1 This|strong="H1697" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" message|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0834" prophet|strong="H5030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" about|strong="H0413" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H3068" its people|strong="H0834".
2 “Announce|strong="H5046" this|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3920" nations|strong="H1471"!
3 A|strong="H1961" nation|strong="H1471" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" north|strong="H6828" will|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5927" Babylon.
4 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256"
5 They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" how|strong="H1870" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Zion|strong="H6726".
6 “My|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" lost|strong="H0006" sheep|strong="H6629".
7 They|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" attacked by|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" saw them|strong="H0398".
8 “Run away|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Babylon|strong="H0894".
9 I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H0776" bring|strong="H7725" many|strong="H1419" nations|strong="H1471" together|strong="H5921" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828".
10 The|strong="H3605" enemy will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wealth from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Chaldeans|strong="H3778".
11 “Babylon, you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H0047" excited and|strong="H8055" happy|strong="H8055".
12 Now|strong="H2009" your|strong="H2009" mother|strong="H0517" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H0517" very|strong="H3966" ashamed|strong="H0954".
13 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" anger,
14 “Prepare|strong="H6186" for|strong="H3588" war against|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894".
15 Soldiers around|strong="H5439" Babylon, shout|strong="H7321" the|strong="H0834" cry|strong="H7321" of|strong="H3068" victory!
16 Don’t let|strong="H6256" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3772" Babylon|strong="H0894" plant|strong="H2232" their|strong="H6440" crops|strong="H7105".
17 “Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H2088" like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H2088" flock|strong="H7716" of|strong="H4428" sheep|strong="H7716" that|strong="H2088" was|strong="H3478" scattered|strong="H6340" all|strong="H0398" over|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0398" country.
18 So|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful, the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559":
19 “‘I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H7725" Israel|strong="H3478" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5315" fields.
20 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" people|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" try hard to|strong="H0369" find|strong="H4672" Israel’s|strong="H3478" guilt|strong="H5771",
21 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “Attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Merathaim|strong="H4850"!
22 “The|strong="H0776" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H0776" battle|strong="H4421" can be|strong="H0776" heard|strong="H6963" all|strong="H1419" over|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" country|strong="H0776".
23 Babylon|strong="H0894" was|strong="H1961" called
24 Babylon|strong="H0894", I|strong="H3588" set|strong="H3369" a|strong="H3588" trap for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859",
25 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" opened|strong="H6605" up|strong="H0853" his|strong="H3068" storeroom|strong="H0214"
26 “Come|strong="H0935" against|strong="H0935" Babylon from|strong="H0935" far away|strong="H0935".
27 Kill|strong="H2717" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H6499" men|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" Babylon.
28 People|strong="H0776" are|strong="H3068" running out|strong="H0853" of|strong="H0776" Babylon|strong="H0894".
29 “Call|strong="H8085" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" archers|strong="H7198".
30 Babylon’s young|strong="H0970" men|strong="H0376" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H5307" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H7339".
31 “Babylon, you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" too proud,
32 Proud Babylon will|strong="H0369" stumble|strong="H3782" and|strong="H6965" fall|strong="H5307",
33 This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful says|strong="H0559":
34 But|strong="H1350" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" get them|strong="H0853" back|strong="H1350".
35 The|strong="H5002" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002",
36 Sword|strong="H2719", kill|strong="H2719" the|strong="H0413" priests|strong="H0907" of|strong="H1368" Babylon.
37 Sword|strong="H2719", kill|strong="H2719" the|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H0802" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H0802" Babylon.
38 Sword, strike the|strong="H3588" waters|strong="H4325" of|strong="H0776" Babylon.
39 Babylon will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" be|strong="H5750" filled with|strong="H0854" people|strong="H3427".
40 God|strong="H0430" completely destroyed Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H1121" Gomorrah|strong="H6017"
41 “Look|strong="H2009"! There|strong="H2009" are|strong="H0776" people|strong="H5971" coming|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" north|strong="H6828".
42 Their|strong="H1992" armies|strong="H3808" have|strong="H7355" bows|strong="H7198" and|strong="H0376" spears.
43 The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" those|strong="H0853" armies,
44 “Sometimes a|strong="H3588" lion|strong="H0738" will|strong="H4310" come|strong="H5927"
45 Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289"
46 Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H0776" fall,