“Declare H5046 and make it heard H8085 among the nations H1471.
Make it heard H8085 and lift H5375 up H5375 a standard H5251.
Do not conceal H3582 it but say H559,
‘Babylon H894 has been captured H3920;
Bel H1078 has been put H954 to H954 shame H954; [fn]Marduk H4781 has been H2865 [fn]shattered H2865;
Her images H6091 have been put H954 to H954 shame H954; her idols H1544 have been H2865 shattered H2865.’
“For a nation H1471 has come H5927 up H5927 against H5921 her out of the north H6828; it will make H7896 her land H776 an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047, and there will be no H3808 inhabitant H3427 in it. Both H4480 man H120 and beast H929 have wandered H5110 off H5110; they have gone H1980 away!
“In those H1992 days H3117 and at that time H6256,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068, “the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 will come H935, both they and the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 as H3162 well H3162; they will go H1980 along weeping H1058 as they go H1980, and it will be Yahweh H3068 their God H430 they will seek H1245.
“For behold H2009, I am going to arouse H5782 and bring H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Babylon H894
An assembly H6951 of great H1419 nations H1471 from the land H776 of the north H6828,
And they will arrange H6186 their battle H6186 lines H6186 against her;
From there H8033 she will be taken H3920 captive H3920.
Their arrows H2671 will be like [fn]a warrior H1368 who makes one childless H7919
“Raise H7321 a H7321 loud H7321 shout H7321 against H5921 her on every H5439 side H5439!
She has given H5414 [fn]herself H3027 up H5414, her pillars H803 have fallen H5307,
Her walls H2346 have been pulled H2040 down H2040.
For this H1931 is the vengeance H5360 of Yahweh H3068:
“Israel H3478 is a scattered H6340 [fn]flock H7716; the lions H738 have banished H5080 them away H5080. The first H7223 one H7223 who devoured H398 him was the king H4428 of Assyria H804, and this H2088 last H314 one H314 who has broken H6105 his bones H6105 is Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894.
“Against H5921 the land H776 of [fn]Merathaim H4850, go H5927 up H5927 against H5921 it,
And against H413 the inhabitants H3427 of [fn]Pekod H6489.
Put H2717 them to H2717 the sword H2717 and [fn]devote H2763 them to destruction H2763,” declares H5002 Yahweh H3068,
“And do H6213 according to all H3605 that I have commanded H6680 you.
“Summon H8085 [fn]many H7227 against H413 Babylon H894,
All H3605 those who [fn]bend H1869 the bow H7198:
Encamp H2583 against H5921 her on every H5439 side H5439,
Let there be no H408 escape H6413[fn].
Repay H7999 her according to her work H6467;
According to all H3605 that she has done H6213, so do H6213 to her;
For she has become H2102 arrogant H2102 against H413 Yahweh H3068,
“A sword H2719 against H413 [fn]their horses H5483 and against H413 [fn]their chariots H7393
And against H413 all H3605 the [fn]foreigners H6154 who H834 are in the midst H8432 of her,
And they will become H1961 women H802!
A sword H2719 against H413 her treasures H214, and they will be plundered H962!
“Behold H2009, one will come H5927 up H5927 like a lion H738 from the [fn]thicket H1347 of the Jordan H3383 to an enduring H386 pasture H5116; for in an instant H7280 I will make them run H7323 away H4480 from it, and whoever H4310 is chosen H977 I will appoint H6485 over H413 it. For who H4310 is like H3644 Me, and who H4310 will [fn]summon H3259 Me into court? And who H4310 then H2088 is the shepherd H7462 who H834 can stand H5975 before H6440 Me?”
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