Verse 20
Jeremiah 50:20
Free Bible Version
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Go and attack the land of Merathaim, and the people living in Pekod. Kill them with swords, set them apart for destruction, along with everything they leave behind. Make sure you do everything I have ordered you to do, declares the Lord.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים הָ/הֵם֩ וּ/בָ/עֵ֨ת הַ/הִ֜יא נְאֻם יְהוָ֗ה יְבֻקַּ֞שׁ אֶת עֲוֺ֤ן יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְ/אֵינֶ֔/נּוּ וְ/אֶת חַטֹּ֥את יְהוּדָ֖ה וְ/לֹ֣א תִמָּצֶ֑אינָה כִּ֥י אֶסְלַ֖ח לַ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַשְׁאִֽיר
English Translation
In those days and at that time, declares the Lord, I will seek the sin of Israel, and it will not be found, and the sins of Judah, and they will not be found, for I will forgive those whom I leave.
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Chapter 50 Context
1
Tell everyone the news! Hold up a sign and shout it out, don't hold back! Tell them, Babylon has fal...
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A northern nation will come and attack her and turn the country into a wasteland. No one will live t...
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3
That's the time when the people of Israel and Judah will join together, weeping as they go to worshi...
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4
They will ask the way to Zion, and start going in that direction. They will arrive and commit themse...
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5
My people are sheep that are lost, led astray by their shepherds, making them wander aimlessly in th...
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6
All those who came across them attacked them. Their enemies declared, “We're not to blame! They're t...
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7
Run away from the city of Babylon; get away from the country of Babylonia! Lead the way like the mal...
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8
Look! I'm assembling a coalition of strong northern nations who will come and attack Babylon. They w...
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9
Babylonia will be plundered—everyone who plunders her will have plenty of loot, declares the Lord.
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10
Though for now you Babylonians celebrate and sing triumphantly as you plunder my special people, tho...
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11
you are going to bring shame on your mother, you are going to disgrace the one who gave birth to you...
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12
Because of Lord's angry punishment, she will be deserted, completely desolate. Everyone who passes b...
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13
All you archers, line up ready for battle around Babylon. Shoot at her! Don't save your arrows, beca...
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14
Shout war cries against her from every side! She holds up her hands in surrender. Her towers have co...
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15
Stop the sower from sowing in the country of Babylon, and stop the harvester swinging the sickle to...
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16
The Israelites are a flock that's been chased and scattered by lions. The first on the attack was th...
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17
So this is what the Lord Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: I'm going to punish the king of...
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18
I will lead the Israelites back to their pasturelands, to feed on Carmel and Bashan, to satisfy thei...
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19
This will be when the guilt and the sins of Israel and Judah will be looked for, but none will be fo...
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20
Go and attack the land of Merathaim, and the people living in Pekod. Kill them with swords, set them...
21
The noise of battle is heard in the country, the noise of terrible destruction.
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22
See how the hammer of the whole earth is lying broken in pieces in the ground! The nations look with...
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23
Babylon, I set a trap for you, and you were caught before you realized it. You were hunted down and...
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24
In his anger the Lord opened his armory to bring out his weapons, for this is what the Lord God (Elo...
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25
Come and attack her from every side! Open her granaries; collect the loot you take from her like pil...
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26
Kill all her young bulls with the sword; let them be slaughtered. What a disaster for them, because...
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27
(Listen to the refugees and survivors who have returned from Babylonia, announcing in Zion, “The Lor...
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28
Call up the archers to attack Babylon, yes, all of them! Completely surround her—don't let anyone es...
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29
As a result her young men will be killed in the streets; all her soldiers will die that day, declare...
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30
Watch out, because I'm against you, you arrogant people! declares the Lord God (Elohim) Almighty. Yo...
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31
You arrogant people will trip and fall. Nobody will be there to pick you up. I'm going to set fire t...
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32
This is what the Lord Almighty says: The people of Israel and Judah are being mistreated. All who ca...
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33
But the one who rescues them is powerful; the Lord Almighty is his name. He will defend them and the...
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34
A sword is raised to attack the Babylonians, declares the Lord, ready to attack those who live in Ba...
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35
A sword is raised to attack her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is raised to att...
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36
A sword is raised to attack her horses and chariots, along with all the foreign soldiers with her, a...
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37
A drought has hit her rivers, and they will dry up. For it's a country full of pagan images. These h...
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38
Consequently desert animals and hyenas will live there, and it will be a home for owls. It will be u...
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39
In the same way that God (Elohim) destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, declares...
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40
Look! An army is advancing from the north. A great nation and many kings are coming against you from...
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41
They're carrying bows and javelins. They are cruel and merciless. When they shout it's like the sea...
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42
The king of Babylon has heard the news and he's terrified. He's overcome with fear, in pain like a w...
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43
Watch out! I'm going to come like a lion from the tangled undergrowth beside the Jordan to attack th...
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44
So listen to what the Lord has planned to do to Babylon and the country of Babylonia: Their children...
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45
The sound of Babylon's capture will make the earth shake; their cries will be heard throughout the n...
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