51 The Lord says this:
‘I will send an enemy to destroy Babylon and the people of Babylonia.
It will come like a strong wind that blows them away.
2 I will send foreign soldiers to remove them from their land,
like a wind that blows chaff away.
They will make the land become empty.
On the day of that great trouble,
they will attack Babylonia from all directions.
3 Do not give Babylon's soldiers time to pick up their weapons!
Do not give them time to put on their armour!
Kill all their young men.
Completely destroy their whole army.
4 Their dead bodies will lie on the ground
all over Babylonia and in the streets of the city.
5 The Lord Almighty, Israel's God,
will not leave Israel and Judah on their own.
Those people are guilty of many bad things
that they have done against Israel's holy God. [ a ]
6 Run away from Babylonia!
Run quickly to escape from there!
Do not stay there to die along with Babylonia's people.
The time has come for the Lord to pay them back for their sins.
He will punish them as they deserve.
7 Babylon has been like a gold cup of wine in the Lord 's hand.
The nations of the world had to drink that wine. [ b ]
It made everyone become drunk,
and so they all became crazy.
8 But now Babylon will quickly fall.
An enemy will destroy it, so weep for it!
Find some medicine that will make its wounds better.
Perhaps it will become well again.
9 The foreign people in Babylon say,
“We tried to make its wounds better,
but it was not possible to do it.
Now we must leave it.
We must each go back to our own country.
Its punishment will have no end.
It will reach as high as the sky!”
10 The people from Judah who are in Babylon say,
“The Lord has shown that we are his people.
Now we must go to Jerusalem.
We must tell people in Zion
about how the Lord our God has helped us.” ’
11 ‘Make your arrows sharp!
Prepare your weapons!
The Lord has caused Media's kings to prepare for war.
He will use them to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will punish the people of Babylonia
because they destroyed his temple.
12 Wave a flag and prepare to attack Babylon's city walls!
Bring plenty of guards to watch all around the city.
Put soldiers to catch anyone who tries to escape.
Yes, the Lord will now do everything that he has decided.
He will punish Babylon's people, as he said he would do.
13 You people of Babylon, who live beside many rivers,
it is now time for you to die.
You have become rich with many valuable things,
but now your lives will finish.’ [ c ]
14 The Lord Almighty has made this strong promise
with the authority of his own name:
‘I will cause the enemy's soldiers to fill your cities.
They will come like a big crowd of locusts.
They will shout loudly when they take your city for themselves.’
15 The Lord used his power to make the earth.
He used his wisdom to make it strong.
He knew how to put the sky to cover the earth.
16 When he shouts like thunder,
the water in the sky roars.
He brings the clouds from the far places of the earth.
He causes bright lightning to show in the storms.
He opens his rooms so that the wind comes out
and it blows everywhere.
17 People who worship idols are stupid.
They do not understand what they are doing.
The men who make idols will be ashamed.
They make images of gods that are false.
None of their idols have the breath of life in them.
18 They are useless things that people should laugh at.
When the time for their punishment arrives,
God will destroy them.
19 The God that Jacob's descendants worship
is not like those idols.
He created everything.
He chose Israel's people to belong to him.
His name is the Lord Almighty.
20 ‘You are the weapon that I use to fight my battles. [ e ]
I have used you to punish nations.
I have used you to destroy kingdoms.
21 I have used you to destroy whole armies,
with their horses, chariots and riders.
22 I have used you to destroy men and women,
old men, young men, boys and girls.
23 I have used you to destroy shepherds and their sheep,
as well as farmers and their oxen.
I have used you to destroy rulers and their officers.
24 But now I will punish Babylon
and all the people who live in Babylonia.
I will pay them back for all the evil things that they did in Jerusalem.
And you will see me do that.’
That is what the Lord says.
25 The Lord says,
‘Listen to me, Babylon! I am your enemy!
You are like a strong mountain that destroys the whole earth.
I will punish you with all my strength.
I will push you down from your high place.
I will make you a heap of ashes.
26 Nobody will be able to use any of your stones
as a foundation for a new building.
You will remain as empty as a desert for ever.’
That is what the Lord says.
27 ‘Call the nations to come and fight a battle against Babylonia.
Wave a flag and make a noise with trumpets,
so that these kingdoms prepare their armies to attack:
Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz.
Choose a captain to lead them into battle.
Send an army of soldiers on horses to attack,
like a large crowd of locusts.
28 Tell the nations to prepare their armies for war against Babylonia.
Tell the kings of Media to get ready,
as well as their leaders and officers.
The armies of the countries that they rule must also be ready to fight.
29 The whole earth will shake with pain
as the Lord punishes Babylonia.
He will certainly do what he has decided to do.
He will make the land of Babylonia as empty as a desert.
Nobody will live there.
30 The brave soldiers of Babylonia are no longer fighting!
They remain inside their strong buildings.
Their strength has gone! They are as weak as women.
