Verse 46

Jeremiah 50:46

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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.

Original Language Text

hebrew

מִ/קּוֹל֙ נִתְפְּשָׂ֣ה בָבֶ֔ל נִרְעֲשָׁ֖ה הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וּ/זְעָקָ֖ה בַּ/גּוֹיִ֥ם נִשְׁמָֽע

English Translation

From the sound, Babylon is captured; the earth quakes and a cry is heard among the nations.

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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... Focus ↗

2 Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep... Focus ↗

3 For out of the north a nation is coming up against her, which will make her land waste and unpeopled... Focus ↗

4 In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the childr... Focus ↗

5 They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Co... Focus ↗

6 My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning t... Focus ↗

7 They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no... Focus ↗

8 Go in flight out of Babylon, go out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and be like he-goats before the f... Focus ↗

9 For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country:... Focus ↗

10 And the wealth of Chaldaea will come into the hands of her attackers: all those who take her wealth... Focus ↗

11 Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you... Focus ↗

12 Your mother will be put to shame; she who gave you birth will be looked down on: see, she will be th... Focus ↗

13 Because of the wrath of the Lord no one will be living in it, and it will be quite unpeopled: everyo... Focus ↗

14 Put your armies in position against Babylon on every side, all you bowmen; let loose your arrows at... Focus ↗

15 Give a loud cry against her on every side; she has given herself up, her supports are overturned, he... Focus ↗

16 Let the planter of seed be cut off from Babylon, and everyone using the curved blade at the time of... Focus ↗

17 Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king... Focus ↗

18 So this is what the Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishmen... Focus ↗

19 And I will make Israel come back to his resting-place, and he will get his food on Carmel and Bashan... Focus ↗

20 In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there wi... Focus ↗

21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the people of Pekod; put them to d... Focus ↗

22 There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction. Focus ↗

23 How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the n... Focus ↗

24 I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been... Focus ↗

25 From his store-house the Lord has taken the instruments of his wrath: for the Lord, the Lord of armi... Focus ↗

26 Come up against her one and all, let her store-houses be broken open: make her into a mass of stones... Focus ↗

27 Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come,... Focus ↗

28 The voice of those who are in flight, who have got away safe from the land of Babylon, to give news... Focus ↗

29 Send for the archers to come together against Babylon, all the bowmen; put up your tents against her... Focus ↗

30 For this cause her young men will be falling in her streets, and all her men of war will be cut off... Focus ↗

31 See, I am against you, O pride, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, for your day has come, the time w... Focus ↗

32 And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help... Focus ↗

33 This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crush... Focus ↗

34 Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so t... Focus ↗

35 A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on... Focus ↗

36 A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they... Focus ↗

37 A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-... Focus ↗

38 A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on f... Focus ↗

39 For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ost... Focus ↗

40 As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God (Elohim), says the Lo... Focus ↗

41 See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion f... Focus ↗

42 Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunde... Focus ↗

43 The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him... Focus ↗

44 See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman:... Focus ↗

45 So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes desig... Focus ↗

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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Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 50 (46 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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