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Jeremiah 50

The first long Babylon oracle announces that the empire which conquered Judah will itself fall; Israel and Judah will return weeping to seek the LORD in an everlasting covenant, while Babylon is judged for pride, violence, and opposition to the Holy One.

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The first long Babylon oracle announces that the empire which conquered Judah will itself fall; Israel and Judah will return weeping to seek the LORD in an everlasting covenant, while Babylon is judged for pride, violence, and opposition to the Holy One.

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Verses 1–8Babylon’s fall is announced, while Israel and Judah seek the LORD and return to ZionVerses 9–20Northern armies attack Babylon, and Israel’s sins are pardoned as God brings his flock homeVerses 21–32Babylon’s proud warriors and idols are cut down because the land opposed the LORDVerses 33–46Israel’s Redeemer is strong; he pleads their cause as Babylon’s final overthrow terrifies the nations
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1The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against…2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up…3For out of the north there cometh up a nation…4In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD,…5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces…6My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused…7All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries…8Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth…9For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up…10And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her…11Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers…12Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you…13Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not…14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye…15Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand:…16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth…17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him…18Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of…19And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and…20In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD,…21Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it,…22A sound of battle is in the land, and of…23How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder…24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art…25The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth…26Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses:…27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the…28The voice of them that flee and escape out of…29Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend…30Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and…31Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith…32And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none…33Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel…34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his…35A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and…36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote:…37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots,…38A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be…39Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild…40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities…41Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a…42They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are…43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them,…44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the…45Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he…46At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth…