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1 # Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>; Behold, I will raise up <05782> (8688) against Babylon <0894> , and against them that dwell <03427> (8802) in the midst <03820> of them that rise up <06965> (8801) against me, a destroying <07843> (8688) wind <07307>;
2 And will send <07971> (8765) unto Babylon <0894> fanners <02114> (8801), that shall fan <02219> (8765) her, and shall empty <01238> (8787) her land <0776>: for in the day <03117> of trouble <07451> they shall be against her round about <05439>.
3 Against him that bendeth <01869> <00> let the archer <01869> (8802) bend <01869> (8799) his bow <07198>, and against him that lifteth himself up <05927> (8691) in his brigandine <05630>: and spare <02550> (8799) ye not her young men <0970>; destroy ye utterly <02763> (8685) all her host <06635>.
4 Thus the slain <02491> shall fall <05307> (8804) in the land <0776> of the Chaldeans <03778>, and they that are thrust through <01856> (8794) in her streets <02351>.
5 For Israel <03478> hath not been forsaken <0488>, nor Judah <03063> of his God <0430>, of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; though their land <0776> was filled <04390> (8804) with sin <0817> against the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>.
6 Flee out <05127> (8798) of the midst <08432> of Babylon <0894>, and deliver <04422> (8761) every man <0376> his soul <05315>: be not cut off <01826> (8735) in her iniquity <05771>; for this is the time <06256> of the LORD'S <03068> vengeance <05360>; he will render <07999> (8764) unto her a recompence <01576>.
7 Babylon <0894> hath been a golden <02091> cup <03563> in the LORD'S <03068> hand <03027>, that made all the earth <0776> drunken <07937> (8764): the nations <01471> have drunken <08354> (8804) of her wine <03196>; therefore the nations <01471> are mad <01984> (8704).
8 Babylon <0894> is suddenly <06597> fallen <05307> (8804) and destroyed <07665> (8735): howl <03213> (8685) for her; take <03947> (8798) balm <06875> for her pain <04341>, if so be she may be healed <07495> (8735).
9 We would have healed <07495> (8765) Babylon <0894>, but she is not healed <07495> (8738): forsake <05800> (8798) her, and let us go <03212> (8799) every one <0376> into his own country <0776>: for her judgment <04941> reacheth <05060> (8804) unto heaven <08064>, and is lifted up <05375> (8738) even to the skies <07834>.
10 The LORD <03068> hath brought forth <03318> (8689) our righteousness <06666>: come <0935> (8798) , and let us declare <05608> (8762) in Zion <06726> the work <04639> of the LORD <03068> our God <0430>.
11 Make bright <01305> (8685) the arrows <02671>; gather <04390> (8798) the shields <07982>: the LORD <03068> hath raised up <05782> (8689) the spirit <07307> of the kings <04428> of the Medes <04074>: for his device <04209> is against Babylon <0894>, to destroy <07843> (8687) it; because it is the vengeance <05360> of the LORD <03068> , the vengeance <05360> of his temple <01964>.
12 Set up <05375> (8798) the standard <05251> upon the walls <02346> of Babylon <0894>, make the watch <04929> strong <02388> (8685), set up <06965> (8685) the watchmen <08104> (8802), prepare <03559> (8685) the ambushes <0693> (8802): for the LORD <03068> hath both devised <02161> (8804) and done <06213> (8804) that which he spake <01696> (8765) against the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Babylon <0894>.
13 O thou that dwellest <07931> (8802) (8675) <07931> (8804) upon many <07227> waters <04325> , abundant <07227> in treasures <0214>, thine end <07093> is come <0935> (8802), and the measure <0520> of thy covetousness <01215>.
14 The LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> hath sworn <07650> (8738) by himself <05315>, saying, Surely I will fill <04390> (8765) thee with men <0120>, as with caterpillers <03218>; and they shall lift up <06030> (8804) a shout <01959> against thee.
15 He hath made <06213> (8802) the earth <0776> by his power <03581>, he hath established <03559> (8688) the world <08398> by his wisdom <02451>, and hath stretched out <05186> (8804) the heaven <08064> by his understanding <08394> .
16 When he uttereth <05414> (8800) his voice <06963>, there is a multitude <01995> of waters <04325> in the heavens <08064>; and he causeth the vapours <05387> to ascend <05927> (8686) from the ends <07097> of the earth <0776> : he maketh <06213> (8804) lightnings <01300> with rain <04306>, and bringeth forth <03318> (8686) the wind <07307> out of his treasures <0214>.
17 Every man <0120> is brutish <01197> (8738) by his knowledge <01847>; every founder <06884> (8802) is confounded <03001> (8689) by the graven image <06459>: for his molten image <05262> is falsehood <08267>, and there is no breath <07307> in them.
