1This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:50:1 That is, the Babylonians; also in verses 8, 25, 35, and 45
2“Announce and declare to the nations;
3For a nation from the north will come against her;
4“In those days and at that time,
5They will ask the way to Zion
6My people are lost sheep;
7All who found them devoured them,
8Flee from the midst of Babylon;
9For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon
10Chaldea 50:10 Or Babylonia will be plundered;
11“Because you rejoice,
12your mother will be greatly ashamed;
13Because of the wrath of the LORD,
14Line up in formation around Babylon,
15Raise a war cry against her on every side!
16Cut off the sower from Babylon,
17Israel is a scattered flock,
18Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:
19I will return Israel to his pasture,
20In those days and at that time,
21Go up against the land of Merathaim,
22“The noise of battle is in the land—
23How the hammer of the whole earth
24I laid a snare for you, O Babylon,
25The LORD has opened His armory
26Come against her
27Kill all her young bulls;
28Listen to the fugitives and refugees
29Summon the archers against Babylon,
30Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets,
31“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,”
32The arrogant one will stumble and fall
33This is what the LORD of Hosts says:
34Their Redeemer is strong;
35A sword is against the Chaldeans,
36A sword is against her false prophets,
37A sword is against her horses and chariots
38A drought is upon her waters,
39So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there
40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
41Behold, an army is coming from the north;
42They grasp the bow and spear;50:42 Or javelin
43The king of Babylon has heard the report,
44Behold, one will come up like a lion
45Therefore hear the plans
46At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake;