Jeremiah

Jeremiah 51

1The severe judgment of God against Babylon in revenge of Israel. 59Jeremiah delivereth the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon.

1THUS saith the LORD; Behold, ^aI will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the ¹midst of them ^bthat rise up against me, a ^cdestroying wind;

a Am. 3.6. Is. 45.7; 13.3-5,9,11,13. Hab. 2.7. ch. 50.9,14-16,21-32, 41-45. b ch. 50.29,32,33. Zec. 2.8. c 2Ki. 19.7. ch. 4.11,12; 49.36. Is. 27.8. Eze. 17.10; 19.12. Ho. 13.15. v.27,28.

2And will send unto Babylon ^d*fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of ^etrouble they shall be against her round about.

d ch. 15.7. Is. 41.16. Mat. 3.12. Eze. 5.12. v.3,4,27,28. e ch. 50.14,15,24,29,32. v.12,27-31.

3Against him that bendeth ^flet the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his ^g*brigandine: and ^hspare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

f ch. 50.14,29,41,42. g ch. 46.4. h ch. 50.21,27,30. v.40,47,49,52,57. De. 32.35. Ja. 2.13. Ps. 137.8. ch. 9.21. Is. 13.15-17.

4Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are ⁱthrust through in her streets.

i ch. 49.26.

5For ^jIsrael hath not been forsaken, ^knor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; ^lthough their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

j Ho. 1.10. Is. 44.21; 49.14,15. ch. 31.14. 1Sa. 12.22. Is. 54.5,6. Zec. 1.15,16. ch. 50.20. k Zec. 2.12; 12.6-8. l ch. 31.37. Mi. 7.18-20.

6^mFlee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is ⁿthe time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

m ch. 50.8,28. v.9,45,50. Re. 18.4. Ge. 19.16,17. n Ps. 37.13. ch. 46.10; 50.15,25,27-29. Re. 18.6. v.11,36,49,56. Ps. 137.8. ch. 25.14,16.

7Babylon hath been a ^ogolden cup in the LORD's hand, that ^pmade all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

o Re. 17.4. Da. 2.32,38. Is. 14.4-6. Hab. 2.15. p ch. 25.9-34. Is. 14.5,6. v.20-23. Da. 3.1-7. Re. 14.8; 17.2,6; 18.3.

8Babylon is ^qsuddenly fallen and destroyed: ^rhowl for her; ^stake balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

q Da. 5.24-31. Is. 21.9; 47.9. Re. 14.8; 18.2,8,10,17,19. Ps. 37.36. 1Th. 5.2,3. r ch. 48.20,38. Is. 15.3-5,8; 21.3,4; 13.6-8. Re. 18.9-19. s ch. 46.11; 8.22. v.29.

9We would have healed Babylon, but she is ^tnot healed: ^uforsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for ^vher judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

t ch. 8.20. Mat. 25.10-13. u v.6. ch. 46.16; 50.16. Is. 13.14. v Is. 13; 14; 21; 16; 47. ch. 50; 51. 2Ch. 28.6,8. Re. 18.5.

10The LORD hath brought forth our ^wrighteousness: come, and ^xlet us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

w Ps. 37.6. Mi. 7.9,10. Zec. 1.15. x ch. 50.28.

11^yMake ²bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD ^zhath raised up the spirit of the kings of ^athe Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because ^bit is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

y v.12. ch. 46.3,4; 50.9,14,25. Is. 13.15,18. z Is. 13.2-5,17; 21.2; 41.2,3,25; 45.1; 46.11. ch. 50.9,41,42. v.27-29. a 2Ki. 17.6. b ch. 50.15,28. v.4,5,24,35. Zec. 1.15. Is. 47.6.

12Set up the ^*standard upon the walls of ^cBabylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ³ambushes: for the LORD ^dhath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

c v.8. ch. 46.4. Na. 2.1; 3.14. Is. 13.2. d v.11,29. La. 2.17.

13O thou that dwellest upon ^emany waters, ^fabundant in treasures, ^gthine end is come, and ^hthe measure of thy covetousness.

e ch. 50.38. v.36. Re. 17.1,15. f Is. 14.4. v.7. Da. 2.32,38. g ch. 50.27,31. Eze. 7.2-12. Am. 8.2. h Ge. 15.16. Na. 2.12,13. Hab. 2.5-17.

