RESTORATION BY GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Key verse: 20
NIV
A Message About Babylon(A)
50 This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon(B) and the land of the Babylonians[a]:
2 “Announce and proclaim(C) among the nations,
lift up a banner(D) and proclaim it;
keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;(E)
Bel(F) will be put to shame,(G)
Marduk(H) filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
and her idols(I) filled with terror.’
3 A nation from the north(J) will attack her
and lay waste her land.
No one will live(K) in it;
both people and animals(L) will flee away.
4 “In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(M)
will go in tears(N) to seek(O) the Lord their God.
5 They will ask the way(P) to Zion
and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(Q) and bind themselves to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant(R)
that will not be forgotten.
6 “My people have been lost sheep;(S)
their shepherds(T) have led them astray(U)
and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill(V)
and forgot their own resting place.(W)
7 Whoever found them devoured(X) them;
their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,(Y)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
the Lord, the hope(Z) of their ancestors.’
8 “Flee(AA) out of Babylon;(AB)
leave the land of the Babylonians,
and be like the goats that lead the flock.
9 For I will stir(AC) up and bring against Babylon
an alliance of great nations(AD) from the land of the north.(AE)
They will take up their positions against her,
and from the north she will be captured.(AF)
Their arrows(AG) will be like skilled warriors
who do not return empty-handed.
10 So Babylonia[b] will be plundered;(AH)
all who plunder her will have their fill,”
declares the Lord.
11 “Because you rejoice and are glad,
you who pillage my inheritance,(AI)
because you frolic like a heifer(AJ) threshing grain
and neigh like stallions,
12 your mother will be greatly ashamed;
she who gave you birth will be disgraced.(AK)
She will be the least of the nations—
a wilderness, a dry land, a desert.(AL)
13 Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited
but will be completely desolate.(AM)
All who pass Babylon will be appalled;(AN)
they will scoff(AO) because of all her wounds.(AP)
14 “Take up your positions around Babylon,
all you who draw the bow.(AQ)
Shoot at her! Spare no arrows,(AR)
for she has sinned against the Lord.
15 Shout(AS) against her on every side!
She surrenders, her towers fall,
her walls(AT) are torn down.
Since this is the vengeance(AU) of the Lord,
take vengeance on her;
do to her(AV) as she has done to others.(AW)
16 Cut off from Babylon the sower,
and the reaper with his sickle at harvest.
Because of the sword(AX) of the oppressor
let everyone return to their own people,(AY)
let everyone flee to their own land.(AZ)
17 “Israel is a scattered flock(BA)
that lions(BB) have chased away.
The first to devour(BC) them
was the king(BD) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones(BE)
was Nebuchadnezzar(BF) king(BG) of Babylon.”
18 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“I will punish the king of Babylon and his land
as I punished the king(BH) of Assyria.(BI)
19 But I will bring(BJ) Israel back to their own pasture,
and they will graze on Carmel and Bashan;
their appetite will be satisfied(BK)
on the hills(BL) of Ephraim and Gilead.(BM)
20 In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“search will be made for Israel’s guilt,
but there will be none,(BN)
and for the sins(BO) of Judah,
but none will be found,
for I will forgive(BP) the remnant(BQ) I spare.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 8, 25, 35 and 45
- Jeremiah 50:10 Or Chaldea
Cross references
- Jeremiah 50:1 : 51:15-19pp — Jer 10:12-16
- Jeremiah 50:1 : S Ge 10:10; S Ps 137:8
- Jeremiah 50:2 : S Dt 30:4; Jer 4:16
- Jeremiah 50:2 : S Ps 20:5; S Isa 13:2
- Jeremiah 50:2 : ver 9; Jer 51:31
- Jeremiah 50:2 : S Isa 21:9; S 46:1
- Jeremiah 50:2 : Ps 97:7; Jer 51:52
- Jeremiah 50:2 : ver 38; Isa 46:6; Jer 51:47
