Verse 2

Jeremiah 50:2

King James Version

2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַגִּ֨ידוּ בַ/גּוֹיִ֤ם וְ/הַשְׁמִ֨יעוּ֙ וּֽ/שְׂאוּ נֵ֔ס הַשְׁמִ֖יעוּ אַל תְּכַחֵ֑דוּ אִמְרוּ֩ נִלְכְּדָ֨ה בָבֶ֜ל הֹבִ֥ישׁ בֵּל֙ חַ֣ת מְרֹדָ֔ךְ הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ עֲצַבֶּ֔י/הָ חַ֖תּוּ גִּלּוּלֶֽי/הָ
English Translation
Proclaim among the nations and announce, and lift up a banner; announce that Babylon has been captured; Bel has been put to shame; Marduk has been dismayed; her idols have been put to shame; her images have been dismayed.
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Chapter 50 Context
1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the p... Focus ↗
2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Bab...
3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and n... Focus ↗
4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the chi... Focus ↗
5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselve... Focus ↗
6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them... Focus ↗
7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have... Focus ↗
8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he... Focus ↗
9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the nor... Focus ↗
10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. Focus ↗
11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fa... Focus ↗
12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of... Focus ↗
13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every o... Focus ↗
14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare n... Focus ↗
15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are th... Focus ↗
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of... Focus ↗
17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoure... Focus ↗
18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king o... Focus ↗
19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his sou... Focus ↗
20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and the... Focus ↗
21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste an... Focus ↗
22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. Focus ↗
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation amon... Focus ↗
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art... Focus ↗
25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is... Focus ↗
26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her... Focus ↗
27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the... Focus ↗
28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance... Focus ↗
29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; le... Focus ↗
30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that d... Focus ↗
31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the... Focus ↗
32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in... Focus ↗
33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed togeth... Focus ↗
34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that... Focus ↗
35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her pri... Focus ↗
36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be di... Focus ↗
37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in t... Focus ↗
38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and t... Focus ↗
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and t... Focus ↗
40 As God (Elohim) overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so s... Focus ↗
41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up fr... Focus ↗
42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall ro... Focus ↗
43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of... Focus ↗
44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong:... Focus ↗
45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, tha... Focus ↗
46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. Focus ↗