14The ⁱLORD of hosts hath sworn ⁴by himself, saying , Surely I will fill thee with men, ^jas with caterpillers; and they shall ⁵lift up ^ka shout against thee.

i Am. 6.8. He. 6.13. Is. 45.23. ch. 49.13. j ch. 46.23. Ju. 6.5. Na. 3.15-17. Joel 2.2,3. k Is. 16.9. Eze. 21.22.

15He ^lhath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his ^munderstanding.

l Ge. 1.1,6. ch. 10.12-16. Job 9.8. Is. 40.22. Ps. 104.2,24; 24.1,2; 136.5,6. m Pr. 3.19.

16When ⁿhe uttereth his voice, there is a ⁶multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

n Ps. 107.25. ch. 10.12,13. Ps. 135.7. Job 36.26-33; 37.2-11; 38.22-35.

17Every ^oman ⁷is brutish by his knowledge; every ^*founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

o ch. 10.14. 1Co. 1.19-21. Ro. 1.21-23. Ps. 53.4; 115.5,8. Is. 44.9-20.

18They are ^pvanity, the work of errors: ^qin the time of their visitation they shall perish.

p ch. 10.15. Jn. 2.8. q Ex. 12.12. Is. 19.1; 46.1,2. ch. 43.12,13; 46.25; 48.7; 50.2.

19The ^rportion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: ^sand Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.

r Ps. 16.5; 73.26. La. 3.24. ch. 10.16. Ps. 33.6; 115.3. Ex. 20.11. s Ps. 74.2; 135.6. De. 32.9. ch. 50.11; 12.7-10. Ex. 19.5,6. Tit. 2.14. 1Pe. 2.9.

20Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for ⁸with thee will I ^tbreak in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

t Is. 41.15,16. Mi. 4.13.

21And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

22With thee also will ^uI break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

u 2Ch. 36.17. Eze. 9.6. Hab. 1.6-10,15; 2.8,17.

23I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the ^*husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

24And ^vI will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

v Is. 47.6,8. ch. 50.15,17,18,28,29, 33,34. v.11,35,49. Ps. 137.8,9.

25Behold, I am against thee, O ^wdestroying mountain, saith the LORD, which ^xdestroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

w Ge. 11.4,9. Da. 4.30. Is. 13.2. v.53,58. ch. 50.32. Zec. 4.6,7. Re. 8.8; 17.16; 18.8,9. 2Ki. 23.13. x v.20. Is. 14.5,6.

26And ^ythey shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor ^za stone for foundations; but thou shalt be ⁹desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

y Is. 13.19-22; 14.23. ch. 50.12,13,40,41. v.37,42,43. z ch. 28.16. Ps. 118.22.

27^aSet ye up a ^*standard in the land, ^bblow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, ^ccall together against her ^dthe kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a ^ecaptain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

a Is. 13.2-5; 18.3; 5.26. ch. 25.14. b ch. 4.5. c Is. 13.2-5,17; 21.2. ch. 50.3,9,14,26. v.11,28,48. d ch. 50.41. e Na. 3.17.

28Prepare against her the nations with ^fthe kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

f v.11,27. Is. 10.8. ch. 25.25.

29And ^gthe land shall tremble and sorrow: for ^hevery purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

g Is. 13.6-10; 21.3,4. ch. 50.43. v.38,54. ch. 10.10. Joel 2.10. Am. 8.8. h v.11,12. ch. 50; 51. Is. 13; 14; 21; 46; 47. Re. 18.2,21-24.

30The ⁱmighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they ^jbecame as women: ^kthey have burned her dwellingplaces; ^lher bars are broken.

i Is. 13.7,8,14. ch. 50.30,36,37,43. v.32,57. 1Sa. 14.11. Ps. 76.5. Re. 18.10. Na. 3.13. ch. 48.41. j Is. 19.16. k ch. 50.32. v.25,58. l La. 2.9. Am. 1.5. Na. 3.13. Ps. 107.16; 147.13. ch. 50.36.

