The word{H1697} that the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} against Babylon{H894} and against the land{H776} of the Chaldeans{H3778} by{H3027} Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030}.

Declare{H5046}{(H8685)} ye among the nations{H1471}, and publish{H8085}{(H8685)}, and set up{H5375}{(H8798)} a standard{H5251}; publish{H8085}{(H8685)}, and conceal{H3582}{(H8762)} not: say{H559}{(H8798)}, Babylon{H894} is taken{H3920}{(H8738)}, Bel{H1078} is confounded{H3001}{(H8689)}, Merodach{H4781} is broken in pieces{H2865}{(H8804)}; her idols{H6091} are confounded{H3001}{(H8689)}, her images{H1544} are broken in pieces{H2865}{(H8804)}.

For out of the north{H6828} there cometh up{H5927}{(H8804)} a nation{H1471} against her, which shall make{H7896}{(H8799)} her land{H776} desolate{H8047}, and none shall dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} therein: they shall remove{H5110}{(H8804)}, they shall depart{H1980}{(H8804)}, both man{H120} and beast{H929}.

In those days{H3117}, and in that time{H6256}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall come{H935}{(H8799)}, they and the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} together{H3162}, going{H1980}{(H8800)} and weeping{H1058}{(H8800)}: they shall go{H3212}{(H8799)}, and seek{H1245}{(H8762)} the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}.

They shall ask{H7592}{(H8799)} the way{H1870} to Zion{H6726} with their faces{H6440} thitherward{H2008}, saying, Come{H935}{(H8798)}, and let us join{H3867}{(H8738)} ourselves to the LORD{H3068} in a perpetual{H5769} covenant{H1285} that shall not be forgotten{H7911}{(H8735)}.

My people{H5971} hath been lost{H6}{(H8802)} sheep{H6629}: their shepherds{H7462}{(H8802)} have caused them to go astray{H8582}{(H8689)}, they have turned them away{H7725}{(H8790)}{(H8675)}{H7726} on the mountains{H2022}: they have gone{H1980}{(H8804)} from mountain{H2022} to hill{H1389}, they have forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} their restingplace{H7258}.

All that found{H4672}{(H8802)} them have devoured{H398}{(H8804)} them: and their adversaries{H6862} said{H559}{(H8804)}, We offend{H816}{(H8799)} not, because they have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068}, the habitation{H5116} of justice{H6664}, even the LORD{H3068}, the hope{H4723} of their fathers{H1}.

Remove{H5110}{(H8798)} out of the midst{H8432} of Babylon{H894}, and go forth{H3318}{(H8798)}{(H8675)}{H3318}{(H8799)} out of the land{H776} of the Chaldeans{H3778}, and be as the he goats{H6260} before{H6440} the flocks{H6629}.

For, lo, I will raise{H5782}{(H8688)} and cause to come up{H5927}{(H8688)} against Babylon{H894} an assembly{H6951} of great{H1419} nations{H1471} from the north{H6828} country{H776}: and they shall set themselves in array{H6186}{(H8804)} against her; from thence she shall be taken{H3920}{(H8735)}: their arrows{H2671} shall be as of a mighty{H1368} expert man{H7919}{(H8688)}{(H8676)}{H7921}{(H8688)}; none shall return{H7725}{(H8799)} in vain{H7387}.

And Chaldea{H3778} shall be a spoil{H7998}: all that spoil{H7997}{(H8802)} her shall be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

Because ye were glad{H8055}{(H8799)}, because ye rejoiced{H5937}{(H8799)}, O ye destroyers{H8154}{(H8802)} of mine heritage{H5159}, because ye are grown fat{H6335}{(H8799)} as the heifer{H5697} at grass{H1877}{(H8676)}{H1758}{(H8801)}, and bellow{H6670}{(H8799)} as bulls{H47};

Your mother{H517} shall be sore{H3966} confounded{H954}{(H8804)}; she that bare{H3205}{(H8802)} you shall be ashamed{H2659}{(H8804)}: behold, the hindermost{H319} of the nations{H1471} shall be a wilderness{H4057}, a dry land{H6723}, and a desert{H6160}.

Because of the wrath{H7110} of the LORD{H3068} it shall not be inhabited{H3427}{(H8799)}, but it shall be wholly desolate{H8077}: every one that goeth{H5674}{(H8802)} by Babylon{H894} shall be astonished{H8074}{(H8799)}, and hiss{H8319}{(H8799)} at all her plagues{H4347}.

Put yourselves in array{H6186}{(H8798)} against Babylon{H894} round about{H5439}: all ye that bend{H1869}{(H8802)} the bow{H7198}, shoot{H3034}{(H8798)} at her, spare{H2550}{(H8799)} no arrows{H2671}: for she hath sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068}.