In their cities, enemy soldiers are burning their houses.
They have broken down the city gates.
31 Now people run to send the news to the king of Babylon.
They pass this message along the line:
“The enemy has taken power over the whole city!
32 They have guards to stop people escaping across the rivers.
They have burned the reeds in the wet fields.
All our soldiers are afraid.”
33 The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this:
Babylon is like a threshing floor
that is ready for people to stamp on wheat.
The harvest time will soon come!
Then the enemy will cut down Babylon,
and they will stamp all over it!’
34 ‘King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has destroyed us with his army.
He has made us weak and confused.
He has eaten us like a hungry monster.
He has filled himself with all our good things.
Then he spat us out of his mouth.’
35 Zion's people then say to the Lord ,
‘Please punish the people of Babylonia,
because they did cruel things to us.’
Jerusalem's people say,
‘Pay back the people of Babylonia,
because they killed our relatives.’
36 So the Lord says,
‘I will help you to win.
I will punish the people of Babylonia for what they have done to you.
I will cause all their rivers and their springs to become dry.
37 Babylon will become a heap of stones.
Wild animals will live there.
People will see that it is a disgusting place,
and they will laugh at it.
Nobody will live there.
38 Its people shout loudly, like lions that roar.
They make a noise like baby lions that are hungry.
39 While they are feeling so hungry,
I will prepare a feast for them.
I will cause them to become drunk,
and they will become helpless.
They will sleep for ever
and they will never wake up again.’
That is what the Lord says.
40 ‘I will take them down to the place of death.
People will kill them as if they are lambs, sheep and goats.’
41 ‘Now an enemy will take power over Babylon!
Everyone in the world praised it as a great nation.
But now all the nations will see that it is a disgusting place.
42 The sea will pour over it.
Many waves of water will cover it.
43 Babylonia's towns will become heaps of stones.
The land will be dry and empty, like a desert.
Nobody will live there any more.
Nobody will even travel through the land.
44 I will punish Bel, the god of Babylon.
I will cause him to give back everything that he has taken.
Nations will never go to worship him again.
Yes, the walls of Babylon will fall down!’
45 ‘Escape from Babylon, my people!
Run away to save your lives!
The Lord is very angry with that place,
so run away from there!
46 You must be brave!
When you hear news in Babylon of what is happening,
do not be afraid.
People will report one thing this year,
and next year they will report a different thing.
They will speak about violence in the land,
and about rulers who are fighting against each other.
47 So the time will soon come when I will punish Babylon's idols.
The whole country will become ashamed.
Its people will die and their dead bodies will lie everywhere.
48 Then everyone in heaven and everyone on the earth
will shout with joy because of what happens to Babylon.
They will be happy because an army will come from the north to destroy it.’
That is what the Lord says.
49 ‘Babylon's people have caused the death of people everywhere.
They have killed many Israelites.
So now Babylon must lose its power.
50 You Israelites who are still alive,
leave Babylon now! Do not wait!
You are far away from your homes.
But remember that the Lord is with you.
Think about Jerusalem.
51 You say, “We are ashamed. People have insulted us.
We hide our faces in shame
because foreigners have gone into the holy places of the Lord 's temple.” ’
52 But the Lord says this:
‘The time will soon come when I will punish Babylon's idols.
People everywhere in that land will cry with pain,
because their wounds are causing them to die.
53 Babylon's people may build their city very high.
They may make its walls very strong.
But I will send an army to destroy it.’
That is what the Lord says.
54 ‘Listen to the noise that comes from Babylon!
People are crying in pain.
Listen to the noise of the enemy army
as it destroys Babylonia.
55 The Lord is preparing to destroy Babylon.
No noise will come from there any more.
The enemy soldiers will attack like great waves of water.
There will be a loud noise of battle.
56 An army is coming to destroy Babylon.
They will take hold of its brave soldiers.
They will break their weapons.
The Lord is a God who punishes people as they deserve.
He always pays them back for their sins.
57 I will make Babylon's officers and its wise men drunk,
as well as its rulers, its leaders and its soldiers.
They will sleep for ever
and they will never wake up again.’
That is what the King says. His name is the Lord Almighty.
58 The Lord Almighty says this:
‘The enemy will completely knock down the strong walls of Babylon.
They will burn its high gates with fire.
The nations work very hard,
but their work is useless.
They make themselves tired,
but fire destroys all their work.’
59 This is the command that the prophet Jeremiah gave to the king's officer Seraiah. Seraiah was the son of Neriah and the grandson of Mahseiah. He took the message when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah. That happened in the fourth year that Zedekiah had ruled Judah as king. 60 Jeremiah had written on a scroll a list of all the terrible troubles that would happen to Babylon. Those were all the messages that he had written about Babylon. 61 Jeremiah said to Seraiah, ‘When you arrive in Babylon, you must read aloud all these messages. 62 Then say, “ Lord , you have said that you will destroy this place. Then no people or animals will live in it any longer. It will be empty for ever.” 63 When you have finished reading aloud all the words on the scroll, tie a big stone to it. Throw it all into the middle of the Euphrates river. 64 Then say, “That is how Babylon will sink! It will go down and it will never rise up again. The Lord is ready to cause all these terrible troubles to happen to Babylon. Its people will be too weak to stop it.” ’
That is the end of Jeremiah's messages.
