51:1 Thus
says
the
LORD:
"Behold,
I
will
stir
up
the
spirit
of
a
destroyer
against
Babylon,
against
the
inhabitants
of
Leb-kamai,
51:2 and
I
will
send
to
Babylon
winnowers,
and
they
shall
winnow
her,
and
they
shall
empty
her
land,
when
they
come
against
her
from
every
side
on
the
day
of
trouble.
51:3 Let
not
the
archer
bend
his
bow,
and
let
him
not
stand
up
in
his
armor.
Spare
not
her
young
men;
devote
to
destruction
all
her
army.
51:4 They
shall
fall
down
slain
in
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
wounded
in
her
streets.
51:5 For
Israel
and
Judah
have
not
been
forsaken
by
their
God,
the
LORD
of
hosts,
but
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans
is
full
of
guilt
against
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
51:6 "Flee
from
the
midst
of
Babylon;
let
every
one
save
his
life!
Be
not
cut
off
in
her
punishment,
for
this
is
the
time
of
the
LORD's
vengeance,
the
repayment
he
is
rendering
her.
51:7 Babylon
was
a
golden
cup
in
the
LORD's
hand,
making
all
the
earth
drunken;
the
nations
drank
of
her
wine;
therefore
the
nations
went
mad.
51:8 Suddenly
Babylon
has
fallen
and
been
broken;
wail
for
her!
Take
balm
for
her
pain;
perhaps
she
may
be
healed.
51:9 We
would
have
healed
Babylon,
but
she
was
not
healed.
Forsake
her,
and
let
us
go
each
to
his
own
country,
for
her
judgment
has
reached
up
to
heaven
and
has
been
lifted
up
even
to
the
skies.
51:10 The
LORD
has
brought
about
our
vindication;
come,
let
us
declare
in
Zion
the
work
of
the
LORD
our
God.
51:11 "Sharpen
the
arrows!
Take
up
the
shields!
The
LORD
has
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
the
kings
of
the
Medes,
because
his
purpose
concerning
Babylon
is
to
destroy
it,
for
that
is
the
vengeance
of
the
LORD,
the
vengeance
for
his
temple.
51:12 "Set
up
a
standard
against
the
walls
of
Babylon;
make
the
watch
strong;
set
up
watchmen;
prepare
the
ambushes;
for
the
LORD
has
both
planned
and
done
what
he
spoke
concerning
the
inhabitants
of
Babylon.
51:13 O
you
who
dwell
by
many
waters,
rich
in
treasures,
your
end
has
come;
the
thread
of
your
life
is
cut.
51:14 The
LORD
of
hosts
has
sworn
by
himself:
Surely
I
will
fill
you
with
men,
as
many
as
locusts,
and
they
shall
raise
the
shout
of
victory
over
you.
51:15 "It
is
he
who
made
the
earth
by
his
power,
who
established
the
world
by
his
wisdom,
and
by
his
understanding
stretched
out
the
heavens.
51:16 When
he
utters
his
voice
there
is
a
tumult
of
waters
in
the
heavens,
and
he
makes
the
mist
rise
from
the
ends
of
the
earth.
He
makes
lightning
for
the
rain,
and
he
brings
forth
the
wind
from
his
storehouses.
51:17 Every
man
is
stupid
and
without
knowledge;
every
goldsmith
is
put
to
shame
by
his
idols,
for
his
images
are
false,
and
there
is
no
breath
in
them.
51:18 They
are
worthless,
a
work
of
delusion;
at
the
time
of
their
punishment
they
shall
perish.
51:19 Not
like
these
is
he
who
is
the
portion
of
Jacob,
for
he
is
the
one
who
formed
all
things,
and
Israel
is
the
tribe
of
his
inheritance;
the
LORD
of
hosts
is
his
name.
51:20 "You
are
my
hammer
and
weapon
of
war:
with
you
I
break
nations
in
pieces;
with
you
I
destroy
kingdoms;
51:21 with
you
I
break
in
pieces
the
horse
and
his
rider;
with
you
I
break
in
pieces
the
chariot
and
the
charioteer;
51:22 with
you
I
break
in
pieces
man
and
woman;
with
you
I
break
in
pieces
the
old
man
and
the
youth;
with
you
I
break
in
pieces
the
young
man
and
the
young
woman;
51:23 with
you
I
break
in
pieces
the
shepherd
and
his
flock;
with
you
I
break
in
pieces
the
farmer
and
his
team;
with
you
I
break
in
pieces
governors
and
commanders.
