Jeremiah 51 (kjv)

Thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068; Behold, I will raise up^H5782 against Babylon^H894, and against them that dwell^H3427 in the midst^H3820 of them that rise up^H6965 against me, a destroying^H7843 wind^H7307;²And will send^H7971 unto Babylon^H894 fanners^H2114, that shall fan^H2219 her, and shall empty^H1238 her land^H776: for in the day^H3117 of trouble^H7451 they shall be against her round about^H5439.³Against him that bendeth^H1869 let the archer^H1869 bend^H1869 his bow^H7198, and against him that lifteth himself up^H5927 in his brigandine^H5630: and spare^H2550 ye not her young men^H970; destroy ye utterly^H2763 all her host^H6635.⁴Thus the slain^H2491 shall fall^H5307 in the land^H776 of the Chaldeans^H3778, and they that are thrust through^H1856 in her streets^H2351.⁵For Israel^H3478 hath not been forsaken^H488, nor Judah^H3063 of his God^H430, of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635; though their land^H776 was filled^H4390 with sin^H817 against the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478.⁶Flee out^H5127 of the midst^H8432 of Babylon^H894, and deliver^H4422 every man^H376 his soul^H5315: be not cut off^H1826 in her iniquity^H5771; for this is the time^H6256 of the LORD'S^H3068 vengeance^H5360; he will render^H7999 unto her a recompence^H1576.⁷Babylon^H894 hath been a golden^H2091 cup^H3563 in the LORD'S^H3068 hand^H3027, that made all the earth^H776 drunken^H7937: the nations^H1471 have drunken^H8354 of her wine^H3196; therefore the nations^H1471 are mad^H1984.⁸Babylon^H894 is suddenly^H6597 fallen^H5307 and destroyed^H7665: howl^H3213 for her; take^H3947 balm^H6875 for her pain^H4341, if so be she may be healed^H7495.⁹We would have healed^H7495 Babylon^H894, but she is not healed^H7495: forsake^H5800 her, and let us go^H3212 every one^H376 into his own country^H776: for her judgment^H4941 reacheth^H5060 unto heaven^H8064, and is lifted up^H5375 even to the skies^H7834.¹⁰The LORD^H3068 hath brought forth^H3318 our righteousness^H6666: come^H935, and let us declare^H5608 in Zion^H6726 the work^H4639 of the LORD^H3068 our God^H430.¹¹Make bright^H1305 the arrows^H2671; gather^H4390 the shields^H7982: the LORD^H3068 hath raised up^H5782 the spirit^H7307 of the kings^H4428 of the Medes^H4074: for his device^H4209 is against Babylon^H894, to destroy^H7843 it; because it is the vengeance^H5360 of the LORD^H3068, the vengeance^H5360 of his temple^H1964.¹²Set up^H5375 the standard^H5251 upon the walls^H2346 of Babylon^H894, make the watch^H4929 strong^H2388, set up^H6965 the watchmen^H8104, prepare^H3559 the ambushes^H693: for the LORD^H3068 hath both devised^H2161 and done^H6213 that which he spake^H1696 against the inhabitants^H3427 of Babylon^H894.¹³O thou that dwellest^{H7931 H7931} upon many^H7227 waters^H4325, abundant^H7227 in treasures^H214, thine end^H7093 is come^H935, and the measure^H520 of thy covetousness^H1215.¹⁴The LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 hath sworn^H7650 by himself^H5315, saying, Surely I will fill^H4390 thee with men^H120, as with caterpillers^H3218; and they shall lift up^H6030 a shout^H1959 against thee.¹⁵He hath made^H6213 the earth^H776 by his power^H3581, he hath established^H3559 the world^H8398 by his wisdom^H2451, and hath stretched out^H5186 the heaven^H8064 by his understanding^H8394.¹⁶When he uttereth^H5414 his voice^H6963, there is a multitude^H1995 of waters^H4325 in the heavens^H8064; and he causeth the vapours^H5387 to ascend^H5927 from the ends^H7097 of the earth^H776: he maketh^H6213 lightnings^H1300 with rain^H4306, and bringeth forth^H3318 the wind^H7307 out of his treasures^H214.