51 The Lord says,
“I will cause a powerful, destructive
wind to blow against Babylon and the Babylonians. [ a ]
2 I will send foreigners to winnow [ b ] Babylon,
and they will take everything from the city.
Armies will surround the city,
and there will be terrible destruction.
3 The Babylonian soldiers will not get to use their bows and arrows.
They will not even put on their armor.
Don’t feel sorry for the soldiers of Babylon.
Destroy her army completely!
4 Babylon’s soldiers will be killed in the land of the Chaldeans.
They will be badly wounded in the streets of Babylon.”
5 The Lord All-Powerful did not leave Israel and Judah alone, like a widow.
No, they are guilty of leaving the Holy One of Israel.
Their God did not leave them.
They left him!
6 Run away from Babylon.
Run to save your lives!
Don’t stay and be killed because of Babylon’s sins!
It is time for the Lord to punish the Babylonians for the bad things they have done.
Babylon will get the punishment that she should have.
7 Babylon was like a golden cup in the Lord ’s hand.
Babylon made the whole world drunk.
The nations drank Babylon’s wine,
so they went crazy.
8 But Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken.
Cry for her!
Get medicine for her pain,
and maybe she can be healed.
9 We tried to heal Babylon,
but she cannot be healed.
So let us leave her,
and let each of us go to our own country.
God in heaven will decide Babylon’s punishment.
He will decide what will happen to Babylon.
10 The Lord got even for us.
Come, let’s tell about that in Zion.
Let’s tell what the Lord our God has done.
11 Sharpen the arrows!
Get your shields!
The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes
because he wants to destroy Babylon.
The army from Babylon destroyed his Temple in Jerusalem,
so he will give them the punishment they deserve.
12 Lift up a flag against the walls of Babylon.
Bring more guards.
Put the watchmen in their places.
Get ready for a secret attack.
The Lord will do what he has planned.
He will do what he said he would do against the people of Babylon.
13 Babylon, you live near much water.
You are rich with treasures, but your end as a nation has come.
It is time for you to be destroyed.
14 The Lord All-Powerful used his name to make this promise:
“Babylon, I will fill you with so many enemy soldiers they will be like a cloud of locusts.
They will win their war against you.
They will stand over you shouting their victory cry.”
15 God used his great power and made the earth.
He used his wisdom to build the world
and his understanding to stretch out the skies.
16 When he thunders, the waters in the skies roar.
He sends clouds all over the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain.
He brings out the wind from his storehouses.
17 But people are so stupid.
They don’t understand what God has done.
Skilled workers make statues of false gods.
Those statues are only false gods.
They show how foolish those workers are.
Those statues are not alive.
18 Those idols are worthless.
People made them, and they are nothing but a joke.
Their time of judgment will come,
and those idols will be destroyed.
19 But God, who is Jacob’s Portion, is not like those worthless statues.
People didn’t make God;
God made his people.
He made everything.
His name is the Lord All-Powerful.
20 The Lord says, “Babylon, you are my club.
I used you to smash nations.
I used you to destroy kingdoms.
21 I used you to smash horse and rider.
I used you to smash chariot and driver.
22 I used you to smash men and women.
I used you to smash men, old and young.
I used you to smash young men and young women.
23 I used you to smash shepherds and flocks.
I used you to smash farmers and oxen.
I used you to smash governors and important officials.
24 But I will repay Babylonia and all the Babylonians for all the evil things they did to Zion.
I will pay them back so that you can see it, Judah.”
This is what the Lord said.
25 The Lord says,
“Babylon, you are like a volcano
that destroys the whole country.
But I have turned against you,
and I will turn you into a burned-out mountain.
26 People will not take stones from Babylon to use as the foundation of a building.
That is because they will not find any stones big enough for cornerstones.
Your city will be a pile of broken rocks forever.”
This is what the Lord said.
27 “Lift up the war flag in the land!
Blow the trumpet in all the nations!
Prepare the nations for war against Babylon.
Call these kingdoms to come fight against Babylon:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Choose a commander to lead the army against her.
Send so many horses that they are like a swarm of locusts.
28 Get the nations ready for battle against her.
Get the kings of the Medes ready.
Get their governors and all their important officials ready.
Get all the countries they rule ready for battle against Babylon.
29 The land shakes and moves as if it is in pain.
It will shake when the Lord does to Babylon what he plans—
to make the land of Babylon an empty desert,
a place where no one will live.
30 Babylon’s soldiers have stopped fighting.
They stay in their forts.
