Verse 25
Jeremiah 50:25
Bible in Basic English
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From his store-house the Lord has taken the instruments of his wrath: for the Lord, the Lord of armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldaeans.
Original Language Text
hebrew
פָּתַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ אֶת א֣וֹצָר֔/וֹ וַ/יּוֹצֵ֖א אֶת כְּלֵ֣י זַעְמ֑/וֹ כִּי מְלָאכָ֣ה הִ֗יא לַֽ/אדֹנָ֧/י יְהוִ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּֽים
English Translation
The Lord opened His treasure and brought out the instruments of His wrath, for it is a work for the Lord of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
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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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2
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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3
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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7
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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18
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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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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