Jeremiah 50:1-10
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Prophecies against Babylon
50 This is the word the Lord spoke about Babylon,(A) the land of the Chaldeans, through the prophet Jeremiah:
2 Announce to the nations;
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;(B)
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say, ‘Babylon is captured;
Bel(C) is put to shame;
Marduk is terrified.’
Her idols are put to shame;
her false gods devastated.
3 For a nation from the north will attack her;(D)
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it –
both people and animals will escape.[a](E)
4 In those days and at that time –
this is the Lord’s declaration –
the Israelites and Judeans will come together,(F)
weeping as they come,
and will seek the Lord their God.(G)
5 They will ask about Zion,
turning their faces to this road.
They will come and join themselves[b] to the Lord
in a permanent covenant(H) that will never be forgotten.
6 My people were lost sheep;(I)
their shepherds led them astray,(J)
guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.(K)
They wandered from mountain to hill;
they forgot their resting place.
7 Whoever found them devoured them.
Their adversaries said, ‘We’re not guilty;
instead, they have sinned against the Lord,
their righteous grazing land,(L)
the hope of their ancestors,(M) the Lord.’
8 Escape from Babylon;(N)
depart from the Chaldeans’ land.
Be like the rams that lead the flock.
9 For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon(O)
an assembly of great nations from the north country.
They will line up in battle formation against her;(P)
from there she will be captured.
Their arrows will be like a skilled[c] warrior
who does not return empty-handed.
10 The Chaldeans will become plunder;
all Babylon’s plunderers will be fully satisfied.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
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