Verse 9
Jeremiah 50:9
English Revised Version
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For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֡י מֵעִיר֩ וּ/מַעֲלֶ֨ה עַל בָּבֶ֜ל קְהַל גּוֹיִ֤ם גְּדֹלִים֙ מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹן וְ/עָ֣רְכוּ לָ֔/הּ מִ/שָּׁ֖ם תִּלָּכֵ֑ד חִצָּי/ו֙ כְּ/גִבּ֣וֹר מַשְׁכִּ֔יל לֹ֥א יָשׁ֖וּב רֵיקָֽם
English Translation
For behold, I am raising up and bringing against Babylon a great assembly of nations from the north country, and they will be arranged against it; from there, its arrows will be shot like a mighty warrior equipped; he will not return empty.
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Chapter 50 Context
1
The word that the LORD spake concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah t...
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2
Declare ye among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Baby...
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3
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and n...
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4
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the chi...
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5
They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come ye, and join yourselve...
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6
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them...
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7
All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have...
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8
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-go...
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9
For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the n...
10
And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
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11
Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder mine heritage, because ye are wanton as a...
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12
your mother shall be sore ashamed; she that bare you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the h...
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13
Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every o...
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14
Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare n...
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15
Shout against her round about; she hath submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are th...
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16
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of...
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17
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured...
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18
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king o...
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19
And I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul s...
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20
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and the...
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21
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: slay and...
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22
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
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23
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation amon...
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24
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art...
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25
The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for the Lor...
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26
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her...
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27
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the...
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28
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance...
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29
Call together the archers against Babylon, all them that bend the bow; camp against her round about;...
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30
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silenc...
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31
Behold, I am against thee, O thou proud one, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts: for thy day is come,...
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32
And the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in h...
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33
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed togethe...
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34
Their redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that...
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35
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her pri...
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36
A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be...
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37
A sword is upon their horse, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in th...
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38
A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up: for it is a land of graven images, and the...
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39
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall d...
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40
As when God (Elohim) overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD;...
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41
Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from...
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42
They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea,...
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43
The king of Babylon hath heard the fame of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold o...
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44
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of Jordan against the strong habitation: but I w...
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45
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, tha...
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46
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembleth, and the cry is heard among the nations.
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