- Jeremiah 50:2 : S Lev 26:30
- Jeremiah 50:3 : S ver 26; S Isa 41:25; S Jer 25:26
- Jeremiah 50:3 : S ver 13; S Isa 14:22-23; S Jer 9:11
- Jeremiah 50:3 : Zep 1:3
- Jeremiah 50:4 : S Jer 3:18; Eze 37:22
- Jeremiah 50:4 : S Ezr 3:12
- Jeremiah 50:4 : S Isa 9:13; Eze 37:17; Hos 3:5
- Jeremiah 50:5 : S Isa 11:16; S Jer 31:21
- Jeremiah 50:5 : S 1Sa 29:1; Jer 33:7
- Jeremiah 50:5 : S Dt 29:14; Isa 55:3; Jer 32:40; Heb 8:6-10
- Jeremiah 50:6 : S Ps 119:176; Mt 9:36; 10:6
- Jeremiah 50:6 : S Jer 2:8; S 10:21
- Jeremiah 50:6 : S Ps 95:10; Jer 23:32; Eze 13:10
- Jeremiah 50:6 : Jer 3:6; Eze 34:6
- Jeremiah 50:6 : ver 19
- Jeremiah 50:7 : S Jer 5:17; 10:25; Eze 35:12
- Jeremiah 50:7 : Jer 2:3
- Jeremiah 50:7 : S Jer 14:8
- Jeremiah 50:8 : S Isa 48:20
- Jeremiah 50:8 : ver 28
- Jeremiah 50:9 : S Isa 13:17
- Jeremiah 50:9 : S Jer 25:14
- Jeremiah 50:9 : S Isa 41:25; S Jer 25:26
- Jeremiah 50:9 : S ver 2
- Jeremiah 50:9 : S Isa 13:18
- Jeremiah 50:10 : Isa 47:11; S Jer 30:16
- Jeremiah 50:11 : S Isa 47:6
- Jeremiah 50:11 : S Jer 31:18
- Jeremiah 50:12 : Jer 51:47
- Jeremiah 50:12 : ver 13; S Isa 21:1; Jer 25:12; 51:26
- Jeremiah 50:13 : ver 3,S 12; S Jer 9:11; 48:9; 51:62
- Jeremiah 50:13 : Jer 51:41
- Jeremiah 50:13 : S Jer 18:16; 51:37; Eze 27:36; Hab 2:6
- Jeremiah 50:13 : S Dt 29:22
- Jeremiah 50:14 : ver 29, 42
- Jeremiah 50:14 : S Isa 13:18
- Jeremiah 50:15 : Jer 51:14
- Jeremiah 50:15 : S 2Ki 25:4; S Jer 51:44, 58
- Jeremiah 50:15 : ver 28; S Isa 10:3; 63:4; Jer 51:6
- Jeremiah 50:15 : ver 29; Ps 137:8; Rev 18:6
- Jeremiah 50:15 : Jer 51:24; Hab 2:7-8
- Jeremiah 50:16 : S Jer 25:38
- Jeremiah 50:16 : S Isa 13:14
- Jeremiah 50:16 : Jer 51:9
- Jeremiah 50:17 : S Lev 26:33; S Ps 119:176
- Jeremiah 50:17 : S 2Ki 24:1; S Jer 2:15
- Jeremiah 50:17 : S Jer 5:17
- Jeremiah 50:17 : S Dt 4:27; S 2Ki 15:29
- Jeremiah 50:17 : S Nu 24:8; La 3:4
- Jeremiah 50:17 : Jer 51:34
- Jeremiah 50:17 : S 2Ki 24:17; S 25:7
- Jeremiah 50:18 : S Isa 10:12
- Jeremiah 50:18 : Eze 31:3; Zep 2:13
- Jeremiah 50:19 : S Jer 31:10; Eze 34:13
- Jeremiah 50:19 : Jer 31:14
- Jeremiah 50:19 : S Jer 31:5
- Jeremiah 50:19 : Mic 7:14; Zec 10:10
- Jeremiah 50:20 : S Ps 17:3
- Jeremiah 50:20 : Ps 103:12; S Isa 38:17; Eze 33:16; Mic 7:18, 19; Zec 3:4, 9
- Jeremiah 50:20 : S Isa 33:24
- Jeremiah 50:20 : S Ge 45:7; Isa 1:9; 10:20-22; S Ro 9:27
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ESV
Judgment on Babylon
50 The word that the Lord spoke concerning (A)Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, (B)by Jeremiah the prophet:
2 “Declare among the nations and proclaim,
set up a banner and proclaim,
conceal it not, and say:
(C)‘Babylon is taken,
(D)Bel is put to shame,
Merodach is dismayed.
(E)Her images are put to shame,
her idols are dismayed.’
3 “For (F)out of the north a nation has come up against her, (G)which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; (H)both man and beast shall flee away.
4 (I)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (J)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, (K)weeping as they come, and they (L)shall seek the Lord their God. 5 (M)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, (N)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an (O)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’
6 (P)“My people have been lost sheep. (Q)Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold. 7 All who found them have devoured them, (R)and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for (S)they have sinned against the Lord, (T)their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, (U)the hope of their fathers.’
8 (V)“Flee from the midst of Babylon, (W)and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as male goats before the flock. 9 For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon (X)a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. 10 (Y)Chaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated, declares the Lord.
11 (Z)“Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
and neigh like stallions,
12 your mother shall be utterly shamed,
and she who bore you shall be disgraced.
