Verse 42
Jeremiah 50:42
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
42
They shall take the bow and the shield: they are cruel and unmerciful: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses: like a man prepared for battle against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Original Language Text
hebrew
קֶ֣שֶׁת וְ/כִידֹ֞ן יַחֲזִ֗יקוּ אַכְזָרִ֥י הֵ֨מָּה֙ וְ/לֹ֣א יְרַחֵ֔מוּ קוֹלָ/ם֙ כַּ/יָּ֣ם יֶהֱמֶ֔ה וְ/עַל סוּסִ֖ים יִרְכָּ֑בוּ עָר֗וּךְ כְּ/אִישׁ֙ לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֔ה עָלַ֖יִ/ךְ בַּת בָּבֶֽל
English Translation
The bow and spear will hold the cruel ones, and they will not have compassion; their voice will roar like the sea, and they will ride on horses, arranged like a man for battle against you, daughter of Babylon.
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Chapter 50 Context
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The word that the Lord hath spoken against Babylon, and against the land of the Chaldeans in the han...
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Declare ye among the nations, and publish it, lift up a standard: proclaim, and conceal it not: say:...
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For a nation is come up against her out of the north, which shall make her land desolate: and there...
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In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the chi...
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They shall ask the way to Sion, their faces are hitherward. They shall come, and shall be joined to...
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My people have been a lost flock, their shepherds have caused them to go astray, and have made them...
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All that found them, have devoured them: and their enemies said: We have not sinned in so doing: bec...
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Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans: and be ye as kids...
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9
For behold I raise up, and will bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of...
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10
And Chaldea shall be made a prey: all that waste her shall be filled, saith the Lord.
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11
Because you rejoice, and speak great things, pillaging my inheritance: because you are spread abroad...
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12
Your mother is confounded exceedingly, and she that bore you is made even with the dust: behold she...
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13
Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but shall be wholly desolate: every one...
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14
Prepare yourselves against Babylon round about, all you that bend the bow: fight against her, spare...
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15
Shout against her, she hath every where given her hand, her foundations are fallen, her walls are th...
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16
Destroy the sower out of Babylon, and him that holdeth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear o...
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17
Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria devoured him:...
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18
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God (Elohim) of Israel: Behold I will visit the king of B...
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19
And I will bring Israel again to his habitation: and he shall feed on Carmel, and Bason, and his sou...
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20
In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and the...
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Go up against the land of the rulers, and punish the inhabitants thereof, waste, and destroy all beh...
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A noise of war in the land, and a great destruction.
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How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert amon...
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I have caused thee to fall into a snare, and thou art taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware of i...
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The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his wrath : for the Lord the...
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Come ye against her from the uttermost borders: open that they may go forth that shall tread her dow...
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Destroy all her valiant men, let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them, for their day is come,...
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28
The voice of them that flee, and of them that have escaped out of the land of Babylon: to declare in...
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Declare to many against Babylon, to all that bend the bow: stand together against her round about, a...
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30
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets: and all her men of war shall hold their peace in...
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31
Behold I come against thee, O proud one, saith the Lord the God (Elohim) of hosts: for thy day is co...
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32
And the proud one shall fall, he shall fall down, and there shall be none to lift him up: and I will...
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33
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The children of Israel, and the children of Juda are oppressed togethe...
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Their redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is his name : he will defend their cause in judgment, to...
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A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her pri...
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A sword upon her diviners, and they shall be foolish: a sword upon her valiant ones, and they shall...
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A sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the people that are in the midst of...
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A drought upon her waters, and they shall be dried up: because it is a land of idols, and they glory...
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39
Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns: and ostriches shall dwell therein, and it sh...
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40
As the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, and their neighbour cities, saith the Lord: no man shall d...
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41
Behold a people cometh from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall rise from the ends o...
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42
They shall take the bow and the shield: they are cruel and unmerciful: their voice shall roar like t...
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The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands are grown feeble: anguish hath take...
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44
Behold he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan to the strong and beautiful: for...
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Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken against Babylon: and his thoughts whi...
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46
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard amongst the nations.
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