31^mOne ^*post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew ⁿthe king of Babylon that his city is taken ^oat one end,

m 1Sa. 4.16. 2Sa. 18.19. ch. 4.20. 2Ch. 30.6. n Da. 5.1-30. Is. 14.4-22. ch. 50.43. o ch. 50.26.

32And that the ^ppassages are stopped, and the ^qreeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are ^*affrighted.

p v.14,27,30. Is. 45.1. q Is. 44.27. ch. 50.38. v.36,37.

33For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a ^rthreshingfloor, ¹⁰it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her ^sharvest shall come.

r Is. 21.9. ch. 50.15-29. Is. 41.15,16. Ho. 13.3. Mi. 4.13. Hab. 3.12. s Mat. 13.39. Is. 17.5; 18.5. Ho. 6.11. Joel 3.13,14. Re. 14.15-18.

34^tNebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like ^ua ^*dragon, he hath filled his belly with my ^*delicates, ^vhe hath cast me out.

t ch. 50.7,17,33. v.5,44,49. ch. 39; 52. La. 1-5. 2Ki. 24; 25. u Ps. 74.13. v Re. 3.16.

35¹¹The ^wviolence done to me and to ^xmy ¹²flesh be ^yupon Babylon, shall the ¹³inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

w Zec. 1.15. ch. 50.29. Ps. 9.12; 12.5. Ju. 9.24. x Ju. 9.5. 2Sa. 5.1. Ne. 5.5. y Ps. 137.8,9. Re. 18.6. Mat. 7.2. Ja. 2.13.

36Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, ^zI will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I ^awill dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

z ch. 50.11,34. v.24,49. Ps. 12.5. Zec. 1.15,16. Mi. 4.11-13. Hab. 2.15-17; 1.13. Is. 47.6; 43.14; 49.26. Pr. 23.11; 5.22. a ch. 50.38. v.32. Is. 44.27. Re. 16.12.

37And ^bBabylon shall become ^cheaps, a dwellingplace for ^*dragons, ^dan astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

b ch. 50.12-15,23,26,32, 39,40,45. v.9,25,26,29,41-44,47, 54-58,62. Is. 13.19-22; 14.23. ch. 25.9. Re. 18.2. c Is. 25.2. d ch. 18.16.

38They ^eshall roar together like lions: they shall ¹⁴yell as ^flions' whelps.

e Zec. 11.3. Is. 21.5; 59.11. v.39. Da. 5.1-4,30,31. Am. 3.4. f Na. 2.12.

39In ^gtheir heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.

g Is. 21.5; 22.12,13. Da. 5.1-4,30,31. v.57.

40I ^hwill bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with ⁱhe goats.

h Is. 34.6; 13.12-18; 14.21,22; 47.9,12-14. Ps. 137.8,9. ch. 50.27,36,37. v.3,4,22,23. i ch. 50.8.

41How is ^jSheshach taken! and how is ^kthe praise of the whole ^learth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

j ch. 25.26; 50.13. Da. 4.30. Is. 13.19; 14.4-23. v.37. Re. 18.10. k ch. 49.25. l Da. 5.4.

42The ^msea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

m Is. 8.7,8. Da. 9.26. Ps. 18.16; 144.7. ch. 50.9. v.27,64. Is. 21.1.

43Her ⁿcities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

n ch. 50.39,40.

44And ^oI will punish Bel in Babylon, and ^pI will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, ^qthe wall of Babylon shall fall.

o v.18,47. ch. 50.2. Is. 46.1,2. p Ezr. 1.7. 2Ch. 36.7. Da. 1.2. 2Ki. 25.13-17. ch. 50.28. v.11,24,34. Re. 18.11,24. q v.25,37,58.

45My people, ^rgo ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

r v.6,10,50. ch. 50.8. Is. 48.20; 52.2,11,12. Re. 18.4; 14.8-11.

46And ¹⁵lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the ^srumour that shall be heard in the land; ^ta rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and ^uviolence in the land, ruler against ruler.

s Mar. 13.7. t Is. 21.3; 13.4. u Is. 13.13-18. v.11,27,28. ch. 50.9,26,29. Da. 5.30,31. Re. 12.7,12; 16.14. Is. 19.2. Ju. 7.22. 1Sa. 14.16,20. 2Ch. 20.23.