Their strength is gone.
They have become like frightened women.
Babylon’s houses are burning.
The bars of her gates are broken.
31 One messenger follows another.
Messenger follows messenger.
They announce to the king of Babylon
that his whole city has been captured.
32 The places where people cross the rivers have been captured.
The swamplands are burning.
All of Babylon’s soldiers are afraid.”
33 This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of the people of Israel, says:
“Babylon is like a threshing floor,
where people beat the grain at harvest time.
And the time to beat Babylon is coming soon.
34 “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed us in the past.
In the past he hurt us.
In the past he took our people away,
and we became like an empty jar.
He took the best we had.
He was like a giant monster that ate everything until it was full.
He took the best we had
and then threw us away.
35 Babylon did terrible things to hurt us.
Now I want those things to happen to Babylon.”
The people living in Zion said,
“The people of Babylon are guilty of killing our people.
Now they are being punished for the bad things they did.”
The city of Jerusalem said those things.
36 So this is what the Lord says:
“I will defend you, Judah.
I will make sure that Babylon is punished.
I will dry up Babylon’s sea.
And I will make her water springs become dry.
37 Babylon will become a pile of ruined buildings,
a place fit only for wild dogs.
People will be shocked and shake their heads at what is left there.
It will be a place where no one lives.
38 “The people of Babylon are like roaring young lions.
They growl like baby lions.
39 They are acting like powerful lions.
I will give a party for them.
I will make them drunk.
They will laugh and have a good time,
and then they will sleep forever.
They will never wake up.”
This is what the Lord said.
40 “Babylon will be like sheep, rams, and goats waiting to be killed.
I will lead them to the slaughter.
41 “Sheshach [ c ] will be defeated.
The best and proudest country of the whole earth will be taken captive.
People from other nations will look at Babylon,
and what they see will make them afraid.
42 The sea will rise over Babylon.
Its roaring waves will cover her.
43 Babylon will be like a dry, desert land.
Its cities will be empty ruins.
No one will live in those cities.
No one will even travel through them.
44 I will punish the false god Bel in Babylon.
I will make him vomit out the people he swallowed.
The wall around Babylon will fall,
and other nations will stop coming to Babylon.
45 Come out of the city of Babylon, my people.
Run to save your lives.
Run from the Lord ’s great anger.
46 “Don’t be sad, my people.
Rumors will spread, but don’t be afraid.
One rumor comes this year.
Another rumor will come next year.
There will be rumors about terrible fighting in the country.
There will be rumors about rulers fighting against other rulers.
47 The time will surely come when I will punish the false gods of Babylon,
and the whole land of Babylon will be put to shame.
There will be many dead people,
lying in the streets of that city.
48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
will shout with joy about Babylon.
They will shout because an army came from the north
and fought against Babylon.”
This is what the Lord said.
49 “Babylon killed people from Israel.
Babylon killed people from every place on earth.
So Babylon must fall!
50 You people escaped the swords.
You must hurry and leave Babylon.
Don’t wait!
You are in a faraway land,
but remember the Lord where you are and remember Jerusalem.”
51 “We people of Judah are ashamed.
We have been insulted,
because strangers have gone into
the holy places of the Lord ’s Temple.”
52 The Lord says, “The time is coming,
when I will punish the idols of Babylon.
At that time wounded people will cry
with pain everywhere in that country.
53 Babylon might grow until she touches the sky.
Babylon might make her forts strong,
but I will send people to fight against that city.
And they will destroy her.”
This is what the Lord said.
54 “We can hear people crying in Babylon.
We hear the sound of people destroying things in the land of Babylon.
55 The Lord will destroy Babylon very soon.
He will stop the loud noises in that city.
Enemies will come roaring in like ocean waves.
People all around will hear that roar.
56 The army will come and destroy Babylon.
Its soldiers will be captured, and their bows will be broken,
This will happen because the Lord punishes people for the bad things they do.
He gives them the full punishment they deserve.
57 I will make Babylon’s wise men
and important officials drunk.
I will make the governors, officers,
and soldiers drunk too.
Then they will sleep forever.
They will never wake up.”
This is what the King said.
His name is the Lord All-Powerful.
58 This is what the Lord All-Powerful says:
“Babylon’s thick, strong wall will be pulled down.
Her high gates will be burned.
The people of Babylon will work hard,
but it will not help.
They will get very tired trying to save the city.
But they will only be fuel for the flames.”
59 This is the message that Jeremiah gave to the officer Seraiah [ d ] son of Neriah. Neriah was the son of Mahseiah. Seraiah went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah. This happened in the fourth year that Zedekiah [ e ] was king of Judah. At that time Jeremiah gave this message to Seraiah, the officer. 60 Jeremiah had written on a scroll all the terrible things that would happen to Babylon. He had written all these things about Babylon.
