Jeremiah 27 — The Holy Bible

Jeremiah 27, verse 1. The word of the Lord He spoke against Babylon. Jeremiah 27, verse 2. “Declare among the Gentiles and cause it to be heard. Do not conceal what is spoken. Say, ‘Babylon is conquered; Bel the fearless one has been put to shame; Merodach the luxurious one is handed over.’ Jeremiah 27, verse 3. For a nation comes against her from the north. He shall destine her land for destruction, and nothing from man to animal shall dwell in it. Jeremiah 27, verse 4. In those days and at that time, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together. They shall proceed, walking and weeping and seeking the Lord their God. Jeremiah 27, verse 5. They shall ask the way until they come to Zion, for they shall set their face toward this place. They shall come and flee for refuge to the Lord their God, for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten. Jeremiah 27, verse 6. “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds drove them out to wander on the mountains. They went from mountain to hill and forgot their marriage bed. Jeremiah 27, verse 7. All who found them devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘Let us not leave them alone, because they sinned against the Lord, who gathered together their fathers in a pasture of righteousness.’ Jeremiah 27, verse 8. “Be alienated from the midst of Babylon and from the land of the Chaldeans. Be like serpents in the presence of sheep. Jeremiah 27, verse 9. For behold, I raise up assemblies of nations against Babylon from the land of the north. They will array themselves against her, and from there she shall be conquered, as the javelin of an expert warrior shall not be returned empty. Jeremiah 27, verse 10. Chaldea shall be for plundering, and all who plunder her shall be satisfied, Jeremiah 27, verse 11. because you celebrated and exulted while plundering My inheritance, and because you skipped like calves in pasture and butted horns like bulls. Jeremiah 27, verse 12. “Your mother is very ashamed, she who bore you for good things. She is the last of the nations, and a desert. Jeremiah 27, verse 13. Because of the Lord's wrath, she will not be inhabited, but shall be for destruction. All who travel through Babylon shall be sullen, and they shall hiss at all her calamity. Jeremiah 27, verse 14. All you who bend the bow, set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, and shoot at her. Do not spare your arrows. Jeremiah 27, verse 15. Applaud excessively, for her hands are paralyzed. Her means of defense has fallen, and her wall is demolished; for it is vengeance from God. Take vengeance on her, for as she did, so do to her. Jeremiah 27, verse 16. Utterly destroy the seed of Babylon, and hold fast the sickle in the time of harvest. Because of the Greek sword, each shall return to his people, and each shall flee to his land. Jeremiah 27, verse 17. “Israel is a wandering sheep, for the lions drove him out. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, then the king of Babylon devoured his bones.” Jeremiah 27, verse 18. Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will take vengeance on the king of Babylon and upon his land, as I took vengeance upon the king of Assyria. Jeremiah 27, verse 19. But I shall restore Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel, on Mount Ephraim and in Gilead. His soul shall be satisfied. Jeremiah 27, verse 20. In those days and at that time, they will seek for the wrongdoing of Israel, but it shall not exist; and they will look for the sins of Judah, but these shall not be found; for I shall be merciful to those left in the land,” says the Lord. Jeremiah 27, verse 21. “Embark against this land bitterly, and against those who dwell therein. Avenge with the sword and destroy it,” says the Lord, “and do according to all I command you. Jeremiah 27, verse 22. A sound of war and great destruction is in the land of the Chaldeans. Jeremiah 27, verse 23. How was the hammer of all the earth broken and crushed? How did Babylon become a desolation among the nations? Jeremiah 27, verse 24. They will attack you, and you will be conquered, O Babylon. You will not even know you are found and taken, because you opposed the Lord. Jeremiah 27, verse 25. The Lord opened His treasure and brought out the vessels of His wrath, because the work of the Lord God is in the land of the Chaldeans. Jeremiah 27, verse 26. For her time has come. Open her storehouses, search her like a cave, and utterly destroy her. Let nothing of her remain. Jeremiah 27, verse 27. Dry up all her fruits and let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, and the time of their retribution. Jeremiah 27, verse 28. “The voice of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon declares in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God. Jeremiah 27, verse 29. Summon many against Babylon, even all who bend the bow. Encamp against it round about; let no one be saved from her. Repay her according to her works, and whatever she did, so do to her, for she opposed the Lord, the Holy God of Israel. Jeremiah 27, verse 30. Her young men shall fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cast down,” says the Lord. Jeremiah 27, verse 31. “Behold, I am against you, the haughty one,” says the Lord, “because the day and the time of your retribution has come. Jeremiah 27, verse 32. Your insolence shall fail, and you will fall. There shall be no one to cause it to arise. I will kindle a fire in its thicket, and it shall devour everything around her.” Jeremiah 27, verse 33. Thus says the Lord: “The sons of Israel have been oppressed along with the sons of Judah, for all who took them captive oppressed them. They were unwilling to let them go. Jeremiah 27, verse 34. He who redeemed them is strong; the Lord Almighty is His name. He shall enter into judgment against His adversaries so as to take away their land and to provoke those who dwell in Babylon. Jeremiah 27, verse 35. He will bring a sword against the Chaldeans and those inhabiting Babylon, and against her nobles and wise men, Jeremiah 27, verse 36. and against her warriors; and they shall be weakened. Jeremiah 27, verse 37. He will bring a sword against their horses and chariots, and against the warriors and irregular troops in her midst. They shall be like women. He will also bring a sword against its treasures, and they will be scattered over the water she trusted. Jeremiah 27, verse 38. They will be put to shame in the islands in which they boasted, for it is a land of graven images. Jeremiah 27, verse 39. “Therefore apparitions shall dwell in the islands, and the daughters of sirens shall dwell therein. It shall not be inhabited anymore forever. Jeremiah 27, verse 40. As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities bordering them,” says the Lord, “no man shall dwell there, and no son of man will sojourn there. Jeremiah 27, verse 41. Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation and many kings shall be raised up from the ends of the earth, holding bow and dagger. Jeremiah 27, verse 42. He is reckless and will show no mercy at all. Their voice shall roar like the sea on the horses they ride, prepared for war like fire against you, O daughter of Babylon. Jeremiah 27, verse 43. “The king of Babylon heard their sound, and his hands grew feeble. Anguish took hold of him, like the pangs of a woman in childbirth. Jeremiah 27, verse 44. Behold, he shall go up like a lion from the Jordan River into the place of Aitham; for I will banish them quickly from it and set every young man against it. For who is like Me? Who opposes Me? Who is this shepherd who will stand against My presence?” Jeremiah 27, verse 45. Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord which He has resolved against Babylon, and the thoughts which He has reckoned against those inhabiting Chaldea. Surely the lambs of their sheep are utterly destroyed; surely the pasture is cut off from them; Jeremiah 27, verse 46. for at the sound of the capturing of Babylon, the earth shall quake, and clamor will be heard among the nations.