Verse 60
Jeremiah 51:60
Literal Standard Version
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and Jeremiah writes all the calamity that comes to Babylon on one scroll—all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּכְתֹּ֣ב יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ אֵ֧ת כָּל הָ/רָעָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר תָּב֥וֹא אֶל בָּבֶ֖ל אֶל סֵ֣פֶר אֶחָ֑ד אֵ֚ת כָּל הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה הַ/כְּתֻבִ֖ים אֶל בָּבֶֽל
English Translation
And Jeremiah wrote all the evil that would come upon Babylon into one scroll, all these words that are written against Babylon.
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Chapter 51 Context
1
Thus said YHWH: “Behold, I am stirring up against Babylon, || And the inhabitants of Leb, My withsta...
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And I have sent fanners to Babylon, || And they have fanned her, and they empty her land, || For the...
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Do not let the treader tread his bow, || Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, || Nor have pity o...
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4
And the wounded have fallen in the land of the Chaldeans, || And the pierced-through in her streets.
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5
For Israel and Judah are not forsaken || By his God (Elohim)—by YHWH of Hosts, || For their land has...
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6
Flee from the midst of Babylon, || And let each deliver his soul, || Do not be cut off in her iniqui...
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7
Babylon is a golden cup in the hand of YHWH, || Making all the earth drunk, || Nations have drunk of...
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8
Babylon has suddenly fallen, || Indeed, she is broken, howl for her, || Take balm for her pain, perh...
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9
We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, || Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, || For her j...
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10
YHWH has brought forth our righteousnesses, || Come, and we recount in Zion the work of our God (Elo...
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11
Cleanse the arrows, fill the shields, || YHWH has stirred up the spirit of the kings of Media, || Fo...
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12
Lift up an ensign to the walls of Babylon, || Strengthen the watch, || Establish the watchers, prepa...
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13
O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, || Your end has come—the measure of your dishonest...
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14
YHWH of Hosts has sworn by Himself, || That, Surely I have filled you with men as the cankerworm, ||...
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15
Making the earth by His power, || Establishing the world by His wisdom, || Who by His understanding...
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16
At the voice He gives forth, || A multitude of waters are in the heavens, || And He causes vapors to...
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17
Every man has been brutish by knowledge, || Everyone has been put to shame—from refining a carved im...
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18
They are vanity—a work of errors, || They perish in the time of their inspection.
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19
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, || For He is forming the whole, || And Israel is the tribe o...
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20
You are My shatterer—weapons of war, || And I have broken in pieces nations by you, || And I have de...
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21
And I have broken in pieces horse and its rider by you, || And I have broken in pieces chariot and i...
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22
And I have broken in pieces man and woman by you, || And I have broken in pieces old and young by yo...
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23
And I have broken in pieces shepherd and his drove by you, || And I have broken in pieces farmer and...
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24
And I have repaid to Babylon, || And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, || All the evil that they have d...
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25
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “That is destroying...
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26
And they do not take out of you a stone for a corner, || And a stone for foundations, || For you are...
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27
“Lift up an ensign in the land, || Blow a horn among nations, || Sanctify nations against it, || Sum...
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28
Sanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, || Its governors and all its prefects, || A...
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29
And the land shakes, and it is pained, || For the purposes of YHWH have stood against Babylon, || To...
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30
The mighty of Babylon have ceased to fight, || They have remained in strongholds, || Their might has...
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31
Runner runs to meet runner, || And announcer to meet announcer, || To announce to the king of Babylo...
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32
And the passages have been captured, || And they have burned the reeds with fire, || And the men of...
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33
For thus said YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is as a threshing-floor...
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34
Devoured us, crushed us, has Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, || He has set us as an empty vessel, ||...
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35
My wrong, and that of my flesh, is on Babylon—The inhabitant of Zion says; And my blood is on the in...
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36
Therefore, thus said YHWH: Behold, I am pleading your cause, || And I have avenged your vengeance, |...
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37
And Babylon has been for heaps, || A habitation of dragons, || An astonishment, and a hissing, witho...
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38
They roar together as young lions, || They have shaken themselves as lions’ whelps.
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39
In their heat I make their banquets, || And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, || And...
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40
“I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, || As rams with male goats.
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41
How Sheshach has been captured, || Indeed, the praise of the whole earth is caught, || How Babylon h...
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42
The sea has come up over Babylon, || She has been covered with a multitude of its billows.
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43
Her cities have been for a desolation, || A dry land, and a wilderness, || A land—none dwell in them...
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44
And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, || And I have brought forth that which he swallowed—from his m...
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45
Go forth from her midst, O My people, || And let each deliver his soul, || Because of the fierceness...
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46
And lest your heart be tender, || And you are afraid of the report that is heard in the land, || And...
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47
Therefore, behold, days are coming, || And I have seen after the carved images of Babylon. And all i...
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48
And heavens and earth and all that is in them || Have cried aloud against Babylon, || For the spoile...
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49
“As Babylon has caused the pierced of Israel to fall, || So they of Babylon have fallen, || You pier...
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50
You escaped of the sword, go on, do not stand, || Remember YHWH from afar, || And let Jerusalem come...
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51
We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, || Shame has covered our faces, || For strangers have c...
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52
Therefore, behold, days are coming,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And I have seen after her carved...
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53
Because Babylon goes up to the heavens, || And because she fortifies the high place of her strength,...
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54
“A voice of a cry is from Babylon, || And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.
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55
For YHWH is spoiling Babylon, || And has destroyed her great voice, || And her billows have sounded...
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56
For a spoiler has come in against her—against Babylon, || And her mighty ones have been captured, ||...
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57
And I have caused her princes to drink, || And her wise men, her governors, || And her prefects, and...
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58
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: The wall of Babylon—The broad one—is made utterly bare, || And her high gat...
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59
The word that Jeremiah the prophet has commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in his goin...
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60
and Jeremiah writes all the calamity that comes to Babylon on one scroll—all these words that are wr...
61
And Jeremiah says to Seraiah, “When you enter Babylon, then you have seen, and have read all these w...
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62
and have said: YHWH, You have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelli...
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63
And it has come to pass, when you finish reading this scroll, you bind a stone to it, and have cast...
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64
and said, Thus Babylon sinks, and she does not arise, because of the calamity that I am bringing in...
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Verse Information
- Book
- Jeremiah
- Chapter
- Chapter 51 (64 verses)
- Version
- Literal Standard Version