61 Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “Seraiah, go to Babylon. Be sure to read this message so that all the people can hear you. 62 Then say, ‘ Lord , you have said that you will destroy this place, Babylon. You will destroy it so that no people or animals will live in it. This place will be an empty ruin forever.’ 63 After you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates River. 64 Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink. Babylon will rise no more. It will sink because of the terrible things that I will make happen here.’”
The words of Jeremiah end here.
51 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord 's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord 's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
9 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.
10 The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord , the vengeance of his temple.
12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
14 The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.
20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
24 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 the Lord .
25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord , which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
26 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 the Lord .
27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
36 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord .
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
44 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 together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord .
46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the Lord .
49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord 's house.
52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
53 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 the Lord .
54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
55 Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.
57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
62 Then shalt thou say, O Lord , thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
63 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 Euphrates:
64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
51 This is what the Lord says:
“Behold, I am going to stir up
[ a ] The ( A ) spirit of a destroyer against Babylon
And against the inhabitants of [ b ] Leb-kamai.
2 I will send [ c ] foreigners to Babylon so that they may ( B ) winnow her
And devastate her land;
For they will be opposed to her on every side
On the day of her disaster.
3 Let not [ d ] him who [ e ] ( C ) bends his bow [ f ] bend it ,
Nor let him rise up in his ( D ) coat of armor.
Do not spare her young men;
Devote all her army to destruction.
4 They will fall down [ g ] dead in the land of the Chaldeans,
And ( E ) pierced through in their streets.”
5 For ( F ) neither Israel nor Judah has been [ h ] forsaken
By his God, the Lord of armies,
Although their land is ( G ) full of guilt
[ i ] Before the Holy One of Israel.
6 ( H ) Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And each of you save his life!
Do not ( I ) perish in her [ j ] punishment,
For this is the ( J ) Lord ’ s time of vengeance;
He is going to ( K ) repay to her what she deserves.
7 Babylon has been a golden ( L ) cup in the hand of the Lord ,
Intoxicating all the earth.
The ( M ) nations have drunk of her wine;
Therefore the nations are ( N ) going insane.
8 Suddenly ( O ) Babylon has fallen and been broken;
( P ) Wail over her!
( Q ) Bring [ k ] balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
9 We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;
Abandon her and ( R ) let’s each go to his own country,
For her judgment has ( S ) reached to heaven
And it rises to the clouds.
10 The Lord has ( T ) brought [ l ] about our vindication;
Come and let’s ( U ) recount in Zion
The work of the Lord our God!
11 ( V ) Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers!
The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
Because His plan is against Babylon to destroy it;
For it is the ( W ) vengeance of the Lord , vengeance for His temple.
12 ( X ) Lift up a signal flag against the walls of Babylon;
Post a strong guard,
Station [ m ] sentries,
Set up an ambush!
For the Lord has both ( Y ) planned and performed
What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 You who ( Z ) live by many waters,
Abundant in ( AA ) treasures,
Your end has come,
The [ n ] measure of your [ o ] ( AB ) end.
14 The ( AC ) Lord of armies has sworn by Himself:
“I will certainly fill you with a [ p ] population like ( AD ) locusts,
And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.”
15 It is ( AE ) He who made the earth by His power,
Who established the world by His wisdom,
And by His understanding He ( AF ) stretched out the heavens.
16 When He utters His ( AG ) voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens,
And He makes the ( AH ) clouds ascend from the end of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
And brings out ( AI ) wind from His storehouses.
17 ( AJ ) Every person is stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his [ q ] idols,
For his cast metal images are ( AK ) deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.
18 They are ( AL ) worthless, a work of mockery;
At the time of their punishment they will perish.
19 The ( AM ) portion of Jacob is not like these;
For He is the [ r ] Maker of everything,
And of the [ s ] tribe of His inheritance;
The ( AN ) Lord of armies is His name.
20 He says , “You are My [ t ] ( AO ) war-club, My weapon of war;
And with you I ( AP ) shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.
21 With you I ( AQ ) shatter the horse and his rider,
And with you I shatter the ( AR ) chariot and its rider,
22 And with you I shatter ( AS ) man and woman,
And with you I shatter the old man and ( AT ) youth,
And with you I shatter the young man and virgin,
23 And with you I shatter the shepherd and his flock,
And with you I shatter the farmer and his team,
And with you I shatter governors and officials.
24 “But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of ( AU ) Chaldea for ( AV ) all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes,” declares the Lord .
25 “Behold, ( AW ) I am against you, mountain of ( AX ) destruction
That destroys the whole earth,” declares the Lord ,
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
And roll you down from the rocky cliffs,
And I will make you a ( AY ) burnt out mountain.
26 They will not take from you even a stone for a corner
Nor a stone for foundations,
But you will be ( AZ ) desolate forever,” declares the Lord .
27 ( BA ) Lift up a signal flag in the land,
Blow a trumpet among the nations!