Shout{H7321}{(H8685)} against her round about{H5439}: she hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} her hand{H3027}: her foundations{H803} are fallen{H5307}{(H8804)}, her walls{H2346} are thrown down{H2040}{(H8738)}: for it is the vengeance{H5360} of the LORD{H3068}: take vengeance{H5358}{(H8734)} upon her; as she hath done{H6213}{(H8804)}, do{H6213}{(H8798)} unto her.

Cut off{H3772}{(H8798)} the sower{H2232}{(H8802)} from Babylon{H894}, and him that handleth{H8610}{(H8802)} the sickle{H4038} in the time{H6256} of harvest{H7105}: for fear{H6440} of the oppressing{H3238}{(H8802)} sword{H2719} they shall turn{H6437}{(H8799)} every one{H376} to his people{H5971}, and they shall flee{H5127}{(H8799)} every one{H376} to his own land{H776}.

Israel{H3478} is a scattered{H6340}{(H8801)} sheep{H7716}; the lions{H738} have driven him away{H5080}{(H8689)}: first{H7223} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} him; and last{H314} this Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath broken his bones{H6105}{(H8765)}.

Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Behold, I will punish{H6485}{(H8802)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} and his land{H776}, as I have punished{H6485}{(H8804)} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}.

And I will bring{H7725} Israel{H3478} again{H7725}{(H8790)} to his habitation{H5116}, and he shall feed{H7462}{(H8804)} on Carmel{H3760} and Bashan{H1316}, and his soul{H5315} shall be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)} upon mount{H2022} Ephraim{H669} and Gilead{H1568}.

In those days{H3117}, and in that time{H6256}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, the iniquity{H5771} of Israel{H3478} shall be sought for{H1245}{(H8792)}, and there shall be none; and the sins{H2403} of Judah{H3063}, and they shall not be found{H4672}{(H8735)}: for I will pardon{H5545}{(H8799)} them whom I reserve{H7604}{(H8686)}.

Go up{H5927}{(H8798)} against the land{H776} of Merathaim{H4850}, even against it, and against the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Pekod{H6489}: waste{H2717}{(H8798)} and utterly destroy{H2763}{(H8687)} after{H310} them, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, and do{H6213}{(H8798)} according to all that I have commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} thee.

A sound{H6963} of battle{H4421} is in the land{H776}, and of great{H1419} destruction{H7667}.

How is the hammer{H6360} of the whole earth{H776} cut asunder{H1438}{(H8738)} and broken{H7665}{(H8735)}! how is Babylon{H894} become a desolation{H8047} among the nations{H1471}!

I have laid a snare{H3369}{(H8804)} for thee, and thou art also taken{H3920}{(H8738)}, O Babylon{H894}, and thou wast not aware{H3045}{(H8804)}: thou art found{H4672}{(H8738)}, and also caught{H8610}{(H8738)}, because thou hast striven{H1624}{(H8694)} against the LORD{H3068}.

The LORD{H3068} hath opened{H6605}{(H8804)} his armoury{H214}, and hath brought forth{H3318}{(H8686)} the weapons{H3627} of his indignation{H2195}: for this is the work{H4399} of the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635} in the land{H776} of the Chaldeans{H3778}.

Come{H935}{(H8798)} against her from the utmost border{H7093}, open{H6605}{(H8798)} her storehouses{H3965}: cast her up{H5549}{(H8798)} as heaps{H6194}, and destroy her utterly{H2763}{(H8685)}: let nothing of her be left{H7611}.

Slay{H2717}{(H8798)} all her bullocks{H6499}; let them go down{H3381}{(H8799)} to the slaughter{H2874}: woe{H1945} unto them! for their day{H3117} is come{H935}{(H8802)}, the time{H6256} of their visitation{H6486}.

The voice{H6963} of them that flee{H5127}{(H8801)} and escape out{H6405} of the land{H776} of Babylon{H894}, to declare{H5046}{(H8687)} in Zion{H6726} the vengeance{H5360} of the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}, the vengeance{H5360} of his temple{H1964}.

Call together{H8085}{(H8685)} the archers{H7228} against Babylon{H894}: all ye that bend{H1869}{(H8802)} the bow{H7198}, camp{H2583}{(H8798)} against it round about{H5439}; let none thereof escape{H6413}: recompense{H7999}{(H8761)} her according to her work{H6467}; according to all that she hath done{H6213}{(H8804)}, do{H6213}{(H8798)} unto her: for she hath been proud{H2102}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068}, against the Holy One{H6918} of Israel{H3478}.

Therefore shall her young men{H970} fall{H5307}{(H8799)} in the streets{H7339}, and all her men{H582} of war{H4421} shall be cut off{H1826}{(H8735)} in that day{H3117}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud{H2087}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635}: for thy day{H3117} is come{H935}{(H8802)}, the time{H6256} that I will visit{H6485}{(H8804)} thee.