51:24 "I
will
repay
Babylon
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
Chaldea
before
your
very
eyes
for
all
the
evil
that
they
have
done
in
Zion,
declares
the
LORD.
51:25 "Behold,
I
am
against
you,
O
destroying
mountain,
declares
the
LORD,
which
destroys
the
whole
earth;
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
against
you,
and
roll
you
down
from
the
crags,
and
make
you
a
burnt
mountain.
51:26 No
stone
shall
be
taken
from
you
for
a
corner
and
no
stone
for
a
foundation,
but
you
shall
be
a
perpetual
waste,
declares
the
LORD.
51:27 "Set
up
a
standard
on
the
earth;
blow
the
trumpet
among
the
nations;
prepare
the
nations
for
war
against
her;
summon
against
her
the
kingdoms,
Ararat,
Minni,
and
Ashkenaz;
appoint
a
marshal
against
her;
bring
up
horses
like
bristling
locusts.
51:28 Prepare
the
nations
for
war
against
her,
the
kings
of
the
Medes,
with
their
governors
and
deputies,
and
every
land
under
their
dominion.
51:29 The
land
trembles
and
writhes
in
pain,
for
the
LORD's
purposes
against
Babylon
stand,
to
make
the
land
of
Babylon
a
desolation,
without
inhabitant.
51:30 The
warriors
of
Babylon
have
ceased
fighting;
they
remain
in
their
strongholds;
their
strength
has
failed;
they
have
become
women;
her
dwellings
are
on
fire;
her
bars
are
broken.
51:31 One
runner
runs
to
meet
another,
and
one
messenger
to
meet
another,
to
tell
the
king
of
Babylon
that
his
city
is
taken
on
every
side;
51:32 the
fords
have
been
seized,
the
marshes
are
burned
with
fire,
and
the
soldiers
are
in
panic.
51:33 For
thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel:
The
daughter
of
Babylon
is
like
a
threshing
floor
at
the
time
when
it
is
trodden;
yet
a
little
while
and
the
time
of
her
harvest
will
come."
51:34 "Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon
has
devoured
me;
he
has
crushed
me;
he
has
made
me
an
empty
vessel;
he
has
swallowed
me
like
a
monster;
he
has
filled
his
stomach
with
my
delicacies;
he
has
rinsed
me
out.
51:35 The
violence
done
to
me
and
to
my
kinsmen
be
upon
Babylon,"
let
the
inhabitant
of
Zion
say.
"My
blood
be
upon
the
inhabitants
of
Chaldea,"
let
Jerusalem
say.
51:36 Therefore
thus
says
the
LORD:
"Behold,
I
will
plead
your
cause
and
take
vengeance
for
you.
I
will
dry
up
her
sea
and
make
her
fountain
dry,
51:37 and
Babylon
shall
become
a
heap
of
ruins,
the
haunt
of
jackals,
a
horror
and
a
hissing,
without
inhabitant.
51:38 "They
shall
roar
together
like
lions;
they
shall
growl
like
lions'
cubs.
51:39 While
they
are
inflamed
I
will
prepare
them
a
feast
and
make
them
drunk,
that
they
may
become
merry,
then
sleep
a
perpetual
sleep
and
not
wake,
declares
the
LORD.
51:40 I
will
bring
them
down
like
lambs
to
the
slaughter,
like
rams
and
male
goats.
51:41 "How
Babylon
is
taken,
the
praise
of
the
whole
earth
seized!
How
Babylon
has
become
a
horror
among
the
nations!
51:42 The
sea
has
come
up
on
Babylon;
she
is
covered
with
its
tumultuous
waves.
51:43 Her
cities
have
become
a
horror,
a
land
of
drought
and
a
desert,
a
land
in
which
no
one
dwells,
and
through
which
no
son
of
man
passes.
51:44 And
I
will
punish
Bel
in
Babylon,
and
take
out
of
his
mouth
what
he
has
swallowed.
