Jeremiah 50

1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon [and] against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

[the] word which to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Babylon to(wards) land: country/planet Chaldea in/on/with hand: 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.

to tell in/on/with nation and to hear: proclaim and to lift: raise ensign to hear: proclaim not to hide to say to capture Babylon be ashamed Bel to to be dismayed Merodach be ashamed idol her to to be dismayed idol her

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.

for to ascend: rise upon her nation from north he/she/it to set: make [obj] land: country/planet her to/for horror: destroyed and not to be to dwell in/on/with her from man and till animal to wander to go: went

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.

in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) and in/on/with time [the] he/she/it utterance LORD to come (in): come son: descendant/people Israel they(masc.) and son: descendant/people Judah together to go: come and to weep to go: come and [obj] LORD God their to seek

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.

Zion to ask way: road here/thus face their to come (in): come and to join to(wards) LORD covenant forever: enduring not to forget

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.

flock to perish (to be *Q(K)*) people my to pasture their to go astray them mountain: mount (turning back them *Q(K)*) from mountain: mount to(wards) hill to go: went to forget rest their

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.

all to find them to eat them and enemy their to say not be guilty underneath: because of which to sin to/for LORD pasture righteousness and hope father their LORD

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.

to wander from midst Babylon and from land: country/planet Chaldea (to come out: come *Q(K)*) and to be like/as goat to/for face: before flock

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.

for behold I to rouse and to ascend: establish upon Babylon assembly nation great: large from land: country/planet north and to arrange to/for her from there to capture arrow his like/as mighty man be prudent not to return: return emptily

10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.

and to be Chaldea to/for spoil all to loot her to satisfy utterance 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;

for (to rejoice *Q(K)*) for (to exult *Q(K)*) to plunder inheritance my for (to leap *Q(K)*) like/as heifer to tread (and to cry out *Q(K)*) like/as mighty: stallion

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.

be ashamed mother your much be ashamed to beget you behold end nation wilderness dryness and plain

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.

from wrath LORD not to dwell and to be devastation all her all to pass upon Babylon be desolate: appalled and to whistle upon all wound her

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.

to arrange upon Babylon around all to tread bow to give thanks to(wards) her not to spare to(wards) arrow for to/for LORD to sin

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.

to shout upon her around to give: give hand: power her to fall: fall (foundation her *Q(k)*) to overthrow wall her for vengeance LORD he/she/it to avenge in/on/with her like/as as which to make: do to make: do to/for 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.

to cut: eliminate to sow from Babylon and to capture sickle in/on/with time harvest from face: before sword [the] to oppress man: anyone to(wards) people his to turn and man: anyone to/for land: country/planet his to flee

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.

sheep to scatter Israel lion to banish [the] first to eat him king Assyria and this [the] last be vast him Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon

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.

to/for so thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel look! I to reckon: punish to(wards) king Babylon and to(wards) land: country/planet his like/as as which to reckon: punish to(wards) king 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.

and to return: rescue [obj] Israel to(wards) pasture his and to pasture [the] Carmel and [the] Bashan and in/on/with mountain: mount Ephraim and [the] Gilead to satisfy soul: appetite his

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.

in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) and in/on/with time [the] he/she/it utterance LORD to seek [obj] iniquity: crime Israel and nothing he and [obj] sin Judah and not to find for to forgive to/for which to remain

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.

upon [the] land: country/planet Merathaim to ascend: rise upon her and to(wards) to dwell Pekod to slay and to devote/destroy after them utterance LORD and to make: do like/as all which to command you

22 A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.

voice: sound battle in/on/with land: country/planet and breaking great: large

23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

how? to cut down/off and to break hammer all [the] land: country/planet how? to be to/for horror: appalled Babylon in/on/with nation

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.

to snare to/for you and also to capture Babylon and you(f. s.) not to know to find and also to capture for in/on/with LORD to stir up

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.

to open LORD [obj] treasure his and to come out: send [obj] article/utensil indignation his for work he/she/it to/for Lord YHWH/God Hosts in/on/with land: country/planet Chaldea

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.

to come (in): come to/for her from end to open granary her to build her like heap and to devote/destroy her not to be to/for her remnant

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.

to slay all bullock her to go down to/for slaughter woe! upon them for to come (in): come day their time punishment their

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.

voice to flee and survivor from land: country/planet Babylon to/for to tell in/on/with Zion [obj] vengeance LORD God our vengeance temple his

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.

to hear: proclaim to(wards) Babylon archer all to tread bow to camp upon her around not (to be to/for her *Q(K)*) survivor to complete to/for her like/as work her like/as all which to make: do to make: do to/for her for to(wards) LORD to boil to(wards) holy 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.

to/for so to fall: kill youth her in/on/with street/plaza her and all human battle her to silence: silent in/on/with day [the] he/she/it utterance 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.

look! I to(wards) you arrogance utterance Lord YHWH/God Hosts for to come (in): come day your time to reckon: punish you

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.

and to stumble arrogance and to fall: fall and nothing to/for him to arise: establish and to kindle fire in/on/with city his and to eat all around 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.

thus to say LORD Hosts to oppress son: descendant/people Israel and son: descendant/people Judah together and all to take captive them to strengthen: hold in/on/with them to refuse to send: let go them

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.

to redeem: redeem their strong LORD Hosts name his to contend to contend [obj] strife their because to rest [obj] [the] land: country/planet and to tremble to/for to dwell 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].

sword upon Chaldea utterance LORD and to(wards) to dwell Babylon and to(wards) ruler her and to(wards) wise her

36 A sword [is] upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword [is] upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

sword to(wards) [the] bluster and be foolish sword to(wards) mighty man her and to to 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.

sword to(wards) horse his and to(wards) chariot his and to(wards) all [the] racial-mix which in/on/with midst her and to be to/for woman sword to(wards) treasure her and to plunder

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.

drought to(wards) water her and to wither for land: country/planet idol he/she/it and in/on/with terror to be foolish

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.

to/for so to dwell wild beast with wild beast and to dwell in/on/with her daughter ostrich and not to dwell still to/for perpetuity and not to dwell till generation and 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.

like/as overthrow God [obj] Sodom and [obj] Gomorrah and [obj] neighboring her utterance LORD not to dwell there man: anyone and not to sojourn in/on/with her son: child man

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.

behold people to come (in): come from north and nation great: large and king many to rouse from flank land: country/planet

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.

bow and javelin to strengthen: hold cruel they(masc.) and not to have compassion voice: sound their like/as sea to roar and upon horse to ride to arrange like/as man to/for battle upon you daughter 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.

to hear: hear king Babylon [obj] report their and to slacken hand his distress to strengthen: hold him agony like/as to beget

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?

behold like/as lion to ascend: rise from pride [the] Jordan to(wards) pasture strong for to disturb (to run: run them *Q(K)*) from upon her and who? to choose to(wards) her to reckon: overseer for who? like me and who? to appoint me and who? this to pasture which to stand: stand to/for face: before my

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.

to/for so to hear: hear counsel LORD which to advise to(wards) Babylon and plot his which to devise: devise to(wards) land: country/planet Chaldea if: surely yes not to drag them little [the] flock if: surely yes not be desolate: appalled upon them pasture

46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

from voice: sound to capture Babylon to shake [the] land: country/planet and outcry in/on/with nation to hear: hear