Verse 17
Jeremiah 50:17
Bible in Basic English
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Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שֶׂ֧ה פְזוּרָ֛ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֲרָי֣וֹת הִדִּ֑יחוּ הָ/רִאשׁ֤וֹן אֲכָל/וֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְ/זֶ֤ה הָ/אַחֲרוֹן֙ עִצְּמ֔/וֹ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖ר מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל
English Translation
The scattered sheep of Israel were driven away; the first one was eaten by the king of Assyria, and this last one is Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.
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Chapter 50 Context
1
The word which the Lord said about Babylon, about the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophe...
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Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep...
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For out of the north a nation is coming up against her, which will make her land waste and unpeopled...
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4
In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the childr...
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5
They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Co...
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6
My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning t...
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They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no...
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8
Go in flight out of Babylon, go out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and be like he-goats before the f...
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9
For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country:...
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10
And the wealth of Chaldaea will come into the hands of her attackers: all those who take her wealth...
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11
Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you...
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12
Your mother will be put to shame; she who gave you birth will be looked down on: see, she will be th...
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13
Because of the wrath of the Lord no one will be living in it, and it will be quite unpeopled: everyo...
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14
Put your armies in position against Babylon on every side, all you bowmen; let loose your arrows at...
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15
Give a loud cry against her on every side; she has given herself up, her supports are overturned, he...
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16
Let the planter of seed be cut off from Babylon, and everyone using the curved blade at the time of...
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17
Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king...
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So this is what the Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishmen...
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19
And I will make Israel come back to his resting-place, and he will get his food on Carmel and Bashan...
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20
In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there wi...
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21
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the people of Pekod; put them to d...
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22
There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.
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23
How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the n...
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24
I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been...
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25
From his store-house the Lord has taken the instruments of his wrath: for the Lord, the Lord of armi...
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26
Come up against her one and all, let her store-houses be broken open: make her into a mass of stones...
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27
Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come,...
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28
The voice of those who are in flight, who have got away safe from the land of Babylon, to give news...
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29
Send for the archers to come together against Babylon, all the bowmen; put up your tents against her...
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30
For this cause her young men will be falling in her streets, and all her men of war will be cut off...
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31
See, I am against you, O pride, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, for your day has come, the time w...
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32
And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help...
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33
This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crush...
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34
Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so t...
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35
A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on...
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36
A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they...
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37
A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-...
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38
A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on f...
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39
For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ost...
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40
As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God (Elohim), says the Lo...
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41
See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion f...
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42
Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunde...
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43
The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him...
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44
See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman:...
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45
So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes desig...
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46
At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations.
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