¹⁷Every man^H120 is brutish^H1197 by his knowledge^H1847; every founder^H6884 is confounded^H3001 by the graven image^H6459: for his molten image^H5262 is falsehood^H8267, and there is no breath^H7307 in them.¹⁸They are vanity^H1892, the work^H4639 of errors^H8595: in the time^H6256 of their visitation^H6486 they shall perish^H6.¹⁹The portion^H2506 of Jacob^H3290 is not like them; for he is the former^H3335 of all things: and Israel is the rod^H7626 of his inheritance^H5159: the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 is his name^H8034.²⁰Thou art my battle axe^H4661 and weapons^H3627 of war^H4421: for with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the nations^H1471, and with thee will I destroy^H7843 kingdoms^H4467;²¹And with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the horse^H5483 and his rider^H7392; and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the chariot^H7393 and his rider^H7392;²²With thee also will I break in pieces^H5310 man^H376 and woman^H802; and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 old^H2205 and young^H5288; and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the young man^H970 and the maid^H1330;²³I will also break in pieces^H5310 with thee the shepherd^H7462 and his flock^H5739; and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 the husbandman^H406 and his yoke of oxen^H6776; and with thee will I break in pieces^H5310 captains^H6346 and rulers^H5461.²⁴And I will render^H7999 unto Babylon^H894 and to all the inhabitants^H3427 of Chaldea^H3778 all their evil^H7451 that they have done^H6213 in Zion^H6726 in your sight^H5869, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.²⁵Behold, I am against thee, O destroying^H4889 mountain^H2022, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068, which destroyest^H7843 all the earth^H776: and I will stretch out^H5186 mine hand^H3027 upon thee, and roll thee down^H1556 from the rocks^H5553, and will make^H5414 thee a burnt^H8316 mountain^H2022.²⁶And they shall not take^H3947 of thee a stone^H68 for a corner^H6438, nor a stone^H68 for foundations^H4146; but thou shalt be desolate^H8077 for ever^H5769, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.²⁷Set ye up^H5375 a standard^H5251 in the land^H776, blow^H8628 the trumpet^H7782 among the nations^H1471, prepare^H6942 the nations^H1471 against her, call together^H8085 against her the kingdoms^H4467 of Ararat^H780, Minni^H4508, and Ashchenaz^H813; appoint^H6485 a captain^H2951 against her; cause the horses^H5483 to come up^H5927 as the rough^H5569 caterpillers^H3218.²⁸Prepare^H6942 against her the nations^H1471 with the kings^H4428 of the Medes^H4074, the captains^H6346 thereof, and all the rulers^H5461 thereof, and all the land^H776 of his dominion^H4475.²⁹And the land^H776 shall tremble^H7493 and sorrow^H2342: for every purpose^H4284 of the LORD^H3068 shall be performed^H6965 against Babylon^H894, to make^H7760 the land^H776 of Babylon^H894 a desolation^H8047 without an inhabitant^H3427.³⁰The mighty men^H1368 of Babylon^H894 have forborn^H2308 to fight^H3898, they have remained^H3427 in their holds^H4679: their might^H1369 hath failed^H5405; they became as women^H802: they have burned^H3341 her dwellingplaces^H4908; her bars^H1280 are broken^H7665.³¹One post^H7323 shall run^H7323 to meet^H7125 another^H7323, and one messenger^H5046 to meet^H7125 another^H5046, to shew^H5046 the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 that his city^H5892 is taken^H3920 at one end^H7097,³²And that the passages^H4569 are stopped^H8610, and the reeds^H98 they have burned^H8313 with fire^H784, and the men^H582 of war^H4421 are affrighted^H926.