<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="894">Babylon</s> and <sn="413">against</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s><sn="3027">by</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="5046">Declare</s> ye among the <sn="1471">nations</s>, and <sn="8085">publish</s>, and set <sn="5375">up</s> a <sn="5251">standard</s>; <sn="8085">publish</s>, and <sn="3582">conceal</s><sn="408">not</s>: <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="894">Babylon</s> is <sn="3920">taken</s>, <sn="1078">Bel</s> is <sn="3001">confounded</s>, <sn="4781">Merodach</s> is broken in <sn="2844">pieces</s>; her <sn="6091">idols</s> are <sn="3001">confounded</s>, her <sn="1544">images</s> are broken in <sn="2865">pieces</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s> out of the <sn="4480 6828">north</s> there cometh <sn="5927">up</s> a <sn="1471">nation</s><sn="5921">against</s> her, <sn="1931">which</s> shall <sn="7896">make</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="776">land</s><sn="8047">desolate</s>, and <sn="3808">none</s><sn="1961">shall</s><sn="3427">dwell</s> therein: they shall <sn="5110">remove</s>, they shall <sn="1980">depart</s>, both <sn="4480 120">man</s> and <sn="929">beast</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>In <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s>, and in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall <sn="935">come</s>, <sn="1992">they</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="3162">together</s>, <sn="1980">going</s> and <sn="1058">weeping</s>: they shall <sn="1980">go</s>, and <sn="1245">seek</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>They shall <sn="7592">ask</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> to <sn="6726">Zion</s> with their <sn="6440">faces</s><sn="2008">thitherward</s>, saying, <sn="935">Come</s>, and let us join <sn="3867">ourselves</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in a <sn="5769">perpetual</s><sn="1285">covenant</s> that shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="7911">forgotten</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>My <sn="5971">people</s> hath <sn="1961">been</s><sn="6">lost</s><sn="6629">sheep</s>: their <sn="7462">shepherds</s> have caused them to go <sn="8582">astray</s>, they have turned them <sn="7725">away</s> on the <sn="2022">mountains</s>: they have <sn="1980">gone</s> from <sn="4480 2022">mountain</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1389">hill</s>, they have <sn="7911">forgotten</s> their resting <sn="7258">place</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3605">All</s> that <sn="4672">found</s> them have <sn="398">devoured</s> them: and their <sn="6862">adversaries</s><sn="559">said</s>, We <sn="816">offend</s><sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="8478 834">because</s> they have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="5116">habitation</s> of <sn="6664">justice</s>, even the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="4723">hope</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="5110">Remove</s> out of the <sn="4480 8432">midst</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and go <sn="3318">forth</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>, and <sn="1961">be</s> as the he <sn="6260">goats</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="6629">flocks</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">For</s>, <sn="2009">lo</s>, <sn="595">I</s> will <sn="5782">raise</s> and cause to come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="894">Babylon</s> an <sn="6951">assembly</s> of <sn="1419">great</s><sn="1471">nations</s> from the <sn="6828">north</s><sn="4480 776">country</s>: and they shall set themselves in <sn="6186">array</s> against her; from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s> she shall be <sn="3920">taken</s>: their <sn="2671">arrows</s> shall be as of a <sn="1368">mighty</s><sn="7919">expert</s> man; <sn="3808">none</s> shall <sn="7725">return</s> in <sn="7387">vain</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="3778">Chaldea</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="7997">spoil</s>: <sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="7998">spoil</s> her shall be <sn="7646">satisfied</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">Because</s> ye were <sn="8055">glad</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> ye <sn="5937">rejoiced</s>, O ye <sn="8154">destroyers</s> of mine <sn="5159">heritage</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> ye are grown <sn="6335">fat</s> as the <sn="5697">heifer</s> at <sn="1877">grass</s>, and <sn="6670">bellow</s> as <sn="47">bulls</s>; </v>
