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1 The word that the LORD spake against Baby­lon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremi­ah the prophet. 2 De­clare ye among the na­tions, and pub­lish, and set up a stan­dard; pub­lish, and con­ceal not: say, Baby­lon is tak­en, Bel is con­found­ed, Mero­dach is bro­ken in pieces; her idols are con­found­ed, her im­ages are bro­ken in pieces. 3 For out of the north there cometh up a na­tion against her, which shall make her land des­o­late, and none shall dwell there­in: they shall re­move, they shall de­part, both man and beast. 4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the chil­dren of Is­rael shall come, they and the chil­dren of Ju­dah to­geth­er, go­ing and weep­ing: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thith­er­ward, saying, Come, and let us join our­selves to the LORD in a per­pet­u­al covenant that shall not be for­got­ten. 6 My peo­ple hath been lost sheep: their shep­herds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the moun­tains: they have gone from moun­tain to hill, they have for­got­ten their rest­ing­place. 7 All that found them have de­voured them: and their ad­ver­saries said, We of­fend not, be­cause they have sinned against the LORD, the habi­ta­tion of jus­tice, even the LORD, the hope of their fa­thers. 8 Re­move out of the midst of Baby­lon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats be­fore the flocks. 9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Baby­lon an as­sem­bly of great na­tions from the north coun­try: and they shall set them­selves in ar­ray against her; from thence she shall be tak­en: their ar­rows shall be as of a mighty ex­pert man; none shall re­turn in vain. 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be sat­is­fied, saith the LORD. 11 Be­cause ye were glad, be­cause ye re­joiced, O ye de­stroy­ers of mine her­itage, be­cause ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bel­low as bulls; 12 Your moth­er shall be sore con­found­ed; she that bare you shall be ashamed: be­hold, the hin­der­most of the na­tions shall be a wilder­ness, a dry land, and a desert. 13 Be­cause of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be in­hab­it­ed, but it shall be whol­ly des­o­late: ev­ery one that goeth by Baby­lon shall be as­ton­ished, and hiss at all her plagues. 14 Put your­selves in ar­ray against Baby­lon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no ar­rows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. 15 Shout against her round about: she hath giv­en her hand: her foun­da­tions are fall­en, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. 16 Cut off the sow­er from Baby­lon, and him that han­dleth the sick­le in the time of har­vest: for fear of the op­press­ing sword they shall turn ev­ery one to his peo­ple, and they shall flee ev­ery one to his own land. 17 Is­rael is a scat­tered sheep; the li­ons have driv­en him away: first the king of As­syr­ia hath de­voured him; and last this Neb­uchadrez­zar king of Baby­lon hath bro­ken his bones. 18 There­fore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Is­rael; Be­hold, I will pun­ish the king of Baby­lon and his land, as I have pun­ished the king of As­syr­ia. 19 And I will bring Is­rael again to his habi­ta­tion, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be sat­is­fied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the in­iq­ui­ty of Is­rael shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Ju­dah, and they shall not be found: for I will par­don them whom I re­serve. 21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the in­hab­i­tants of Pekod: waste and ut­ter­ly de­stroy af­ter them, saith the LORD, and do ac­cord­ing to all that I have com­mand­ed thee. 22 A sound of bat­tle is in the land, and of great de­struc­tion. 23 How is the ham­mer of the whole earth cut asun­der and bro­ken! how is Baby­lon be­come a des­o­la­tion among the na­tions! 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also tak­en, O Baby­lon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, be­cause thou hast striv­en against the LORD. 25 The LORD hath opened his ar­moury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his in­dig­na­tion: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 26 Come against her from the ut­most bor­der, open her store­hous­es: cast her up as heaps, and de­stroy her ut­ter­ly: let noth­ing of her be left. 27 Slay all her bul­locks; let them go down to the slaugh­ter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their vis­i­ta­tion. 28 The voice of them that flee and es­cape out of the land of Baby­lon, to de­clare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his tem­ple. 29 Call to­geth­er the archers against Baby­lon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none there­of es­cape: rec­om­pense her ac­cord­ing to her work; ac­cord­ing to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Is­rael. 30 There­fore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. 31 Be­hold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will vis­it thee. 32 And the most proud shall stum­ble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kin­dle a fire in his cities, and it shall de­vour all round about him. 33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The chil­dren of Is­rael and the chil­dren of Ju­dah were op­pressed to­geth­er: and all that took them cap­tives held them fast; they re­fused to let them go. 34 Their Re­deemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall through­ly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and dis­qui­et the in­hab­i­tants of Baby­lon. 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the in­hab­i­tants of Baby­lon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dis­mayed. 37 A sword is upon their hors­es, and upon their char­i­ots, and upon all the min­gled peo­ple that are in the midst of her; and they shall be­come as wom­en: a sword is upon her trea­sures; and they shall be robbed. 38 A drought is upon her wa­ters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven im­ages, and they are mad upon their idols. 39 There­fore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the is­lands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell there­in: and it shall be no more in­hab­it­ed for ev­er; nei­ther shall it be dwelt in from gen­er­a­tion to gen­er­a­tion. 40 As God over­threw Sodom and Go­mor­rah and the neigh­bour cities there­of, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, nei­ther shall any son of man dwell there­in. 41 Be­hold, a peo­ple shall come from the north, and a great na­tion, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cru­el, and will not shew mer­cy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon hors­es, ev­ery one put in ar­ray, like a man to the bat­tle, against thee, O daugh­ter of Baby­lon. 43 The king of Baby­lon hath heard the re­port of them, and his hands waxed fee­ble: an­guish took hold of him, and pangs as of a wom­an in tra­vail. 44 Be­hold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jor­dan unto the habi­ta­tion of the strong: but I will make them sud­den­ly run away from her: and who is a cho­sen ­man, that I may ap­point over her? for who is like me? and who will ap­point me the time? and who is that shep­herd that will stand be­fore me? 45 There­fore hear ye the coun­sel of the LORD, that he hath tak­en against Baby­lon; and his pur­pos­es, that he hath pur­posed against the land of the Chaldeans: Sure­ly the least of the flock shall draw them out: sure­ly he shall make their habi­ta­tion des­o­late with them. 46 At the noise of the tak­ing of Baby­lon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the na­tions.