Jeremiah 50:21–29

²¹“Against the land of ¹Merathaim, go up against it,

And against the inhabitants of ^2aPekod.

Put them to the sword and ³devote them to destruction,” declares Yahweh,

“And do according to all that I have commanded you.

²²“The ^anoise of battle is in the land,

And great destruction.

²³“How the ^ahammer of the whole earth

Has been cut in pieces and broken!

How Babylon has become

An object of horror among the nations!

²⁴“I ^aset a snare for you, and you were also ^bcaught, O Babylon,

But you yourself did not know;

You have been found and also seized

Because you have engaged in ^cconflict with Yahweh.”

²⁵Yahweh has opened His armory

And has brought forth the ^aweapons of His indignation,

For it is a ^bwork of Lord Yahweh of hosts

In the land of the Chaldeans.

²⁶Come to her from the ¹farthest border;

^aOpen up her barns;

Pile her up like heaps,

And ^2bdevote her to destruction;

Let nothing of her remain.

^27aPut all her young bulls to the sword;

Let them ^bgo down to the slaughter!

Woe be upon them, for their ^cday has come,

The time of their punishment.

²⁸There is a ^asound of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon,

To declare in Zion the ^bvengeance of Yahweh our God,

Vengeance for His ^ctemple.

²⁹“Summon ¹many against Babylon,

All those who ²bend the bow:

Encamp against her on every side,

Let there be no escape³.

Repay her according to her work;

^aAccording to all that she has done, so do to her;

For she has become ^barrogant against Yahweh,

Against the Holy One of Israel.