The word
that the LORD
spake
against Babylon
and against the land
of the Chaldeans
by
Jeremiah
the prophet.
Declare
ye among the nations,
and publish,
and set up
a standard;
publish,
and conceal
not: say,
Babylon
is taken,
Bel
is confounded,
Merodach
is broken in pieces;
her idols
are confounded,
her images
are broken in pieces.
heard
ἀκουστὰ
akousta
say
taken
ἑάλωκεν
healōken
threshold
Βῆλος
bēlos
undaunted
ἀπτόητος
aptoētos
delicate
τρυφερὰ
tryphera
Marōdach
Μαρωδαχ
marōdach
For out of the north
there cometh up
a nation
against her, which shall make
her land
desolate,
and none shall dwell
therein: they shall remove,
they shall depart,
both man
and beast.
In those days,
and in that time,
saith
the LORD,
the children
of Israel
shall come,
they and the children
of Judah
together,
going
and weeping:
they shall go,
and seek
the LORD
their God.
proceed
βαδίζοντες
badizontes
They shall ask
the way
to Zion
with their faces
thitherward,
saying, Come,
and let us join
ourselves to the LORD
in a perpetual
covenant
that shall not be forgotten.
My people
hath been lost
sheep:
their shepherds
have caused them to go astray,
they have turned them away
on the mountains:
they have gone
from mountain
to hill,
they have forgotten
their restingplace.
depart
ᾤχοντο
ōchonto
All that found
them have devoured
them: and their adversaries
said,
We offend
not, because they have sinned
against the LORD,
the habitation
of justice,
even the LORD,
the hope
of their fathers.
say
go up
ἀνῶμεν
anōmen
Remove
out of the midst
of Babylon,
and go forth
out of the land
of the Chaldeans,
and be as the he goats
before
the flocks.
For, lo, I will raise
and cause to come up
against Babylon
an assembly
of great
nations
from the north
country:
and they shall set themselves in array
against her; from thence she shall be taken:
their arrows
shall be as of a mighty
expert man;
none shall return
in vain.
deploy
παρατάξονται
parataxontai
taken
ἁλώσεται
halōsetai
warrior
μαχητοῦ
machētou
And Chaldea
shall be a spoil:
all that spoil
her shall be satisfied,
saith
the LORD.
Because ye were glad,
because ye rejoiced,
O ye destroyers
of mine heritage,
because ye are grown fat
as the heifer
at grass,
and bellow
as bulls;
calf
βοΐδια
boidia
gore
ἐκερατίζετε
ekeratizete
Your mother
shall be sore
confounded;
she that bare
you shall be ashamed:
behold, the hindermost
of the nations
shall be a wilderness,
a dry land,
and a desert.
Because of the wrath
of the LORD
it shall not be inhabited,
but it shall be wholly desolate:
every one that goeth
by Babylon
shall be astonished,
and hiss
at all her plagues.
look angry
σκυθρωπάσει
skythrōpasei
play the
συριοῦσιν
syriousin
Put yourselves in array
against Babylon
round about:
all ye that bend
the bow,
shoot
at her, spare
no arrows:
for she hath sinned
against the LORD.
Shout
against her round about:
she hath given
her hand:
her foundations
are fallen,
her walls
are thrown down:
for it is the vengeance
of the LORD:
take vengeance
upon her; as she hath done,
do
unto her.
applaud excessively
κατακροτήσατε
katakrotēsate
battlement
ἐπάλξεις
epalxeis
Cut off
the sower
from Babylon,
and him that handleth
the sickle
in the time
of harvest:
for fear
of the oppressing
sword
they shall turn
every one
to his people,
and they shall flee
every one
to his own land.
Israel
is a scattered
sheep;
the lions
have driven him away:
first
the king
of Assyria
hath devoured
him; and last
this Nebuchadrezzar
king
of Babylon
hath broken his bones.
Assour
Ασσουρ
assour
Therefore thus saith
the LORD
of hosts,
the God
of Israel;
Behold, I will punish
the king
of Babylon
and his land,
as I have punished
the king
of Assyria.
Assour
Ασσουρ
assour
And I will bring
Israel
again
to his habitation,
and he shall feed
on Carmel
and Bashan,
and his soul
shall be satisfied
upon mount
Ephraim
and Gilead.
graze
νεμήσεται
nemēsetai
Karmēlos
Καρμήλῳ
karmēlō
Galaad
Γαλααδ
galaad
fill
In those days,
and in that time,
saith
the LORD,
the iniquity
of Israel
shall be sought for,
and there shall be none; and the sins
of Judah,
and they shall not be found:
for I will pardon
them whom I reserve.