³³For thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, the God^H430 of Israel^H3478; The daughter^H1323 of Babylon^H894 is like a threshingfloor^H1637, it is time^H6256 to thresh^H1869 her: yet a little while^H4592, and the time^H6256 of her harvest^H7105 shall come^H935.³⁴Nebuchadrezzar^H5019 the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 hath devoured^H398 me, he hath crushed^H2000 me, he hath made^H3322 me an empty^H7385 vessel^H3627, he hath swallowed me up^H1104 like a dragon^H8577, he hath filled^H4390 his belly^H3770 with my delicates^H5730, he hath cast me out^H1740.³⁵The violence^H2555 done to me and to my flesh^H7607 be upon Babylon^H894, shall the inhabitant^H3427 of Zion^H6726 say^H559; and my blood^H1818 upon the inhabitants^H3427 of Chaldea^H3778, shall Jerusalem^H3389 say^H559.³⁶Therefore thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068; Behold, I will plead^H7378 thy cause^H7379, and take vengeance^H5358 for thee^H5360; and I will dry up^H2717 her sea^H3220, and make her springs^H4726 dry^H3001.³⁷And Babylon^H894 shall become heaps^H1530, a dwellingplace^H4583 for dragons^H8577, an astonishment^H8047, and an hissing^H8322, without an inhabitant^H3427.³⁸They shall roar^H7580 together^H3162 like lions^H3715: they shall yell^H5286 as lions^H738' whelps^H1484.³⁹In their heat^H2527 I will make^H7896 their feasts^H4960, and I will make them drunken^H7937, that they may rejoice^H5937, and sleep^H3462 a perpetual^H5769 sleep^H8142, and not wake^H6974, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.⁴⁰I will bring them down^H3381 like lambs^H3733 to the slaughter^H2873, like rams^H352 with he goats^H6260.⁴¹How is Sheshach^H8347 taken^H3920 ! and how is the praise^H8416 of the whole earth^H776 surprised^H8610 ! how is Babylon^H894 become an astonishment^H8047 among the nations^H1471!⁴²The sea^H3220 is come up^H5927 upon Babylon^H894: she is covered^H3680 with the multitude^H1995 of the waves^H1530 thereof.⁴³Her cities^H5892 are a desolation^H8047, a dry^H6723 land^H776, and a wilderness^H6160, a land^H776 wherein no man^H376 dwelleth^H3427, neither doth any son^H1121 of man^H120 pass^H5674 thereby^H2004.⁴⁴And I will punish^H6485 Bel^H1078 in Babylon^H894, and I will bring forth^H3318 out of his mouth^H6310 that which he hath swallowed up^H1105: and the nations^H1471 shall not flow together^H5102 any more unto him: yea, the wall^H2346 of Babylon^H894 shall fall^H5307.⁴⁵My people^H5971, go ye out^H3318 of the midst^H8432 of her, and deliver^H4422 ye every man^H376 his soul^H5315 from the fierce^H2740 anger^H639 of the LORD^H3068.⁴⁶And lest your heart^H3824 faint^H7401, and ye fear^H3372 for the rumour^H8052 that shall be heard^H8085 in the land^H776; a rumour^H8052 shall both come^H935 one year^H8141, and after^H310 that in another year^H8141 shall come a rumour^H8052, and violence^H2555 in the land^H776, ruler^H4910 against ruler^H4910.⁴⁷Therefore, behold, the days^H3117 come^H935, that I will do judgment^H6485 upon the graven images^H6456 of Babylon^H894: and her whole land^H776 shall be confounded^H954, and all her slain^H2491 shall fall^H5307 in the midst^H8432 of her.⁴⁸Then the heaven^H8064 and the earth^H776, and all that is therein, shall sing^H7442 for Babylon^H894: for the spoilers^H7703 shall come^H935 unto her from the north^H6828, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.