1 The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559",
2 I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" send|strong="H7971" foreigners|strong="H2114" to|strong="H1961" winnow|strong="H2219" Babylon|strong="H0894",
3 The|strong="H3605" Babylonian soldiers|strong="H5927" will|strong="H6635" not|strong="H0408" get|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" use their|strong="H3605" bows|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7198" arrows|strong="H7198".
4 Babylon’s soldiers will|strong="H0776" be|strong="H0776" killed|strong="H2491" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" Chaldeans|strong="H3778".
5 The|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" leave Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" alone, like|strong="H0776" a|strong="H3588" widow.
6 Run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" from|strong="H0376" Babylon|strong="H0894".
7 Babylon|strong="H0894" was|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H5921" golden|strong="H2091" cup|strong="H3563" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027".
8 But|strong="H3947" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H5307" suddenly|strong="H6597" fall|strong="H5307" and|strong="H0894" be|strong="H7665" broken|strong="H7665".
9 We|strong="H3588" tried to|strong="H0413" heal|strong="H7495" Babylon|strong="H0894",
10 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" got|strong="H3318" even|strong="H0853" for|strong="H0430" us|strong="H0935".
11 Sharpen|strong="H1305" the|strong="H0853" arrows|strong="H2671"!
12 Lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H6965" a|strong="H3588" flag against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894".
13 Babylon, you|strong="H5921" live|strong="H7931" near|strong="H5921" much|strong="H7227" water|strong="H4325".
14 The|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful used|strong="H7650" his|strong="H5921" name|strong="H0518" to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H7650":
15 God|strong="H8064" used|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3559" great power|strong="H3581" and|strong="H0776" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0776" earth|strong="H0776".
16 When|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" thunders|strong="H1995", the|strong="H5414" waters|strong="H4325" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5414" skies roar|strong="H1995".
17 But|strong="H3588" people|strong="H0120" are|strong="H0120" so|strong="H3808" stupid.
18 Those|strong="H1992" idols|strong="H1892" are|strong="H1992" worthless|strong="H1892".
19 But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" Portion|strong="H2506", is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" those|strong="H0428" worthless statues.
20 The|strong="H7843" Lord says, “Babylon, you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H1471" my|strong="H7843" club.
21 I|strong="H5310" used you to|strong="H7392" smash horse|strong="H5483" and|strong="H7393" rider|strong="H7392".
22 I|strong="H5288" used you|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0376" smash men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0376" women|strong="H0802".
23 I|strong="H5310" used you to|strong="H0406" smash shepherds|strong="H7462" and|strong="H6346" flocks|strong="H5739".
24 But|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" repay|strong="H7999" Babylonia|strong="H0894" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Babylonians|strong="H3778" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" Zion|strong="H6726".
25 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002",
26 People|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" stones|strong="H0068" from|strong="H4480" Babylon to|strong="H1961" use|strong="H3947" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5002" foundation of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" building.
27 “Lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" war flag in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776"!
28 Get the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" ready for|strong="H5921" battle against|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3605".
29 The|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" shakes|strong="H2342" and|strong="H6965" moves as|strong="H3068" if|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H0369" in|strong="H3427" pain.
30 Babylon’s|strong="H0894" soldiers|strong="H1368" have|strong="H1961" stopped|strong="H2308" fighting|strong="H3898".
31 One|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H5046" follows another|strong="H5046".
32 The|strong="H0853" places where people|strong="H0376" cross the|strong="H0853" rivers have|strong="H0376" been captured|strong="H8610".
33 This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful, the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" people of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559":
34 “King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" destroyed|strong="H0398" us|strong="H1104" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0398" past.
35 Babylon|strong="H0894" did terrible things to|strong="H0413" hurt us|strong="H0413".
36 So|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559":
37 Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3427" ruined|strong="H8047" buildings,
38 “The|strong="H3715" people of Babylon are|strong="H3715" like|strong="H3162" roaring|strong="H7580" young|strong="H3715" lions|strong="H0738".
39 They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3068" acting like|strong="H3808" powerful lions.
40 “Babylon will|strong="H3381" be like|strong="H5973" sheep, rams|strong="H0352", and|strong="H3381" goats|strong="H6260" waiting to|strong="H3381" be killed.
41 “Sheshach|strong="H8347" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" defeated.
42 The|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" will|strong="H0894" rise|strong="H5927" over|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894".
43 Babylon will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H6723", desert|strong="H6160" land|strong="H0776".
44 I|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1471" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H0853" false god|strong="H3808" Bel|strong="H1078" in|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894".
45 Come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city of|strong="H0376" Babylon, my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971".
46 “Don’t be|strong="H0776" sad, my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085".
47 The|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" will|strong="H0776" surely|strong="H6485" come|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H0776" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" false gods of|strong="H0776" Babylon|strong="H0894",
48 Then|strong="H0935" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H0935" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921"
49 “Babylon|strong="H0894" killed|strong="H2491" people|strong="H0776" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".
50 You|strong="H5921" people|strong="H0408" escaped the|strong="H0853" swords|strong="H2719".
51 “We|strong="H3588" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1004" Judah are|strong="H3068" ashamed|strong="H0954".
52 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “The|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935",
53 Babylon|strong="H0894" might|strong="H5797" grow|strong="H5927" until she|strong="H3588" touches the|strong="H5002" sky|strong="H8064".
54 “We|strong="H0776" can hear|strong="H6963" people|strong="H0776" crying|strong="H6963" in|strong="H0776" Babylon|strong="H0894".
55 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H0006" Babylon|strong="H0894" very|strong="H1419" soon|strong="H3588".
56 The|strong="H5921" army will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" destroy|strong="H7703" Babylon|strong="H0894".
57 I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7937" Babylon’s wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H1368"
58 This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful says|strong="H0559":
59 This|strong="H1697" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" officer|strong="H8269" Seraiah|strong="H8304" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Neriah|strong="H5374". Neriah|strong="H5374" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahseiah|strong="H4271". Seraiah|strong="H8304" went to|strong="H1697" Babylon|strong="H0894" with|strong="H0854" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". This|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H1697" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" fourth|strong="H7243" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H0834" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". At|strong="H4428" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H8141" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" gave|strong="H6680" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" Seraiah|strong="H8304", the|strong="H0853" officer|strong="H8269".
60 Jeremiah|strong="H3414" had|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" scroll|strong="H5612" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0834" happen|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" Babylon|strong="H0894". He|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H0413" Babylon|strong="H0894".
61 Jeremiah|strong="H3414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Seraiah|strong="H8304", “Seraiah|strong="H8304", go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Babylon|strong="H0894". Be|strong="H1697" sure to|strong="H0413" read|strong="H7121" this|strong="H0428" message|strong="H1697" so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H7200" can|strong="H7200" hear you|strong="H3605".
62 Then|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559", ‘LORD|strong="H3068", you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3772" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725", Babylon. You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3772" it|strong="H3588" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H1115" people|strong="H0120" or|strong="H5704" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H3588". This|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" empty ruin|strong="H8077" forever|strong="H5769".’
63 After|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" finish|strong="H3615" reading|strong="H7121" this|strong="H2088" scroll|strong="H5612", tie|strong="H7194" a|strong="H1961" stone|strong="H0068" to|strong="H0413" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0068" throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River.
64 Then|strong="H6965" say|strong="H0559", ‘In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" same|strong="H1697" way|strong="H1697" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H0834" sink|strong="H8257". Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H0834" rise|strong="H6965" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808". It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0834" sink|strong="H8257" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0559" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" make|strong="H6965" happen|strong="H1697" here|strong="H2008".’”