Go up
against the land
of Merathaim,
even against it, and against the inhabitants
of Pekod:
waste
and utterly destroy
after
them, saith
the LORD,
and do
according to all that I have commanded
thee.
A sound
of battle
is in the land,
and of great
destruction.
How is the hammer
of the whole earth
cut asunder
and broken!
how is Babylon
become a desolation
among the nations!
I have laid a snare
for thee, and thou art also taken,
O Babylon,
and thou wast not aware:
thou art found,
and also caught,
because thou hast striven
against the LORD.
The LORD
hath opened
his armoury,
and hath brought forth
the weapons
of his indignation:
for this is the work
of the Lord
GOD
of hosts
in the land
of the Chaldeans.
Come
against her from the utmost border,
open
her storehouses:
cast her up
as heaps,
and destroy her utterly:
let nothing of her be left.
Slay
all her bullocks;
let them go down
to the slaughter:
woe
unto them! for their day
is come,
the time
of their visitation.
The voice
of them that flee
and escape out
of the land
of Babylon,
to declare
in Zion
the vengeance
of the LORD
our God,
the vengeance
of his temple.
Call together
the archers
against Babylon:
all ye that bend
the bow,
camp
against it round about;
let none thereof escape:
recompense
her according to her work;
according to all that she hath done,
do
unto her: for she hath been proud
against the LORD,
against the Holy One
of Israel.
bend
ἐντείνοντι
enteinonti
return safely
ἀνασῳζόμενος
anasōzomenos
Therefore shall her young men
fall
in the streets,
and all her men
of war
shall be cut off
in that day,
saith
the LORD.
Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud,
saith
the Lord
GOD
of hosts:
for thy day
is come,
the time
that I will visit
thee.
And the most proud
shall stumble
and fall,
and none shall raise him up:
and I will kindle
a fire
in his cities,
and it shall devour
all round about
him.
thicket
δρυμῷ
drymō
Thus saith
the LORD
of hosts;
The children
of Israel
and the children
of Judah
were oppressed
together:
and all that took them captives
held them fast;
they refused
to let them go.
Their Redeemer
is strong;
the LORD
of hosts
is his name:
he shall throughly
plead
their cause,
that he may give rest
to the land,
and disquiet
the inhabitants
of Babylon.
A sword
is upon the Chaldeans,
saith
the LORD,
and upon the inhabitants
of Babylon,
and upon her princes,
and upon her wise
men.
A sword
is upon the liars;
and they shall dote:
a sword
is upon her mighty men;
and they shall be dismayed.
A sword
is upon their horses,
and upon their chariots,
and upon all the mingled people
that are in the midst
of her; and they shall become as women:
a sword
is upon her treasures;
and they shall be robbed.
warrior
μαχητὰς
machētas
commingled
σύμμικτον
symmikton
A drought
is upon her waters;
and they shall be dried up:
for it is the land
of graven images,
and they are mad
upon their idols.
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert
with the wild beasts of the islands
shall dwell
there, and the owls
shall dwell
therein: and it shall be no more inhabited
for ever;
neither shall it be dwelt
in from generation
to generation.
As God
overthrew
Sodom
and Gomorrah
and the neighbour
cities thereof, saith
the LORD;
so shall no man
abide
there, neither shall any son
of man
dwell
therein.
border upon
ὁμορούσας
homorousas
say
Behold, a people
shall come
from the north,
and a great
nation,
and many
kings
shall be raised up
from the coasts
of the earth.
They shall hold
the bow
and the lance:
they are cruel,
and will not shew mercy:
their voice
shall roar
like the sea,
and they shall ride
upon horses,
every one put in array,
like a man
to the battle,
against thee, O daughter
of Babylon.
dagger
ἐγχειρίδιον
encheiridion
bold
ἰταμός
itamos
drive horses
ἱππάσονται
hippasontai
The king
of Babylon
hath heard
the report
of them, and his hands
waxed feeble:
anguish
took hold
of him, and pangs
as of a woman in travail.
Behold, he shall come up
like a lion
from the swelling
of Jordan
unto the habitation
of the strong:
but I will make
them suddenly
run away
from her: and who is a chosen
man, that I may appoint
over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time?
and who is that shepherd
that will stand
before
me?
Aitham
Αιθαμ
aitham
Therefore hear
ye the counsel
of the LORD,
that he hath taken
against Babylon;
and his purposes,
that he hath purposed
against the land
of the Chaldeans:
Surely the least
of the flock
shall draw them out:
surely he shall make their habitation
desolate
with them.
At the noise
of the taking
of Babylon
the earth
is moved,
and the cry
is heard
among the nations.
