Verse 17

Jeremiah 51:17

New Living Translation

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17 The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power.

Original Language Text

hebrew

נִבְעַ֤ר כָּל אָדָם֙ מִ/דַּ֔עַת הֹבִ֥ישׁ כָּל צֹרֵ֖ף מִ/פָּ֑סֶל כִּ֛י שֶׁ֥קֶר נִסְכּ֖/וֹ וְ/לֹא ר֥וּחַ בָּֽ/ם

English Translation

Every person is burned by the knowledge that every metalworker is ashamed of an idol, for it is false and there is no spirit in them.

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Chapter 51 Context

1 This is what the LORD says: “I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Baby... Focus ↗

2 Foreigners will come and winnow her, blowing her away as chaff. They will come from every side... Focus ↗

3 Don’t let the archers put on their armor or draw their bows. Don’t spare even her best soldier... Focus ↗

4 They will fall dead in the land of the Babylonians, slashed to death in her streets. Focus ↗

5 For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has not abandoned Israel and Judah. He is still their God (Elo... Focus ↗

6 Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves! Don’t get trapped in her punishment! It is the LORD’s time... Focus ↗

7 Babylon has been a gold cup in the LORD’s hands, a cup that made the whole earth drunk. The na... Focus ↗

8 But suddenly Babylon, too, has fallen. Weep for her. Give her medicine. Perhaps she can yet... Focus ↗

9 We would have helped her if we could, but nothing can save her now. Let her go; abandon her.<b... Focus ↗

10 The LORD has vindicated us. Come, let us announce in Jerusalem everything the LORD our God (El... Focus ↗

11 Sharpen the arrows! Lift up the shields! For the LORD has inspired the kings of the Medes t... Focus ↗

12 Raise the battle flag against Babylon! Reinforce the guard and station the watchmen. Prepare a... Focus ↗

13 You are a city by a great river, a great center of commerce, but your end has come. The thr... Focus ↗

14 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has taken this vow and has sworn to it by his own name: “Your citi... Focus ↗

15 The LORD made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understa... Focus ↗

16 When he speaks in the thunder, the heavens roar with rain. He causes the clouds to rise over t... Focus ↗

17 The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols th...

18 Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed... Focus ↗

19 But the God (Elohim) of Israel is no idol! He is the Creator of everything that exists, includ... Focus ↗

20 “You are my battle-ax and sword,” says the LORD. “With you I will shatter nations and destr... Focus ↗

21 With you I will shatter armies — destroying the horse and rider, the chariot and charioteer.<b... Focus ↗

22 With you I will shatter men and women, old people and children, young men and young women. Focus ↗

23 With you I will shatter shepherds and flocks, farmers and oxen, captains and officers. Focus ↗

24 “I will repay Babylon and the people of Babylonia for all the wrong they have done to my pe... Focus ↗

25 “Look, O mighty mountain, destroyer of the earth! I am your enemy,” says the LORD. “I will rai... Focus ↗

26 You will be desolate forever. Even your stones will never again be used for building. You will... Focus ↗

27 Raise a signal flag to the nations. Sound the battle cry! Mobilize them all against Babylon.<b... Focus ↗

28 Bring against her the armies of the nations — led by the kings of the Medes and all their capt... Focus ↗

29 The earth trembles and writhes in pain, for everything the LORD has planned against Babylon stand... Focus ↗

30 Her mightiest warriors no longer fight. They stay in their barracks, their courage gone. They... Focus ↗

31 The news is passed from one runner to the next as the messengers hurry to tell the king that h... Focus ↗

32 All the escape routes are blocked. The marshes have been set aflame, and the army is in a pani... Focus ↗

33 This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: “Babylon is like w... Focus ↗

34 “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has eaten and crushed us and drained us of strength. He has sw... Focus ↗

35 Make Babylon suffer as she made us suffer,” say the people of Zion. “Make the people of Babylo... Focus ↗

36 This is what the LORD says to Jerusalem: “I will be your lawyer to plead your case, and I will av... Focus ↗

37 and Babylon will become a heap of ruins, haunted by jackals. She will be an object of horror a... Focus ↗

38 Her people will roar together like strong lions. They will growl like lion cubs. Focus ↗

39 And while they lie inflamed with all their wine, I will prepare a different kind of feast for the... Focus ↗

40 “I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats to be sacrificed. Focus ↗

41 “How Babylon is fallen — great Babylon, praised throughout the earth! Now she has become an ob... Focus ↗

42 The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing waves. Focus ↗

43 Her cities now lie in ruins; she is a dry wasteland where no one lives or even passes by. Focus ↗

44 And I will punish Bel, the god of Babylon, and make him vomit up all he has eaten. The nations... Focus ↗

45 “Come out, my people, flee from Babylon. Save yourselves! Run from the LORD’s fierce anger. Focus ↗

46 But do not panic; don’t be afraid when you hear the first rumor of approaching forces. For rum... Focus ↗

47 For the time is surely coming when I will punish this great city and all her idols. Her whole... Focus ↗

48 Then the heavens and earth will rejoice, for out of the north will come destroying armies agai... Focus ↗

49 “Just as Babylon killed the people of Israel and others throughout the world, so must her peop... Focus ↗

50 Get out, all you who have escaped the sword! Do not stand and watch — flee while you can! Reme... Focus ↗

51 “We are ashamed,” the people say. “We are insulted and disgraced because the LORD’s Temple ... Focus ↗

52 “Yes,” says the LORD, “but the time is coming when I will destroy Babylon’s idols. The groans... Focus ↗

53 Though Babylon reaches as high as the heavens and makes her fortifications incredibly strong, ... Focus ↗

54 “Listen! Hear the cry of Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians... Focus ↗

55 For the LORD is destroying Babylon. He will silence her loud voice. Waves of enemies pound aga... Focus ↗

56 Destroying armies come against Babylon. Her mighty men are captured, and their weapons break i... Focus ↗

57 I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her captains, officers, and warriors.<br... Focus ↗

58 This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: “The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the... Focus ↗

59 The prophet Jeremiah gave this message to Seraiah son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah, a staff of... Focus ↗

60 Jeremiah had recorded on a scroll all the terrible disasters that would soon come upon Babylon — all... Focus ↗

61 He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, read aloud everything on this scroll. Focus ↗

62 Then say, ‘LORD, you have said that you will destroy Babylon so that neither people nor animals will... Focus ↗

63 When you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone and throw it into the Euphrates River. Focus ↗

64 Then say, ‘In this same way Babylon and her people will sink, never again to rise, because of the di... Focus ↗

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Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 51 (64 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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