47Therefore, behold, the days come, that ^vI will ¹⁶do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and ^wher whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

v Is. 21.9; 46.1,2. ch. 50.2. v.18,44,52. w ch. 50.12-16,21-32, 35-40. v.24-43. Is. 13; 14; 29; 56; 47. Hab. 2. Re. 16; 18; 19.

48Then ^xthe heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for ^ythe spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.

x v.10. ch. 50.28,29. Is. 44.23; 48.20; 49.13. Re. 18.20; 19.1-7. y ch. 50.3,9-16,21-32,41, 42. v.2,11,27,28.

49¹⁷As ^zBabylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all ¹⁸the earth.

z Ju. 1.7. Mat. 7.2. Ja. 2.13. Ps. 137.8,9. ch. 50.11-29,33,34. v.10,11,24,35. Zec. 1.15,16.

50^aYe that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let ^bJerusalem come into your mind.

a ch. 44.28; 31.2,7-12; 50.8,20. Is. 4.2; 48.20; 51.11; 52.2,11. Zec. 2.7-9. v.45. Ps. 137.5,6. b Ps. 122.6; 137.5,6.

51We ^care confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for ^dstrangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house.

c La. 2.10; 2.15,16. Ps. 44.15,16; 79.4; 137.1; 115.2. Eze. 36.20. ch. 3.23-25. d Ps. 74.3-8; 79.1. La. 1.10. Eze. 7.21,22; 24.20.

52Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that ^eI will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the ^fwounded shall groan.

e v.47. f Is. 13.15,16. Da. 5.30,31.

53^gThough Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet ^hfrom me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

g Ps. 139.8-10. Ge. 11.4. ch. 49.16. Ob. 4. v.25,58. Is. 47.7,8. Da. 4.30. Is. 14.12-15. h ch. 50.9-16,21-32,34-45. v.1-4,11,20-48,55,56. Is. 13.2-5,17.

54A ⁱsound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

i ch. 50.22,29,43. v.29,38. Is. 13.6-8; 21.3,4.

55Because ^jthe LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

j ch. 50.9,10; 25.10. Is. 15.1; 47.5. Re. 18.23. ch. 48.45.

56^kBecause the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and ^lher mighty men are taken, every one of ^mtheir bows is broken: for ⁿthe LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

k v.55. Re. 17.16. l v.30,57. Eze. 30.21,22; 39.3. Ps. 46.9; 76.3,5. m 1Sa. 2.4. n Ps. 94.1; 137.8. 2Th. 1.6. ch. 50.11-18,28,29,33, 34. v.24,34-37. Is. 59.18.

57And ^oI will make drunk her princes, and her wise men , her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the ^pKing, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

o v.39. ch. 50.35; 25.27. Hab. 2.16. Da. 5.1-4,30,31. Is. 21.4,5. p ch. 46.18; 48.15.

58Thus saith the LORD of hosts; ¹⁹The ^qbroad walls of Babylon shall be ²⁰utterly broken, and her ^rhigh gates shall ^sbe burned with fire; and ^tthe people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

q ch. 50.15,26,39,40. v.25,44,62. r Is. 45.2. s ch. 50.32. v.25,30. t ch. 50.13. Hab. 2.13. v.25,26,37.

59¶The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of ^uNeriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went ²¹with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a ²²quiet prince.

u ch. 36.4.

60So Jeremiah ^vwrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even ^wall these words that are written against Babylon.

v ch. 30.2; 36.2-4. Is. 8.1-4; 30.8. Hab. 2.2. w ch. 50; 51.

61And Jeremiah said to ^xSeraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt ^yread all these words;

x v.59, not ch. 52.24. y ch. 29.1,2. 1Th. 4.18.

62Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, ^zto cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be ²³desolate for ever.

z ch. 50.3,13,39,40. v.26,37.

63And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that ^athou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:

a ch. 19.10. Re. 18.21.

64And thou shalt say, ^bThus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and ^cthey shall be weary. ^dThus far are the words of Jeremiah.

b v.42. Is. 14.23; 21.1; 26.14; 34.14; 13.19-22. ch. 50.13,39,40. c v.58. Ps. 76.12. Hab. 2.13. d Job 31.40. Ps. 72.20. ch. 48.47.