⁴⁹As^H1571 Babylon^H894 hath caused the slain^H2491 of Israel^H3478 to fall^H5307, so at Babylon^H894 shall fall^H5307 the slain^H2491 of all the earth^H776.⁵⁰Ye that have escaped^H6405 the sword^H2719, go away^H1980, stand not still^H5975: remember^H2142 the LORD^H3068 afar off^H7350, and let Jerusalem^H3389 come^H5927 into your mind^H3824.⁵¹We are confounded^H954, because we have heard^H8085 reproach^H2781: shame^H3639 hath covered^H3680 our faces^H6440: for strangers^H2114 are come^H935 into the sanctuaries^H4720 of the LORD'S^H3068 house^H1004.⁵²Wherefore, behold, the days^H3117 come^H935, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068, that I will do judgment^H6485 upon her graven images^H6456: and through all her land^H776 the wounded^H2491 shall groan^H602.⁵³Though Babylon^H894 should mount up^H5927 to heaven^H8064, and though she should fortify^H1219 the height^H4791 of her strength^H5797, yet^H227 from me shall spoilers^H7703 come^H935 unto her, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.⁵⁴A sound^H6963 of a cry^H2201 cometh from Babylon^H894, and great^H1419 destruction^H7667 from the land^H776 of the Chaldeans^H3778:⁵⁵Because the LORD^H3068 hath spoiled^H7703 Babylon^H894, and destroyed^H6 out of her the great^H1419 voice^H6963; when her waves^H1530 do roar^H1993 like great^H7227 waters^H4325, a noise^H7588 of their voice^H6963 is uttered^H5414:⁵⁶Because the spoiler^H7703 is come^H935 upon her, even upon Babylon^H894, and her mighty men^H1368 are taken^H3920, every one of their bows^H7198 is broken^H2865: for the LORD^H3068 God^H410 of recompences^H1578 shall surely^H7999 requite^H7999.⁵⁷And I will make drunk^H7937 her princes^H8269, and her wise^H2450 men, her captains^H6346, and her rulers^H5461, and her mighty men^H1368: and they shall sleep^H3462 a perpetual^H5769 sleep^H8142, and not wake^H6974, saith^H5002 the King^H4428, whose name^H8034 is the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.⁵⁸Thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635; The broad^H7342 walls^H2346 of Babylon^H894 shall be utterly^H6209 broken^H6209, and her high^H1364 gates^H8179 shall be burned^H3341 with fire^H784; and the people^H5971 shall labour^H3021 in vain^H7385, and the folk^H3816 in^H1767 the fire^H784, and they shall be weary^H3286.

⁵⁹The word^H1697 which Jeremiah^H3414 the prophet^H5030 commanded^H6680 Seraiah^H8304 the son^H1121 of Neriah^H5374, the son^H1121 of Maaseiah^H4271, when he went^H3212 with Zedekiah^H6667 the king^H4428 of Judah^H3063 into Babylon^H894 in the fourth^H7243 year^H8141 of his reign^H4427. And this Seraiah^H8304 was a quiet^H4496 prince^H8269.⁶⁰So Jeremiah^H3414 wrote^H3789 in a^H259 book^H5612 all the evil^H7451 that should come^H935 upon Babylon^H894, even all these words^H1697 that are written^H3789 against Babylon^H894.⁶¹And Jeremiah^H3414 said^H559 to Seraiah^H8304, When thou comest^H935 to Babylon^H894, and shalt see^H7200, and shalt read^H7121 all these words^H1697;⁶²Then shalt thou say^H559, O LORD^H3068, thou hast spoken^H1696 against this place^H4725, to cut it off^H3772, that none shall remain^H3427 in it, neither man^H120 nor beast^H929, but that it shall be desolate^H8077 for ever^H5769.⁶³And it shall be, when thou hast made an end^H3615 of reading^H7121 this book^H5612, that thou shalt bind^H7194 a stone^H68 to it, and cast^H7993 it into the midst^H8432 of Euphrates^H6578:

⁶⁴And thou shalt say^H559, Thus shall Babylon^H894 sink^H8257, and shall not rise^H6965 from^H6440 the evil^H7451 that I will bring^H935 upon her: and they shall be weary^H3286. Thus far are the words^H1697 of Jeremiah^H3414.