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Thus saith HaShem: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.

Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I stir up against Babylon, and against the Chaldeans dwelling therein, a deadly burning wind.

And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall fan her, and they shall empty her land; for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

And I will send forth against Babylon spoilers, and they shall spoil her, and shall ravage her land. Woe to Babylon round about [her] in the day of her affliction.

Let the archer bend his bow against her, and let him lift himself up against her in his coat of mail; and spare ye not her young men, destroy ye utterly all her host.

Let the archer bend his bow, and him that has armor put it on: and spare ye not her young men, but destroy ye all her host.

And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

And slain men shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and [men] pierced through shall fall without it.

For Israel is not widowed, nor Judah, of his G-d, of HaShem of hosts; for their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken of their God, of the Lord Almighty; whereas their land was filled with iniquity against the holy things of Israel.

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life, be not cut off in her iniquity; for it is the time of HaShem'S vengeance; He will render unto her a recompense.

Flee ye out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every one his soul: and be not overthrown in her iniquity; for it is the time of her retribution from the Lord; he is rendering to her a recompense.

Babylon hath been a golden cup in HaShem'S hand, that made all the earth drunken; the nations have drunk of her wine, therefore the nations are mad.

Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, causing all the earth to be drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore they were shaken.

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed, wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

And Babylon is fallen suddenly, and is broken to pieces: lament for her; take balm for her deadly wound, if by any means she may be healed.

We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed; forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

We tried to heal Babylon, but she was not healed: let us forsake her, and depart every one to his own country: for her judgment has reached to the heaven, it has mounted up to the stars.

HaShem hath brought forth our victory; come, and let us declare in Zion the work of HaShem our G-d.

The Lord has brought forth his judgment: come, and let us declare in Zion the works of the Lord our God.

Make bright the arrows, fill the quivers, HaShem hath roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because His device is against Babylon, to destroy it; for it is the vengeance of HaShem, the vengeance of His temple.

Prepare the arrows; fill the quivers: the Lord has stirred up the spirit of the king of the Medes: for his wrath is against Babylon, to destroy it utterly; for it is the Lord’s vengeance, it is the vengeance of his people.

Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for HaShem hath both devised and done that which He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

Lift up a standard on the walls of Babylon, prepare the quivers, rouse the guards, prepare the weapons: for the Lord has taken [the work] in hand, and will execute what he has spoken against the inhabitants of Babylon,

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.

dwelling on many waters, and amidst the abundance of her treasures; thine end is come verily into thy bowels.

HaShem of hosts hath sworn by Himself: Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm, and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

For the Lord has sworn by his arm, [saying], I will fill thee with men as with locusts; and they that come down shall cry against thee.

He that hath made the earth by His power, that hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by His discernment;

The Lord made the earth by his power, preparing the world by his wisdom, by his understanding he stretched out the heaven.

At the sound of His giving a multitude of waters in the heavens, He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings at the time of the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries;

At [his] voice he makes a sound of water in the heaven, and brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth; he makes lightnings for rain, and brings light out of his treasures.

Every man is proved to be brutish, for the knowledge--every goldsmith is put to shame by the graven image--that his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Every man has completely lost understanding; every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven [images]: for they have cast false [gods], there is no breath in them.

They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish,

They are vain works, objects of scorn; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for He is the former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; HaShem of hosts is His name.

Not such is Jacob’s portion; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name.

Thou art My maul and weapons of war, and with thee will I shatter the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

Thou scatterest for me the weapons of war: and I will scatter nations by thee, and will destroy kings by means of thee.

And with thee will I shatter the horse and his rider, and with thee will I shatter the chariot and him that rideth therein;

And by thee I will scatter the horse and his rider; and by thee I will scatter chariots and them that ride in them.

And with thee will I shatter man and woman, and with thee will I shatter the old man and the youth, and with thee will I shatter the young man and the maid;

And by thee I will scatter youth and maid; and by thee I will scatter man and woman.

And with thee will I shatter the shepherd and his flock, and with thee will I shatter the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee will I shatter governors and deputies.

And by thee I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by thee I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by thee I will scatter leaders and the captains.

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion, in your sight; saith HaShem.

And I will recompense to Babylon and to all the Chaldeans that dwell [there] all their mischiefs that they have done to Zion before your eyes, saith the Lord.

Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith HaShem, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out My hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

Behold, I am against thee, the ruined mountain, that destroys the whole earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will roll thee down upon the rocks, and will make thee as a burnt mountain.

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith HaShem.

And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation: for thou shalt be a desolation forever, saith the Lord.

Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the horn among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.

