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The Destruction of Babylon
Go up against the land of Merathaim,
and against the residents of Pekod.
Kill them[fn] and devote them to destruction
Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.
22“ The noise of battle is in the land —
[the noise] of great destruction.
23How the hammer of the whole earth
lies broken and shattered!
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!
24I laid a snare for you, O Babylon,
and you were caught before you vvv knew it.
You were found and captured
because you challenged the LORD.
25The LORD has opened His armory
and brought out His weapons of wrath,
for this [is] the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts
in the land of the Chaldeans.
26Come against her
from the farthest border.
Break open her granaries;
pile her up like mounds of grain.
Devote her to destruction;
leave her no survivors.
27Kill all her young bulls;
let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, for their day has come —
the time of their punishment.
28Listen to the fugitives and refugees
from the land of Babylon,
declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God,
the vengeance for His temple.
29Summon the archers against Babylon,
all who string the bow.
Encamp all around her;
let no one escape.
Repay her according to her deeds;
do to her as she has done.
For she has defied the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.
30Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets,
and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
31“ Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,”
declares the Lord GOD of Hosts,
“ for your day has come,
the time when I will punish you.
32The arrogant one will stumble and fall
with no one to pick him up.
And I will kindle a fire in his cities
to consume all those around him.”
33This is what the LORD of Hosts says:
“ The sons of Israel are oppressed,
and the sons of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast
refusing to release them.
34Their Redeemer is strong;
the LORD of Hosts is His name.
He will fervently plead their case
so that He may bring rest to the earth,
but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
35A sword [is] against the Chaldeans,
declares the LORD,
against those who live in Babylon,
and against her officials and wise men.
36A sword [is] against her false prophets,
and they will become fools.
A sword is against her warriors,
and they will be filled with terror.
37A sword is against her horses and chariots
and against all the foreigners in her midst,
and they will become like women.
A sword is against her treasuries,
and they will be plundered.
38A drought [is] upon her waters,
and they will be dried up.
For it is a land of graven images,
and [the people] go mad over idols.[fn]
39So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there
vvv and ostriches[fn] will dwell there.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in from generation to generation.
40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD,
“no one will dwell there;
no man will abide there.
41Behold, an army is coming from the north;
a great nation and many kings are stirred up
from the ends of the earth.
42They grasp the bow and spear;[fn]
they [are] cruel vvv and merciless.
Their voice roars like the sea,
and they ride upon horses,
lined up like men in formation
against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
43The king of Babylon has heard the report,
and his hands hang limp.
Anguish has gripped him,
pain like that of a woman in labor.
44Behold, one will come up like a lion
from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture
For in an instant I will chase [Babylon] from her land.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me?
What shepherd can stand against Me?”
45Therefore hear the plans
that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon
and the strategies He has devised
against the land of the Chaldeans:
Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away;
certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
46At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake;
a cry will be heard among the nations. 51
50:21 LXX Avenge, O sword,
50:38 Or go mad with fear
50:39 Literally daughters of an ostrich or daughters of an owl
50:42 Or javelin
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