Consecrate the nations against her,
Summon against her the ( BB ) kingdoms of ( BC ) Ararat, Minni, and ( BD ) Ashkenaz;
Appoint an officer against her,
Bring up the ( BE ) horses like bristly locusts.
28 Consecrate the nations against her,
The kings of the Medes,
[ u ] Their governors and all [ v ] their officials,
And every land [ w ] under their control.
29 So the ( BF ) land quakes and writhes,
For the plans of the Lord against Babylon stand,
To make the land of Babylon
[ x ] A ( BG ) desolation without inhabitants.
30 The ( BH ) warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They stay in the strongholds;
( BI ) Their strength is [ y ] exhausted,
They are becoming ( BJ ) like women;
Their homes are set on fire,
The ( BK ) bars of her gates are broken.
31 One [ z ] ( BL ) courier runs to meet [ aa ] another,
And one [ ab ] ( BM ) messenger to meet [ ac ] another,
To tell the king of Babylon
That his city has been captured from end to end ;
32 The river crossing places have been seized,
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
33 For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says:
“The daughter of Babylon is like a ( BN ) threshing floor
At the time that [ ad ] it is tread down;
In just a little while the time of ( BO ) harvest will come for her.”
34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has ( BP ) devoured me, he has crushed me,
He has set me down like an ( BQ ) empty vessel;
He has ( BR ) swallowed me like a monster,
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
He has washed me away.
35 May the ( BS ) violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The [ ae ] inhabitant of Zion will say;
And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
Jerusalem will say.
36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“Behold, I am going to ( BT ) plead your case
And ( BU ) take vengeance for you;
And ( BV ) I will dry up her [ af ] sea
And make her fountain dry.
37 ( BW ) Babylon will become a heap of ruins , a haunt of jackals,
An ( BX ) object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
38 They will roar together like ( BY ) young lions,
They will growl like lions’ cubs.
39 When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet
And ( BZ ) make them drunk, so that they may rejoice in triumph,
And may ( CA ) sleep a perpetual sleep
And not wake up,” declares the Lord .
40 “I will bring them down like [ ag ] lambs ( CB ) to the slaughter,
Like rams together with male goats.
41 “How [ ah ] ( CC ) Sheshak has been captured,
And ( CD ) the praise of the whole earth has been seized!
How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!
42 The [ ai ] ( CE ) sea has come up over Babylon;
She has been engulfed by its roaring waves.
43 Her cities have become an ( CF ) object of horror,
A dry land and a desert,
A land in which ( CG ) no one lives
And through which no [ aj ] one of mankind passes.
44 ( CH ) I will punish Bel in Babylon,
And I will make what he has swallowed ( CI ) come out of his mouth;
And the nations will no longer ( CJ ) stream toward him.
Even the ( CK ) wall of Babylon has fallen down!
45 “ ( CL ) Come out from her midst, My people,
And each of you ( CM ) save yourselves
From the fierce anger of the Lord .
46 Now, ( CN ) so that your heart does not grow faint,
And you are not afraid at the ( CO ) report that will be heard in the land—
For the report will come in [ ak ] one year,
And after that [ al ] another report in [ am ] another year,
And violence will be in the land
With ( CP ) ruler against ruler—
47 Therefore behold, days are coming
When I will punish the ( CQ ) idols of Babylon;
And her whole land will be ( CR ) put to shame.
And all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 Then ( CS ) heaven and earth and everything that is in them
Will shout for joy over Babylon,
Because ( CT ) the destroyers will come to her from the north,”
Declares the Lord .
49 ( CU ) Indeed, Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel,
As ( CV ) the slain of all the earth have also fallen for Babylon.
50 You ( CW ) who have escaped the sword,
Go! Do not stay!
( CX ) Remember the Lord from far away,
And let Jerusalem [ an ] come to your mind.
51 ( CY ) We are ashamed because we have heard rebuke;
Disgrace has covered our faces,
Because ( CZ ) strangers have entered
The holy places of the Lord ’ s house.
52 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord ,
“When I will punish her ( DA ) idols,
And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.
53 Though Babylon ( DB ) ascends to the heavens,
And though she fortifies [ ao ] her lofty stronghold,
Destroyers will come from ( DC ) Me to her,” declares the Lord .
54 The ( DD ) sound of an outcry from Babylon,
And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 For the Lord is going to destroy Babylon,
And He will make her loud [ ap ] noise vanish from her.
And their ( DE ) waves will roar like many waters;
The clamor of their voices [ aq ] sounds forth.
56 For the ( DF ) destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
And her warriors will be captured,
Their ( DG ) bows shattered;
For the Lord is a God of ( DH ) retribution,
He will fully repay.
57 “I will ( DI ) make her leaders and her wise men drunk,
Her governors, her officials, and her warriors,
So that they will sleep a ( DJ ) perpetual sleep and not wake up,”
( DK ) Declares the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.
