Verse 16
Jeremiah 50:16
American Standard Version
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Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּרְת֤וּ זוֹרֵ֨עַ֙ מִ/בָּבֶ֔ל וְ/תֹפֵ֥שׂ מַגָּ֖ל בְּ/עֵ֣ת קָצִ֑יר מִ/פְּנֵי֙ חֶ֣רֶב הַ/יּוֹנָ֔ה אִ֤ישׁ אֶל עַמּ/וֹ֙ יִפְנ֔וּ וְ/אִ֥ישׁ לְ/אַרְצ֖/וֹ יָנֻֽסוּ
English Translation
"Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the reaper with the sickle at the time of harvest from before the sword of the dove; let each man turn to his people, and let each man flee to his own land."
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Chapter 50 Context
1
The word that Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah th...
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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 Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the chil...
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5
They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come ye, and join yoursel...
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6
My people have 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 are not guilty, because they...
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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 a company of great nations from the nor...
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10
And Chaldea shall be a prey: all that prey upon her shall be satisfied, saith Jehovah.
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11
Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder my heritage, because ye are wanton as a h...
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12
your mother shall be utterly put to shame; she that bare you shall be confounded: behold, she shall...
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13
Because of the wrath of Jehovah she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: every...
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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...
17
Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; a...
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18
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of...
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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 Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and ther...
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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
Jehovah hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord,...
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26
Come against her from the utmost border; open her store-houses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy he...
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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; encamp against her round abou...
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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, Jehovah 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 Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together...
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34
Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that h...
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35
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her prin...
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36
A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they...
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37
A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in t...
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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 neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so...
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41
Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from t...
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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 tidings of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hol...
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44
Behold, [the enemy] shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habita...
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45
Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that...
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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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