♥ 📝 Though Babylon^H894 should mount up^H5927 to heaven,^H8064 and though she should fortify^H1219 the height^H4791 of her strength,^H5797 yet^H227 from me shall destroyers^H7703 come^H935 unto her, saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

54 ♥ 📝 The sound^H6963 of a cry^H2201 from Babylon,^H894 and of great^H1419 destruction^H7667 from the land^H776 of the Chaldeans!^H3778

55 ♥ 📝 For Jehovah^H3068 layeth Babylon^H894 waste,^H7703 and destroyeth^H6 out of her the great^H1419 voice;^H6963 and their waves^H1530 roar^H1993 like many^H7227 waters;^H4325 the noise^H7588 of their voice^H6963 is uttered:^H5414

56 ♥ 📝 for the destroyer^H7703 is come^H935 upon her, even upon Babylon,^H894 and her mighty men^H1368 are taken,^H3920 their bows^H7198 are broken^H2865 in pieces; for Jehovah^H3068 is a God^H410 of recompenses,^H1578 he will surely^H7999 requite.^H7999

57 ♥ 📝 And I will make drunk^H7937 her princes^H8269 and her wise^H2450 men, her governors^H6346 and her deputies,^H5461 and her mighty men;^H1368 and they shall sleep^H3462 a perpetual^H5769 sleep,^H8142 and not wake,^H6974 saith^H5002 the King,^H4428 whose name^H8034 is Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

58 ♥ 📝 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts:^H6635 The broad^H7342 walls^H2346 of Babylon^H894 shall be utterly^H6209 overthrown,^H6209 and her high^H1364 gates^H8179 shall be burned^H3341 with fire;^H784 and the peoples^H5971 shall labor^H3021 for vanity,^H7385 and the nations^H3816 for^H1767 the fire;^H784 and they shall be weary.^H3286

59 ♥ 📝 The word^H1697 which Jeremiah^H3414 the prophet^H5030 commanded^H6680 Seraiah^H8304 the son^H1121 of Neriah,^H5374 the son^H1121 of Mahseiah,^H4271 when he went^H3212 with Zedekiah^H6667 the king^H4428 of Judah^H3063 to Babylon^H894 in the fourth^H7243 year^H8141 of his reign.^H4427 Now Seraiah^H8304 was chief^H4496 chamberlain.^H8269

60 ♥ 📝 And Jeremiah^H3414 wrote^H3789 in a^H259 book^H5612 all the evil^H7451 that should come^H935 upon Babylon,^H894 even all these words^H1697 that are written^H3789 concerning Babylon.^H894

61 ♥ 📝 And Jeremiah^H3414 said^H559 to Seraiah,^H8304 When thou comest^H935 to Babylon,^H894 then see^H7200 that thou read^H7121 all these words,^H1697

62 ♥ 📝 and say,^H559 O Jehovah,^H3068 thou hast spoken^H1696 concerning this place,^H4725 to cut it off,^H3772 that none shall dwell^H3427 therein, neither man^H120 nor beast,^H929 but that it shall be desolate^H8077 for ever.^H5769

63 ♥ 📝 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end^H3615 of reading^H7121 this book,^H5612 that thou shalt bind^H7194 a stone^H68 to it, and cast^H7993 it into the midst^H8432 of the Euphrates:^H6578

64 ♥ 📝 and thou shalt say,^H559 Thus shall Babylon^H894 sink,^H8257 and shall not rise^H6965 again because^H6440 of the evil^H7451 that I will bring^H935 upon her; and they shall be weary.^H3286 Thus far are the words^H1697 of Jeremiah.^H3414