18 They are vanity <01892>, the work <04639> of errors <08595>: in the time <06256> of their visitation <06486> they shall perish <06> (8799).
19 The portion <02506> of Jacob <03290> is not like them; for he is the former <03335> (8802) of all things: and Israel is the rod <07626> of his inheritance <05159>: the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> is his name <08034>.
20 Thou art my battle axe <04661> and weapons <03627> of war <04421>: for with thee will I break in pieces <05310> (8765) the nations <01471>, and with thee will I destroy <07843> (8689) kingdoms <04467>;
21 And with thee will I break in pieces <05310> (8765) the horse <05483> and his rider <07392> (8802); and with thee will I break in pieces <05310> (8765) the chariot <07393> and his rider <07392> (8802);
22 With thee also will I break in pieces <05310> (8765) man <0376> and woman <0802>; and with thee will I break in pieces <05310> (8765) old <02205> and young <05288>; and with thee will I break in pieces <05310> (8765) the young man <0970> and the maid <01330>;
23 I will also break in pieces <05310> (8765) with thee the shepherd <07462> (8802) and his flock <05739>; and with thee will I break in pieces <05310> (8765) the husbandman <0406> and his yoke of oxen <06776>; and with thee will I break in pieces <05310> (8765) captains <06346> and rulers <05461>.
24 And I will render <07999> (8765) unto Babylon <0894> and to all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Chaldea <03778> all their evil <07451> that they have done <06213> (8804) in Zion <06726> in your sight <05869>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying <04889> mountain <02022>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068> , which destroyest <07843> (8688) all the earth <0776>: and I will stretch out <05186> (8804) mine hand <03027> upon thee, and roll thee down <01556> (8773) from the rocks <05553>, and will make <05414> (8804) thee a burnt <08316> mountain <02022> .
26 And they shall not take <03947> (8799) of thee a stone <068> for a corner <06438>, nor a stone <068> for foundations <04146>; but thou shalt be desolate <08077> for ever <05769>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
27 Set ye up <05375> (8798) a standard <05251> in the land <0776>, blow <08628> (8798) the trumpet <07782> among the nations <01471>, prepare <06942> (8761) the nations <01471> against her, call together <08085> (8685) against her the kingdoms <04467> of Ararat <0780>, Minni <04508>, and Ashchenaz <0813>; appoint <06485> (8798) a captain <02951> against her; cause the horses <05483> to come up <05927> (8685) as the rough <05569> caterpillers <03218>.
28 Prepare <06942> (8761) against her the nations <01471> with the kings <04428> of the Medes <04074>, the captains <06346> thereof, and all the rulers <05461> thereof, and all the land <0776> of his dominion <04475>.
29 And the land <0776> shall tremble <07493> (8799) and sorrow <02342> (8799): for every purpose <04284> of the LORD <03068> shall be performed <06965> (8804) against Babylon <0894>, to make <07760> (8800) the land <0776> of Babylon <0894> a desolation <08047> without an inhabitant <03427> (8802).
30 The mighty men <01368> of Babylon <0894> have forborn <02308> (8804) to fight <03898> (8736), they have remained <03427> (8804) in their holds <04679>: their might <01369> hath failed <05405> (8804); they became as women <0802>: they have burned <03341> (8689) her dwellingplaces <04908>; her bars <01280> are broken <07665> (8738) .
31 One post <07323> (8801) shall run <07323> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) another <07323> (8801), and one messenger <05046> (8688) to meet <07125> (8800) another <05046> (8688), to shew <05046> (8687) the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> that his city <05892> is taken <03920> (8738) at one end <07097> ,
32 And that the passages <04569> are stopped <08610> (8738), and the reeds <098> they have burned <08313> (8804) with fire <0784>, and the men <0582> of war <04421> are affrighted <0926> (8738).
33 For thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478> ; The daughter <01323> of Babylon <0894> is like a threshingfloor <01637>, it is time <06256> to thresh <01869> (8687) her: yet a little while <04592>, and the time <06256> of her harvest <07105> shall come <0935> (8804).
34 Nebuchadrezzar <05019> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> hath devoured <0398> (8804) me, he hath crushed <02000> (8804) me, he hath made <03322> (8689) me an empty <07385> vessel <03627>, he hath swallowed me up <01104> (8804) like a dragon <08577>, he hath filled <04390> (8765) his belly <03770> with my delicates <05730>, he hath cast me out <01740> (8689).
35 The violence <02555> done to me and to my flesh <07607> be upon Babylon <0894>, shall the inhabitant <03427> (8802) of Zion <06726> say <0559> (8799); and my blood <01818> upon the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Chaldea <03778> , shall Jerusalem <03389> say <0559> (8799).
