Jeremiah 50

1 The word that YHWH spoke concerning Babylon, concerning 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 among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and do not conceal: say, 'Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Marduk is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.

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 comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.

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,' says YHWH, 'the children of Israel shall come, they and the people of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek YHWH 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 inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it. They will come and join themselves to YHWH in an everlasting 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 have 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 resting place.

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 who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, "We are not guilty, because they have sinned against YHWH, the habitation of righteousness, even YHWH, 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 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male 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, look, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken. Their arrows shall be like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.

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 Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied,' says YHWH.'

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

11 Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;

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 utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: look, she shall be the least of the nations, 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 YHWH she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes 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 "Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against YHWH.

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 all around: she has submitted herself; her towers are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of YHWH: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to 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 who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone 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 hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has 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 says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel: "Look, 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 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in 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, says YHWH, 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 leave as a remnant."'"

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: kill and utterly destroy after them," says YHWH, "and do according to all that I have commanded you.

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 apart 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 you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against YHWH.

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 YHWH has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, YHWH of hosts, has a work to do 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 Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, their day has 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 those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of YHWH 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 those who bend the bow; camp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against YHWH, 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 her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day," says YHWH.

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 "Look, I am against you, you proud one," says YHWH of hosts; for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.

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

32 The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around 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 says YHWH of hosts: "The children of Israel and the people of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse 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; YHWH of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, 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 on the Chaldeans," says YHWH, "and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her officials, and on 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 on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on 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 on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on 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 on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they glory over 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 animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell in it: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived 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 when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it," says YHWH, "so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live in it."

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 "Look, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts 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 lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, 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 has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor.

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

44 Look, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? And who will appoint me a time? And who is the shepherd who can 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 the counsel of YHWH, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: "Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over 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 trembles, 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