58 This is what the Lord of armies says:
“The broad ( DL ) wall of Babylon will be completely demolished,
And her high ( DM ) gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will ( DN ) labor for nothing,
And the nations become ( DO ) exhausted only for fire.”
59 The [ ar ] command that Jeremiah the prophet [ as ] gave Seraiah the son of ( DP ) Neriah, the grandson of Mahseiah, when he went with ( DQ ) Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. (And Seraiah was quartermaster.) 60 Jeremiah ( DR ) wrote [ at ] on a single scroll all the disaster which would come against Babylon, that is , all these words which have been written concerning Babylon. 61 Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “As soon as you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud, 62 and say, ‘You, Lord , have [ au ] promised concerning this place to ( DS ) cut it off, so that there will be ( DT ) nothing living in it, [ av ] whether man or animal; but it will be a permanent desolation.’ 63 And as soon as you finish reading this [ aw ] scroll, you shall tie a stone to it and ( DU ) throw it into the middle of the Euphrates, 64 and say, ‘Just so shall Babylon sink down and ( DV ) not rise again , because of the disaster that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become ( DW ) exhausted.’” ( DX ) To this point are the words of Jeremiah.
51 This is what the Lord says:
“See, I will stir ( A ) up the spirit of a destroyer
against Babylon ( B ) and the people of Leb Kamai. [ a ]
2 I will send foreigners ( C ) to Babylon
to winnow ( D ) her and to devastate her land;
they will oppose her on every side
in the day ( E ) of her disaster.
3 Let not the archer string his bow, ( F )
nor let him put on his armor. ( G )
Do not spare her young men;
completely destroy [ b ] her army.
4 They will fall ( H ) down slain in Babylon, [ c ]
fatally wounded in her streets. ( I )
5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken ( J )
by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land [ d ] is full of guilt ( K )
before the Holy One of Israel.
6 “Flee ( L ) from Babylon!
Run for your lives!
Do not be destroyed because of her sins. ( M )
It is time ( N ) for the Lord ’s vengeance; ( O )
he will repay ( P ) her what she deserves.
7 Babylon was a gold cup ( Q ) in the Lord ’s hand;
she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
therefore they have now gone mad.
8 Babylon will suddenly fall ( R ) and be broken.
Wail over her!
Get balm ( S ) for her pain;
perhaps she can be healed.
9 “‘We would have healed Babylon,
but she cannot be healed;
let us leave ( T ) her and each go to our own land,
for her judgment ( U ) reaches to the skies,
it rises as high as the heavens.’
10 “‘The Lord has vindicated ( V ) us;
come, let us tell in Zion
what the Lord our God has done.’ ( W )
11 “Sharpen the arrows, ( X )
take up the shields! ( Y )
The Lord has stirred up the kings ( Z ) of the Medes, ( AA )
because his purpose ( AB ) is to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will take vengeance, ( AC )
vengeance for his temple. ( AD )
12 Lift up a banner ( AE ) against the walls of Babylon!
Reinforce the guard,
station the watchmen, ( AF )
prepare an ambush! ( AG )
The Lord will carry out his purpose, ( AH )
his decree against the people of Babylon.
13 You who live by many waters ( AI )
and are rich in treasures, ( AJ )
your end has come,
the time for you to be destroyed. ( AK )
14 The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself: ( AL )
I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts, ( AM )
and they will shout ( AN ) in triumph over you.
15 “He made the earth by his power;
he founded the world by his wisdom ( AO )
and stretched ( AP ) out the heavens by his understanding. ( AQ )
16 When he thunders, ( AR ) the waters in the heavens roar;
he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain ( AS )
and brings out the wind from his storehouses. ( AT )
17 “Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud; ( AU )
they have no breath in them.
18 They are worthless, ( AV ) the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
19 He who is the Portion ( AW ) of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance ( AX ) —
the Lord Almighty is his name.
20 “You are my war club, ( AY )
my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter ( AZ ) nations, ( BA )
with you I destroy kingdoms,
21 with you I shatter horse and rider, ( BB )
with you I shatter chariot ( BC ) and driver,
22 with you I shatter man and woman,
with you I shatter old man and youth,
with you I shatter young man and young woman, ( BD )
23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
with you I shatter governors and officials. ( BE )
24 “Before your eyes I will repay ( BF ) Babylon ( BG ) and all who live in Babylonia [ e ] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord .
25 “I am against ( BH ) you, you destroying mountain,
you who destroy the whole earth,” ( BI )
declares the Lord .
“I will stretch out my hand ( BJ ) against you,
roll you off the cliffs,
and make you a burned-out mountain. ( BK )
26 No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone,
nor any stone for a foundation,
for you will be desolate ( BL ) forever,”
declares the Lord .
27 “Lift up a banner ( BM ) in the land!
