Against him thatbendeth let the archerbend his bow, and against him thatliftethhimself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliverevery man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’Svengeance; he willrenderunto her a recompence.
We wouldhavehealedBabylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgmentreachethuntoheaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
Makebright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORDhathraised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is againstBabylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
Set up the standardupon the walls of Babylon, make the watchstrong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORDhathbothdevised and donethatwhich he spakeagainst the inhabitants of Babylon.
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascendfrom the ends of the earth: he makethlightningswithrain, and bringethforth the wind out of his treasures.
Every man is brutish by his knowledge; everyfounder is confounded by the gravenimage: for his moltenimage is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Withtheealsowill I break in pieces man and woman; and withtheewill I break in pieces old and young; and withtheewill I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
I willalsobreak in pieceswiththee the shepherd and his flock; and withtheewill I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and withtheewill I break in piecescaptains and rulers.
Behold, I am againstthee, O destroyingmountain, saith the LORD, whichdestroyest all the earth: and I willstretch out minehanduponthee, and rolltheedownfrom the rocks, and willmakethee a burntmountain.
Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpetamong the nations, prepare the nationsagainst her, calltogetheragainst her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captainagainst her; cause the horses to come up as the roughcaterpillars.
And the landshalltremble and sorrow: for everypurpose of the LORDshall be performedagainstBabylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolationwithout an inhabitant.
The mighty men of Babylonhaveforborn to fight, theyhaveremained in theirholds: theirmighthathfailed; theybecame as women: theyhaveburned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
For thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a littlewhile, and the time of her harvestshallcome.
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylonhathdevoured me, he hathcrushed me, he hathmade me an emptyvessel, he hathswallowed me up like a dragon, he hathfilled his bellywith my delicates, he hathcast me out.
The violencedone to me and to my flesh be uponBabylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my bloodupon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shallJerusalem say.
And I willpunish Bel in Babylon, and I willbringforth out of his mouththatwhich he hathswallowed up: and the nationsshall not flowtogether any moreunto him: yea, the wall of Babylonshallfall.
And lestyourheartfaint, and ye fear for the rumourthatshall be heard in the land; a rumourshallbothcome one year, and afterthat in anotheryearshallcome a rumour, and violence in the land, ruleragainstruler.
Therefore, behold, the dayscome, that I will do judgmentupon the gravenimages of Babylon: and her wholelandshall be confounded, and all her slainshallfall in the midst of her.
Because the spoiler is comeupon her, evenuponBabylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of theirbows is broken: for the LORD God of recompensesshallsurelyrequite.
And I willmakedrunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and theyshallsleep a perpetualsleep, and not wake, saith the King, whosename is the LORD of hosts.
Thussaith the LORD of hosts; The broadwalls of Babylonshall be utterlybroken, and her highgatesshall be burnedwithfire; and the peopleshalllabour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and theyshall be weary.
The wordwhichJeremiah the prophetcommandedSeraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he wentwithZedekiah the king of JudahintoBabylon in the fourthyear of his reign. And thisSeraiah was a quietprince.
Thenshaltthou say, O LORD, thouhastspokenagainstthisplace, to cut it off, thatnoneshallremain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
And thoushalt say, ThusshallBabylonsink, and shall not risefrom the evilthat I willbringupon her: and theyshall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.