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JER EM IAH 50
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from every direction,” says the Lord.
“Hazor will be inhabited by jackals,
and it will be desolate forever.
No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.”
and will start back home again.
They will bind themselves to the Lord
with an eternal covenant that will never
be forgotten.
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A Message about Elam
34 This message concerning Elam came to the
prophet Jeremiah from the Lord at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.
35 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
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“I will destroy the archers of Elam—
the best of their forces.
I will bring enemies from all directions,
and I will scatter the people of Elam to
the four winds.
They will be exiled to countries around
the world.
I myself will go with Elam’s enemies to
shatter it.
In my fierce anger, I will bring great
disaster
upon the people of Elam,” says the Lord.
“Their enemies will chase them with the
sword
until I have destroyed them completely.
I will set my throne in Elam,” says the Lord,
“and I will destroy its king and officials.
But I will restore the fortunes of Elam
in days to come.
I, the Lord, have spoken!”
A Message about Babylon
The Lord gave Jeremiah the prophet
this message concerning Babylon and
the land of the Babylonians.* 2 This is what the
Lord says:
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“Tell the whole world,
and keep nothing back.
Raise a signal flag
to tell everyone that Babylon will fall!
Her images and idols* will be shattered.
Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly
disgraced.
For a nation will attack her from the north
and bring such destruction that no one
will live there again.
Everything will be gone;
both people and animals will flee.
Hope for Israel and Judah
4 “In those coming days,”
says the Lord,
“the people of Israel will return home
together with the people of Judah.
They will come weeping
and seeking the Lord their God.
5 They will ask the way to Jerusalem*
50:1 Or Chaldeans; also in 50:8, 25, 35, 45. 50:2 The
Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to
dung. 50:5 Hebrew Zion; also in 50:28. 50:10 Or Chaldea.
50:12 Hebrew your mother.
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“My people have been lost sheep.
Their shepherds have led them astray
and turned them loose in the mountains.
They have lost their way
and can’t remember how to get back to
the sheepfold.
All who found them devoured them.
Their enemies said,
‘We did nothing wrong in attacking them,
for they sinned against the Lord,
their true place of rest,
and the hope of their ancestors.’
“But now, flee from Babylon!
Leave the land of the Babylonians.
Like male goats at the head of the flock,
lead my people home again.
For I am raising up an army
of great nations from the north.
They will join forces to attack Babylon,
and she will be captured.
The enemies’ arrows will go straight to
the mark;
they will not miss!
Babylonia* will be looted
until the attackers are glutted with loot.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Babylon’s Sure Fall
11 “You rejoice and are glad,
you who plundered my chosen people.
You frisk about like a calf in a meadow
and neigh like a stallion.
12 But your homeland* will be overwhelmed
with shame and disgrace.
You will become the least of nations—
a wilderness, a dry and desolate land.
13 Because of the Lord’s anger,
Babylon will become a deserted
wasteland.
All who pass by will be horrified
and will gasp at the destruction they
see there.
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“Yes, prepare to attack Babylon,
all you surrounding nations.
Let your archers shoot at her; spare no
arrows.
For she has sinned against the Lord.
Shout war cries against her from every side.
Look! She surrenders!
Her walls have fallen.
It is the Lord’s vengeance,
so take vengeance on her.
Do to her as she has done to others!
Take from Babylon all those who plant crops;
send all the harvesters away.