<vn='12'>Your <sn="517">mother</s> shall be <sn="3966">sore</s><sn="954">confounded</s>; she that <sn="3205">bore</s> you shall be <sn="2659">ashamed</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="319">hindmost</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s> shall be a <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, a dry <sn="6723">land</s>, and a <sn="6160">desert</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Because of the <sn="4480 7110">wrath</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> it shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="3427">inhabited</s>, but it shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3605">wholly</s><sn="8077">desolate</s>: every <sn="3605">one</s> that <sn="5674">goeth</s><sn="5921">by</s><sn="894">Babylon</s> shall be <sn="8074">astonished</s>, and <sn="8319">hiss</s><sn="5921">at</s><sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="4347">plagues</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Put yourselves in <sn="6186">array</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="894">Babylon</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>: <sn="3605">all</s> ye that <sn="1869">bend</s> the <sn="7198">bow</s>, <sn="3034">shoot</s><sn="413">at</s> her, <sn="2550">spare</s><sn="408">no</s><sn="2671">arrows</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> she hath <sn="2398">sinned</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="7321">Shout</s><sn="5921">against</s> her round <sn="5439">about</s>: she hath <sn="5414">given</s> her <sn="3027">hand</s>: her <sn="803">foundations</s> are <sn="5307">fallen</s>, her <sn="2346">walls</s> are thrown <sn="2040">down</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">it</s> is the <sn="5360">vengeance</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: take <sn="5358">vengeance</s> upon her; <sn="834">as</s> she hath <sn="6213">done</s>, <sn="6213">do</s> unto her. </v>
<vn='16'>Cut <sn="3772">off</s> the <sn="2232">sower</s> from <sn="4480 894">Babylon</s>, and him that <sn="8610">handleth</s> the <sn="4038">sickle</s> in the <sn="6256">time</s> of <sn="7105">harvest</s>: for <sn="4480 6440">fear</s> of the <sn="3238">oppressing</s><sn="2719">sword</s> they shall <sn="6437">turn</s> every <sn="376">one</s><sn="413">to</s> his <sn="5971">people</s>, and they shall <sn="5127">flee</s> every <sn="376">one</s> to his own <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3478">Israel</s> is a <sn="6340">scattered</s><sn="7716">sheep</s>; the <sn="738">lions</s> have driven him <sn="5080">away</s>: <sn="7223">first</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s> hath <sn="398">devoured</s> him; and <sn="314">last</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> hath broken his <sn="6105">bones</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="6485 413">punish</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> and his <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="834">as</s> I have <sn="6485 413">punished</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And I will <sn="7725">bring</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> again <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="5116">habitation</s>, and he shall <sn="7462">feed</s> on <sn="3760">Carmel</s> and <sn="1316">Bashan</s>, and his <sn="5315">soul</s> shall be <sn="7646">satisfied</s> upon <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s> and <sn="1568">Gilead</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>In <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s>, and in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall be sought <sn="1245">for</s>, and there shall be <sn="369">none</s>; and the <sn="2403">sins</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and they shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="4672">found</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I will <sn="5545">pardon</s> them <sn="834">whom</s> I <sn="7604">reserve</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4850">Merathaim</s>, even <sn="5921">against</s> it, and <sn="413">against</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="6489">Pekod</s>: <sn="2717">waste</s> and utterly <sn="2763">destroy</s><sn="310">after</s> them, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> I have <sn="6680">commanded</s> thee. </v>
<vn='22'>A <sn="6963">sound</s> of <sn="4421">battle</s> is in the <sn="776">land</s>, and of <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7667">destruction</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="349">How</s> is the <sn="6360">hammer</s> of the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">earth</s> cut <sn="1438">asunder</s> and <sn="7665">broken</s>! <sn="349">how</s> is <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="1961">become</s> a <sn="8047">desolation</s> among the <sn="1471">nations</s>! </v>
<vn='24'>I have laid a <sn="3369">snare</s> for thee, and thou art <sn="1571">also</s><sn="3920">taken</s>, O <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="859">thou</s> wast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">aware</s>: thou art <sn="4672">found</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s><sn="8610">caught</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> thou hast <sn="1624">striven</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="6605">opened</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="214">armory</s>, and hath brought <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3627">weapons</s> of his <sn="2195">indignation</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">this</s> is the <sn="4399">work</s> of the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="935">Come</s> against her from the utmost <sn="4480 7093">border</s>, <sn="6605">open</s> her <sn="3965">storehouses</s>: cast her <sn="5549">up</s> as <sn="6194">heaps</s>, and <sn="2763">destroy</s> her utterly: let <sn="408">nothing</s> of her <sn="1961">be</s><sn="7611">left</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="2717">Slay</s><sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="6499">bullocks</s>; let them go <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="2874">slaughter</s>: <sn="1945">woe</s><sn="5921">unto</s> them! <sn="3588">for</s> their <sn="3117">day</s> is <sn="935">come</s>, the <sn="6256">time</s> of their <sn="6486">visitation</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>The <sn="6963">voice</s> of them that <sn="5127">flee</s> and <sn="6412">escape</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, to <sn="5046">declare</s> in <sn="6726">Zion</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5360">vengeance</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>, the <sn="5360">vengeance</s> of his <sn="1964">temple</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Call <sn="8085">together</s> the <sn="7228">archers</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>: <sn="3605">all</s> ye that <sn="1869">bend</s> the <sn="7198">bow</s>, <sn="2583">camp</s><sn="5921">against</s> it round <sn="5439">about</s>; <sn="1961">let</s><sn="408">none</s> thereof <sn="6413">escape</s>: <sn="7999">recompense</s> her according to her <sn="6467">work</s>; according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> she hath <sn="6213">done</s>, <sn="6213">do</s> unto her: <sn="3588">for</s> she hath been <sn="2102">proud</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="413">against</s> the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> shall her young <sn="970">men</s><sn="5307">fall</s> in the <sn="7339">streets</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4421">war</s> shall be cut <sn="1826">off</s> in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I am <sn="413">against</s> thee, O thou most <sn="2087">proud</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> thy <sn="3117">day</s> is <sn="935">come</s>, the <sn="6256">time</s> that I will <sn="6485">visit</s> thee. </v>
<vn='32'>And the most <sn="2087">proud</s> shall <sn="3782">stumble</s> and <sn="5307">fall</s>, and <sn="369">none</s> shall raise him <sn="6965">up</s>: and I will <sn="3341">kindle</s> a <sn="784">fire</s> in his <sn="5892">cities</s>, and it shall <sn="398">devour</s><sn="3605">all</s> round <sn="5439">about</s> him. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; The <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> were <sn="6231">oppressed</s><sn="3162">together</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> that took them <sn="7617">captives</s> held them <sn="2388">fast</s>; they <sn="3985">refused</s> to let them <sn="7971">go</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>Their <sn="1350">Redeemer</s> is <sn="2389">strong</s>; the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> is his <sn="8034">name</s>: he shall throughly <sn="7378 7378">plead</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="7379">cause</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> he may give <sn="7280">rest</s><sn="*853"></s> to the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="7264">disquiet</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>A <sn="2719">sword</s> is <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="413">upon</s> her <sn="8269">princes</s>, and <sn="413">upon</s> her <sn="2450">wise</s> men. </v>
<vn='36'>A <sn="2719">sword</s> is <sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="907">liars</s>; and they shall <sn="2973">dote</s>: a <sn="2719">sword</s> is <sn="413">upon</s> her mighty <sn="1368">men</s>; and they shall be <sn="2865">dismayed</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>A <sn="2719">sword</s> is <sn="413">upon</s> their <sn="5483">horses</s>, and <sn="413">upon</s> their <sn="7393">chariots</s>, and <sn="413">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> the mingled <sn="6154">people</s><sn="834">that</s> are in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of her; and they shall <sn="1961">become</s> as <sn="802">women</s>: a <sn="2719">sword</s> is <sn="413">upon</s> her <sn="214">treasures</s>; and they shall be <sn="962">robbed</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>A <sn="2721">drought</s> is <sn="413">upon</s> her <sn="4325">waters</s>; and they shall be dried <sn="3001">up</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> it is the <sn="776">land</s> of graven <sn="6456">images</s>, and <sn="1931">they</s> are <sn="1984">mad</s> upon their <sn="367">idols</s>. </v>
<vn='39'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> the wild beasts of the <sn="6728">desert</s><sn="854">with</s> the wild beasts of the <sn="338">islands</s> shall <sn="3427">dwell</s> there, and the <sn="1323 3284">owls</s> shall <sn="3427">dwell</s> therein: and it shall be <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="3427">inhabited</s><sn="5331">forever</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall it be dwelt <sn="7931">in</s><sn="5704">from</s><sn="1755">generation</s> to <sn="1755">generation</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>As <sn="430">God</s><sn="4114">overthrew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5467">Sodom</s> and <sn="6017">Gomorrah</s> and the <sn="7934">neighbor</s> cities thereof, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; so shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="3427">abide</s><sn="8033">there</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall any <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s><sn="1481">dwell</s> therein. </v>
<vn='41'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, a <sn="5971">people</s> shall <sn="935">come</s> from the <sn="4480 6828">north</s>, and a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="1471">nation</s>, and <sn="7227">many</s><sn="4428">kings</s> shall be raised <sn="5782">up</s> from the <sn="4480 3411">coasts</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='42'>They shall <sn="2388">hold</s> the <sn="7198">bow</s> and the <sn="3591">lance</s>: <sn="1992">they</s> are <sn="394">cruel</s>, and will <sn="3808">not</s> show <sn="7355">mercy</s>: their <sn="6963">voice</s> shall <sn="1993">roar</s> like the <sn="3220">sea</s>, and they shall <sn="7392">ride</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="5483">horses</s>, every one put in <sn="6186">array</s>, like a <sn="376">man</s> to the <sn="4421">battle</s>, <sn="5921">against</s> thee, O <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='43'>The <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> hath <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8088">report</s> of them, and his <sn="3027">hands</s> waxed <sn="7503">feeble</s>: <sn="6869">anguish</s> took <sn="2388">hold</s> of him, and <sn="2427">pangs</s> as of a woman in <sn="3205">travail</s>. </v>
<vn='44'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, he shall come <sn="5927">up</s> like a <sn="738">lion</s> from the <sn="4480 1347">swelling</s> of <sn="3383">Jordan</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5116">habitation</s> of the <sn="386">strong</s>: <sn="3588">but</s> I will make them <sn="7280">suddenly</s> run <sn="7323">away</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> her: and <sn="4310">who</s> is a <sn="977">chosen</s> man, that I may <sn="6485">appoint</s><sn="413">over</s> her? <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4310">who</s> is like <sn="3644">me</s>? and <sn="4310">who</s> will appoint me the <sn="3259">time</s>? and <sn="4310">who</s> is <sn="2088">that</s><sn="7462">shepherd</s><sn="834">that</s> will <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s> me? </v>
<vn='45'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="8085">hear</s> ye the <sn="6098">counsel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="3289">taken</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>; and his <sn="4284">purposes</s>, <sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="2803">purposed</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>: <sn="518 3808">Surely</s> the <sn="6810">least</s> of the <sn="6629">flock</s> shall draw them <sn="5498">out</s>: <sn="518 3808">surely</s> he shall make their <sn="5116">habitation</s><sn="8074">desolate</s><sn="5921">with</s> them. </v>
<vn='46'>At the <sn="4480 6963">noise</s> of the <sn="8610">taking</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> the <sn="776">earth</s> is <sn="7493">moved</s>, and the <sn="2201">cry</s> is <sn="8085">heard</s> among the <sn="1471">nations</s>. </v>