And the most proud{H2087} shall stumble{H3782}{(H8804)} and fall{H5307}{(H8804)}, and none shall raise him up{H6965}{(H8688)}: and I will kindle{H3341}{(H8689)} a fire{H784} in his cities{H5892}, and it shall devour{H398}{(H8804)} all round about{H5439} him.

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}; The children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} were oppressed{H6231}{(H8803)} together{H3162}: and all that took them captives{H7617}{(H8802)} held them fast{H2388}{(H8689)}; they refused{H3985}{(H8765)} to let them go{H7971}{(H8763)}.

Their Redeemer{H1350}{(H8802)} is strong{H2389}; the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is his name{H8034}: he shall throughly{H7378}{(H8800)} plead{H7378}{(H8799)} their cause{H7379}, that he may give rest{H7280}{(H8689)} to the land{H776}, and disquiet{H7264}{(H8689)} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Babylon{H894}.

A sword{H2719} is upon the Chaldeans{H3778}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, and upon the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Babylon{H894}, and upon her princes{H8269}, and upon her wise{H2450} men.

A sword{H2719} is upon the liars{H907}; and they shall dote{H2973}{(H8738)}: a sword{H2719} is upon her mighty men{H1368}; and they shall be dismayed{H2865}{(H8804)}.

A sword{H2719} is upon their horses{H5483}, and upon their chariots{H7393}, and upon all the mingled people{H6153} that are in the midst{H8432} of her; and they shall become as women{H802}: a sword{H2719} is upon her treasures{H214}; and they shall be robbed{H962}{(H8795)}.

A drought{H2721} is upon her waters{H4325}; and they shall be dried up{H3001}{(H8804)}: for it is the land{H776} of graven images{H6456}, and they are mad{H1984}{(H8704)} upon their idols{H367}.

Therefore the wild beasts of the desert{H6728} with the wild beasts of the islands{H338} shall dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} there, and the owls{H1323}{H3284} shall dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} therein: and it shall be no more inhabited{H3427}{(H8799)} for ever{H5331}; neither shall it be dwelt{H7931}{(H8799)} in from generation{H1755} to generation{H1755}.

As God{H430} overthrew{H4114} Sodom{H5467} and Gomorrah{H6017} and the neighbour{H7934} cities thereof, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}; so shall no man{H376} abide{H3427}{(H8799)} there, neither shall any son{H1121} of man{H120} dwell{H1481}{(H8799)} therein.

Behold, a people{H5971} shall come{H935}{(H8802)} from the north{H6828}, and a great{H1419} nation{H1471}, and many{H7227} kings{H4428} shall be raised up{H5782}{(H8735)} from the coasts{H3411} of the earth{H776}.

They shall hold{H2388}{(H8686)} the bow{H7198} and the lance{H3591}: they are cruel{H394}, and will not shew mercy{H7355}{(H8762)}: their voice{H6963} shall roar{H1993}{(H8799)} like the sea{H3220}, and they shall ride{H7392}{(H8799)} upon horses{H5483}, every one put in array{H6186}{(H8803)}, like a man{H376} to the battle{H4421}, against thee, O daughter{H1323} of Babylon{H894}.

The king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath heard{H8085}{(H8804)} the report{H8088} of them, and his hands{H3027} waxed feeble{H7503}{(H8804)}: anguish{H6869} took hold{H2388}{(H8689)} of him, and pangs{H2427} as of a woman in travail{H3205}{(H8802)}.

Behold, he shall come up{H5927}{(H8799)} like a lion{H738} from the swelling{H1347} of Jordan{H3383} unto the habitation{H5116} of the strong{H386}: but I will make{H7323} them suddenly{H7280}{(H8686)} run away{H7323}{(H8686)}{(H8675)}{H7323}{(H8799)} from her: and who is a chosen{H977}{(H8803)} man, that I may appoint{H6485}{(H8799)} over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time{H3259}{(H8686)}? and who is that shepherd{H7462}{(H8802)} that will stand{H5975}{(H8799)} before{H6440} me?

Therefore hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye the counsel{H6098} of the LORD{H3068}, that he hath taken{H3289}{(H8804)} against Babylon{H894}; and his purposes{H4284}, that he hath purposed{H2803}{(H8804)} against the land{H776} of the Chaldeans{H3778}: Surely the least{H6810} of the flock{H6629} shall draw them out{H5498}{(H8799)}: surely he shall make their habitation{H5116} desolate{H8074}{(H8686)} with them.

At the noise{H6963} of the taking{H8610}{(H8738)} of Babylon{H894} the earth{H776} is moved{H7493}{(H8735)}, and the cry{H2201} is heard{H8085}{(H8738)} among the nations{H1471}.