The
nations
shall
no
longer
flow
to
him;
the
wall
of
Babylon
has
fallen.
51:45 "Go
out
of
the
midst
of
her,
my
people!
Let
every
one
save
his
life
from
the
fierce
anger
of
the
LORD!
51:46 Let
not
your
heart
faint,
and
be
not
fearful
at
the
report
heard
in
the
land,
when
a
report
comes
in
one
year
and
afterward
a
report
in
another
year,
and
violence
is
in
the
land,
and
ruler
is
against
ruler.
51:47 "Therefore,
behold,
the
days
are
coming
when
I
will
punish
the
images
of
Babylon;
her
whole
land
shall
be
put
to
shame,
and
all
her
slain
shall
fall
in
the
midst
of
her.
51:48 Then
the
heavens
and
the
earth,
and
all
that
is
in
them,
shall
sing
for
joy
over
Babylon,
for
the
destroyers
shall
come
against
them
out
of
the
north,
declares
the
LORD.
51:49 Babylon
must
fall
for
the
slain
of
Israel,
just
as
for
Babylon
have
fallen
the
slain
of
all
the
earth.
51:50 "You
who
have
escaped
from
the
sword,
go,
do
not
stand
still!
Remember
the
LORD
from
far
away,
and
let
Jerusalem
come
into
your
mind:
51:51 'We
are
put
to
shame,
for
we
have
heard
reproach;
dishonor
has
covered
our
face,
for
foreigners
have
come
into
the
holy
places
of
the
LORD's
house.'
51:52 "Therefore,
behold,
the
days
are
coming,
declares
the
LORD,
when
I
will
execute
judgment
upon
her
images,
and
through
all
her
land
the
wounded
shall
groan.
51:53 Though
Babylon
should
mount
up
to
heaven,
and
though
she
should
fortify
her
strong
height,
yet
destroyers
would
come
from
me
against
her,
declares
the
LORD.
51:54 "A
voice!
A
cry
from
Babylon!
The
noise
of
great
destruction
from
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans!
51:55 For
the
LORD
is
laying
Babylon
waste
and
stilling
her
mighty
voice.
Their
waves
roar
like
many
waters;
the
noise
of
their
voice
is
raised,
51:56 for
a
destroyer
has
come
upon
her,
upon
Babylon;
her
warriors
are
taken;
their
bows
are
broken
in
pieces,
for
the
LORD
is
a
God
of
recompense;
he
will
surely
repay.
51:57 I
will
make
drunk
her
officials
and
her
wise
men,
her
governors,
her
commanders,
and
her
warriors;
they
shall
sleep
a
perpetual
sleep
and
not
wake,
declares
the
King,
whose
name
is
the
LORD
of
hosts.
51:58 "Thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts:
The
broad
wall
of
Babylon
shall
be
leveled
to
the
ground,
and
her
high
gates
shall
be
burned
with
fire.
The
peoples
labor
for
nothing,
and
the
nations
weary
themselves
only
for
fire."
51:59 The
word
that
Jeremiah
the
prophet
commanded
Seraiah
the
son
of
Neriah,
son
of
Mahseiah,
when
he
went
with
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah
to
Babylon,
in
the
fourth
year
of
his
reign.
Seraiah
was
the
quartermaster.
51:60 Jeremiah
wrote
in
a
book
all
the
disaster
that
should
come
upon
Babylon,
all
these
words
that
are
written
concerning
Babylon.
51:61 And
Jeremiah
said
to
Seraiah:
"When
you
come
to
Babylon,
see
that
you
read
all
these
words,
51:62 and
say,
'O
LORD,
you
have
said
concerning
this
place
that
you
will
cut
it
off,
so
that
nothing
shall
dwell
in
it,
neither
man
nor
beast,
and
it
shall
be
desolate
forever.'
51:63 When
you
finish
reading
this
book,
tie
a
stone
to
it
and
cast
it
into
the
midst
of
the
Euphrates,
51:64 and
say,
'Thus
shall
Babylon
sink,
to
rise
no
more,
because
of
the
disaster
that
I
am
bringing
upon
her,
and
they
shall
become
exhausted.'"
Thus
far
are
the
words
of
Jeremiah.