Jeremiah 50

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

The word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

2 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

“Declare amongst the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal; say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed! Her images are disappointed. Her idols are dismayed.’

3 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

For a nation comes up out of the north against her, which will make her land desolate, and no one will dwell in it. They have fled. They are gone, both man and animal.

4 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

“In those days, and in that time,” says the LORD, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping, and will seek the LORD their God.

5 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

They will enquire concerning Zion with their faces turned towards it, saying, ‘Come, and join yourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.’

6 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

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.

7 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

All who found them have devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of righteousness, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

8 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

“Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.

9 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

For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they will set themselves in array against her. She will be taken from there. Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man. None of them will return in vain.

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

Chaldea will be a prey. All who prey on her will be satisfied,” says the LORD.

11 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

“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,

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

your mother will be utterly disappointed. She who bore you will be confounded. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

13 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

Because of the LORD’s wrath she won’t be inhabited, but she will be wholly desolate. Everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

14 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

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 the LORD.

15 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

Shout against her all around. She has submitted herself. Her bulwarks have fallen. Her walls have been thrown down, for it is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her.

16 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

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword, they will each return to their own people, and they will each flee to their own land.

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

“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.”

18 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

Therefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

19 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

I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan. His soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

20 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

In those days, and in that time,” says the LORD, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none, also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

21 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

“Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Kill and utterly destroy after them,” says the LORD, “and do according to all that I have commanded you.

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

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

23 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

How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation amongst the nations!

24 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

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 fought against the LORD.

25 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

The LORD has opened his armoury, and has brought out the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, GOD of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

26 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

Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps. Destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left.

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

Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.

28 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

Listen to those who 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 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

“Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

30 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

Therefore her young men will fall in her streets. All her men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says the LORD.

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

“Behold, I am against you, you proud one,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies; “for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.

32 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

The proud one will stumble and fall, and no one will raise him up. I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all who are around him.”

33 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

The LORD of Armies says: “The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together. All who took them captive hold them fast. They refuse to let them go.

34 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

Their Redeemer is strong. The LORD of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

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

“A sword is on the Chaldeans,” says the LORD, “and on the inhabitants of Babylon, on her princes, and on her wise men.

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

A sword is on the boasters, and they will become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.

37 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

A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.

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

A drought is on her waters, and they will be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.

39 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

Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves will dwell there. The ostriches will dwell therein. It will be inhabited no more forever, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation.

40 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

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbour cities,” says the LORD, “so no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.

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

“Behold, a people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

42 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

They take up bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea. They ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.

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

The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labour.

44 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

Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it. Whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it, for who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”

45 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

Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they will drag them away, even the little ones of the flock. Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.

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

The earth trembles at the noise of the taking of Babylon. The cry is heard amongst the nations.