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
summon against her these kingdoms: ( BN )
Ararat, ( BO ) Minni and Ashkenaz. ( BP )
Appoint a commander against her;
send up horses like a swarm of locusts. ( BQ )
28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—
the kings of the Medes, ( BR )
their governors and all their officials,
and all the countries they rule. ( BS )
29 The land trembles ( BT ) and writhes,
for the Lord ’s purposes ( BU ) against Babylon stand—
to lay waste ( BV ) the land of Babylon
so that no one will live there. ( BW )
30 Babylon’s warriors ( BX ) have stopped fighting;
they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
they have become weaklings. ( BY )
Her dwellings are set on fire; ( BZ )
the bars ( CA ) of her gates are broken.
31 One courier ( CB ) follows another
and messenger follows messenger
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his entire city is captured, ( CC )
32 the river crossings seized,
the marshes set on fire, ( CD )
and the soldiers terrified. ( CE ) ”
33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“Daughter Babylon ( CF ) is like a threshing floor ( CG )
at the time it is trampled;
the time to harvest ( CH ) her will soon come. ( CI ) ”
34 “Nebuchadnezzar ( CJ ) king of Babylon has devoured ( CK ) us, ( CL )
he has thrown us into confusion,
he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
and then has spewed ( CM ) us out.
35 May the violence ( CN ) done to our flesh [ f ] be on Babylon,”
say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
says Jerusalem. ( CO )
36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“See, I will defend your cause ( CP )
and avenge ( CQ ) you;
I will dry up ( CR ) her sea
and make her springs dry.
37 Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
a haunt ( CS ) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn, ( CT )
a place where no one lives. ( CU )
38 Her people all roar like young lions, ( CV )
they growl like lion cubs.
39 But while they are aroused,
I will set out a feast for them
and make them drunk, ( CW )
so that they shout with laughter—
then sleep forever ( CX ) and not awake,”
declares the Lord . ( CY )
40 “I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats. ( CZ )
41 “How Sheshak [ g ] ( DA ) will be captured, ( DB )
the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate ( DC ) Babylon will be
among the nations!
42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves ( DD ) will cover her.
43 Her towns will be desolate,
a dry and desert ( DE ) land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels. ( DF )
44 I will punish Bel ( DG ) in Babylon
and make him spew out ( DH ) what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
And the wall ( DI ) of Babylon will fall.
45 “Come out ( DJ ) of her, my people!
Run ( DK ) for your lives!
Run from the fierce anger ( DL ) of the Lord .
46 Do not lose heart ( DM ) or be afraid ( DN )
when rumors ( DO ) are heard in the land;
one rumor comes this year, another the next,
rumors of violence in the land
and of ruler against ruler.
47 For the time will surely come
when I will punish the idols ( DP ) of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced ( DQ )
and her slain will all lie fallen within her. ( DR )
48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
will shout ( DS ) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north ( DT )
destroyers ( DU ) will attack her,”
declares the Lord .
49 “Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
just as the slain in all the earth
have fallen because of Babylon. ( DV )
50 You who have escaped the sword,
leave ( DW ) and do not linger!
Remember ( DX ) the Lord in a distant land, ( DY )
and call to mind Jerusalem.”
51 “We are disgraced, ( DZ )
for we have been insulted
and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
the holy places of the Lord ’s house.” ( EA )
52 “But days are coming,” declares the Lord ,
“when I will punish her idols, ( EB )
and throughout her land
the wounded will groan. ( EC )
53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens ( ED )
and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
I will send destroyers ( EE ) against her,”
declares the Lord .
54 “The sound of a cry ( EF ) comes from Babylon,
the sound of great destruction ( EG )
from the land of the Babylonians. [ h ]
55 The Lord will destroy Babylon;
he will silence ( EH ) her noisy din.
Waves ( EI ) of enemies will rage like great waters;
the roar of their voices will resound.
56 A destroyer ( EJ ) will come against Babylon;
her warriors will be captured,
and their bows will be broken. ( EK )
For the Lord is a God of retribution;
he will repay ( EL ) in full.
57 I will make her officials ( EM ) and wise ( EN ) men drunk, ( EO )
her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep ( EP ) forever and not awake,”
declares the King, ( EQ ) whose name is the Lord Almighty.
58 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Babylon’s thick wall ( ER ) will be leveled
and her high gates ( ES ) set on fire;
the peoples ( ET ) exhaust ( EU ) themselves for nothing,
the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.” ( EV )
59 This is the message Jeremiah the prophet gave to the staff officer Seraiah son of Neriah, ( EW ) the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with Zedekiah ( EX ) king of Judah in the fourth ( EY ) year of his reign. 60 Jeremiah had written on a scroll ( EZ ) about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon—all that had been recorded concerning Babylon. 61 He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud. 62 Then say, ‘ Lord , you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate ( FA ) forever.’ 63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates. ( FB ) 64 Then say, ‘So will Babylon sink to rise no more ( FC ) because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people ( FD ) will fall.’” ( FE )
The words of Jeremiah end ( FF ) here.