Lift up a standard in the land, sound the trumpet among the nations, consecrate the nations against her, raise up kings against her by me, and [that] for the people of Ashkenaz; set against her engines of war; bring up against her horses as a multitude of locusts.

Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

Bring up nations against her, [even] the king of the Medes and of the whole earth, his rulers, and all his captains.

And the land quaketh and is in pain; for the purposes of HaShem are performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

The earth has quaked and been troubled, because the purpose of the Lord has risen up against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, and uninhabitable.

The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed, they are become as women; her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.

The warrior of Babylon has failed to fight; they shall sit there in the siege; their power is broken; they are become like women; her tabernacles have been set on fire; her bars are broken.

One post runneth to meet another, and one messenger to meet an other, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter;

One shall rush, running to meet [another] runner, and one [shall go] with tidings to meet [another] with tidings, to bring tidings to the king of Babylon, that his city is taken.

And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

At the end of his passages they were taken, and his cisterns they have burned with fire, and his warriors are going forth.

For thus saith HaShem of hosts, the G-d of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.

For thus saith the Lord, The houses of the king of Babylon shall be threshed as a floor in the season; yet a little while, and her harvest shall come.

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath set me down as an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath washed me clean.

He has devoured me, he has torn me asunder, airy darkness has come upon me; Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has swallowed me up, as a dragon has he filled his belly with my delicacies.

'The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon', shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and: 'My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea', shall Jerusalem say.

My troubles and my distresses have driven me out into Babylon, shall she that dwells in Zion say; and my blood [shall be] upon the Chaldeans dwelling [there], shall Jerusalem say.

Therefore thus saith HaShem: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will judge thine adversary, and I will execute vengeance for thee; and I will waste her sea, and dry up her fountain.

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

And Babylon shall be a desolation, and shall not be inhabited.

They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.

For they rose up together as lions, and as lions’ whelps.

With their poison I will prepare their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may be convulsed, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith HaShem.

In their heat I will give them a draft, and make them drunk, that they may be stupified, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and not awake, saith the Lord.

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.

And bring thou them down as lambs to the slaughter, and rams with kids.

How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

How has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

The sea has come up upon Babylon with the sound of its waves, and she is covered.

Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

Her cities are become like a dry and trackless land; not so much as one [man] shall dwell in it, neither shall a son of man lodge in it.

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up, and the nations shall not flow any more unto him; yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

And I will take vengeance on Babylon, and bring forth out of her mouth what she has swallowed down, and the nations shall no more be gathered to her:

My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of HaShem.

And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye, for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; for a rumour shall come one year, and after that in another year a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

Therefore behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon, and her whole land shall be ashamed; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith HaShem.

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

and in Babylon the slain men of all the earth shall fall.

Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember HaShem from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

Go forth of the land, ye that escape, and stay not; ye that are afar off, remember the Lord, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

'We are ashamed, because we have heard reproach, confusion hath covered our faces; for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of HaShem'S house.'

We are ashamed, because we have heard our reproach; disgrace has covered our face; aliens are come into our sanctuary, [even] into the house of the Lord.

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith HaShem, that I will do judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will take vengeance upon her graven [images]: and slain men shall fall in all her land.

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from Me shall spoilers come unto her, saith HaShem.

For though Babylon should go up as the heaven, and though she should strengthen her walls with her power, from me shall come they that shall destroy her, saith the Lord.

Hark! a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

A sound of a cry in Babylon, and great destruction in the land of the Chaldeans:

For HaShem spoileth Babylon, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters, the noise of their voice is uttered;

for the Lord has utterly destroyed Babylon, and cut off from her the great voice sounding as many waters: he has consigned her voice to destruction.

For the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are shattered; for HaShem is a G-d of recompenses, He will surely requite.

For distress has come upon Babylon, her warriors are taken, their bows are useless: for God recompenses them.

And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is HaShem of hosts.

The Lord recompenses, and will make her leaders and her wise men and her captains completely drunk, saith the King, the Lord Almighty is his name.

Thus saith HaShem of hosts: the broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labour for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

Thus saith the Lord, The wall of Babylon was made broad, but it shall be completely broken down, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall not labor in vain, nor the nations fail in [their] rule.

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was quartermaster.

The word which the Lord commanded the prophet Jeremiah to say to Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went from Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. And Seraiah was over the bounties.

And Jeremiah wrote in one book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evils which should come upon Babylon, [even] all these words that are written against Babylon.

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: 'When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou art come to Babylon, and shalt see and read all these words;

and say: O HaShem, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

then thou shalt say, O Lord God, thou hast spoken against this place, to destroy it, and that there should be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast; for it shall be a desolation forever.

And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates;

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt cease from reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone upon it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates;

and thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary.' Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and not rise, because of the evils which I bring upon it.