36 Therefore thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>; Behold, I will plead <07378> (8801) thy cause <07379> , and take vengeance <05358> (8765) for thee <05360>; and I will dry up <02717> (8689) her sea <03220>, and make her springs <04726> dry <03001> (8689).
37 And Babylon <0894> shall become heaps <01530>, a dwellingplace <04583> for dragons <08577>, an astonishment <08047> , and an hissing <08322>, without an inhabitant <03427> (8802).
38 They shall roar <07580> (8799) together <03162> like lions <03715>: they shall yell <05286> (8804) as lions <0738>' whelps <01484>.
39 In their heat <02527> I will make <07896> (8799) their feasts <04960>, and I will make them drunken <07937> (8689), that they may rejoice <05937> (8799), and sleep <03462> (8804) a perpetual <05769> sleep <08142>, and not wake <06974> (8686), saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
40 I will bring them down <03381> (8686) like lambs <03733> to the slaughter <02873> (8800), like rams <0352> with he goats <06260>.
41 How is Sheshach <08347> taken <03920> (8738)! and how is the praise <08416> of the whole earth <0776> surprised <08610> (8735)! how is Babylon <0894> become an astonishment <08047> among the nations <01471>!
42 The sea <03220> is come up <05927> (8804) upon Babylon <0894>: she is covered <03680> (8738) with the multitude <01995> of the waves <01530> thereof.
43 Her cities <05892> are a desolation <08047>, a dry <06723> land <0776>, and a wilderness <06160>, a land <0776> wherein no man <0376> dwelleth <03427> (8799), neither doth any son <01121> of man <0120> pass <05674> (8799) thereby <02004>.
44 And I will punish <06485> (8804) Bel <01078> in Babylon <0894>, and I will bring forth <03318> (8689) out of his mouth <06310> that which he hath swallowed up <01105>: and the nations <01471> shall not flow together <05102> (8799) any more unto him: yea, the wall <02346> of Babylon <0894> shall fall <05307> (8804).
45 My people <05971>, go ye out <03318> (8798) of the midst <08432> of her, and deliver <04422> (8761) ye every man <0376> his soul <05315> from the fierce <02740> anger <0639> of the LORD <03068>.
46 And lest your heart <03824> faint <07401> (8735), and ye fear <03372> (8799) for the rumour <08052> that shall be heard <08085> (8737) in the land <0776>; a rumour <08052> shall both come <0935> (8804) one year <08141>, and after <0310> that in another year <08141> shall come a rumour <08052>, and violence <02555> in the land <0776> , ruler <04910> (8802) against ruler <04910> (8802).
47 Therefore, behold, the days <03117> come <0935> (8802), that I will do judgment <06485> (8804) upon the graven images <06456> of Babylon <0894>: and her whole land <0776> shall be confounded <0954> (8799), and all her slain <02491> shall fall <05307> (8799) in the midst <08432> of her.
48 Then the heaven <08064> and the earth <0776>, and all that is therein, shall sing <07442> (8765) for Babylon <0894>: for the spoilers <07703> (8802) shall come <0935> (8799) unto her from the north <06828>, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
49 As <01571> Babylon <0894> hath caused the slain <02491> of Israel <03478> to fall <05307> (8800) , so at Babylon <0894> shall fall <05307> (8804) the slain <02491> of all the earth <0776>.
50 Ye that have escaped <06405> the sword <02719>, go away <01980> (8798), stand not still <05975> (8799) : remember <02142> (8798) the LORD <03068> afar off <07350>, and let Jerusalem <03389> come <05927> (8799) into your mind <03824>.
51 We are confounded <0954> (8804), because we have heard <08085> (8804) reproach <02781>: shame <03639> hath covered <03680> (8765) our faces <06440>: for strangers <02114> (8801) are come <0935> (8804) into the sanctuaries <04720> of the LORD'S <03068> house <01004>.
52 Wherefore, behold, the days <03117> come <0935> (8802), saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>, that I will do judgment <06485> (8804) upon her graven images <06456>: and through all her land <0776> the wounded <02491> shall groan <0602> (8799).
53 Though Babylon <0894> should mount up <05927> (8799) to heaven <08064>, and though she should fortify <01219> (8762) the height <04791> of her strength <05797>, yet <0227> from me shall spoilers <07703> (8802) come <0935> (8799) unto her, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
54 A sound <06963> of a cry <02201> cometh from Babylon <0894>, and great <01419> destruction <07667> from the land <0776> of the Chaldeans <03778>:
55 Because the LORD <03068> hath spoiled <07703> (8802) Babylon <0894>, and destroyed <06> (8765) out of her the great <01419> voice <06963>; when her waves <01