Behold, she shall be the last of the nations,
(AA)a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
13 (AB)Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited
but shall be an utter desolation;
(AC)everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled,
(AD)and hiss because of all her wounds.
14 (AE)Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
(AF)all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her, spare no arrows,
(AG)for she has sinned against the Lord.
15 (AH)Raise a shout against her all around;
she has surrendered;
her bulwarks have fallen;
(AI)her walls are thrown down.
For (AJ)this is the vengeance of the Lord:
take vengeance on her;
(AK)do to her as she has done.
16 Cut off from Babylon the sower,
and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest;
(AL)because of the sword of the oppressor,
(AM)every one shall turn to his own people,
and every one shall flee to his own land.
17 (AN)“Israel is a hunted sheep (AO)driven away by lions. (AP)First the king of Assyria (AQ)devoured him, and now at last (AR)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (AS)has gnawed his bones. 18 Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, (AT)I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, (AU)as I punished the king of Assyria. 19 (AV)I will restore Israel to his pasture, and (AW)he shall feed on (AX)Carmel and in (AY)Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in (AZ)Gilead. 20 In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (BA)iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for (BB)I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
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- Jeremiah 50:1 : See Isa. 13:1–14:27; 21:1-10
- Jeremiah 50:1 : [ch. 51:59, 60]
- Jeremiah 50:2 : Isa. 21:9
- Jeremiah 50:2 : See Isa. 46:1
- Jeremiah 50:2 : Isa. 21:9
- Jeremiah 50:3 : See ch. 1:14
- Jeremiah 50:3 : ver. 13, 23; ch. 51:29
- Jeremiah 50:3 : ch. 51:62; [Ps. 135:8]
- Jeremiah 50:4 : See ch. 3:18
- Jeremiah 50:4 : See ch. 3:18
- Jeremiah 50:4 : ch. 31:9, 18; Ezra 8:21; Ps. 126:6
- Jeremiah 50:4 : Hos. 3:5
- Jeremiah 50:5 : [ch. 31:21]
- Jeremiah 50:5 : [Isa. 2:3]
- Jeremiah 50:5 : See ch. 32:40
- Jeremiah 50:6 : ver. 17; Isa. 53:6; [Matt. 18:12; Luke 15:4]
- Jeremiah 50:6 : Zech. 10:2; See Ezek. 34:1-6
- Jeremiah 50:7 : [ch. 40:2, 3]
- Jeremiah 50:7 : [ver. 14]
- Jeremiah 50:7 : ch. 31:23
- Jeremiah 50:7 : See ch. 14:8
- Jeremiah 50:8 : ch. 51:6, 45; See Isa. 48:20
- Jeremiah 50:8 : ch. 51:6, 45; See Isa. 48:20
- Jeremiah 50:9 : See ch. 25:14
- Jeremiah 50:10 : [ch. 25:12]
- Jeremiah 50:11 : [Lam. 4:21]
- Jeremiah 50:12 : ch. 51:43
- Jeremiah 50:13 : ver. 39
- Jeremiah 50:13 : See ch. 18:16
- Jeremiah 50:13 : See ch. 18:16
- Jeremiah 50:14 : ver. 9; ch. 51:11; Isa. 21:2
- Jeremiah 50:14 : ver. 29; [ch. 51:3]
- Jeremiah 50:14 : [ver. 7]
- Jeremiah 50:15 : [Josh. 6:16]
- Jeremiah 50:15 : ch. 51:58
- Jeremiah 50:15 : ch. 46:10; 51:6, 11
- Jeremiah 50:15 : ver. 29; ch. 51:56
- Jeremiah 50:16 : ch. 46:16
- Jeremiah 50:16 : [ch. 51:9]; See Isa. 13:14
- Jeremiah 50:17 : See ver. 6
- Jeremiah 50:17 : ch. 2:15; 4:7; Isa. 5:29
- Jeremiah 50:17 : 2 Kgs. 17:6; 18:13
- Jeremiah 50:17 : ch. 51:34
- Jeremiah 50:17 : 2 Kgs. 24:10, 14; See 2 Kgs. 25:1-11
- Jeremiah 50:17 : [ch. 51:34]
- Jeremiah 50:18 : Isa. 10:12; 24:21; [Ps. 76:12]
- Jeremiah 50:18 : Isa. 14:24, 25
- Jeremiah 50:19 : Ezek. 34:13, 14
- Jeremiah 50:19 : Ezek. 34:13, 14
- Jeremiah 50:19 : Mic. 7:14
- Jeremiah 50:19 : Mic. 7:14
- Jeremiah 50:19 : Mic. 7:14
- Jeremiah 50:20 : [Isa. 40:2]
- Jeremiah 50:20 : Isa. 33:24; See ch. 31:34
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