Jeremiah 50:21–29

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

And against the inhabitants of ^2aPekod.

Slay and ³utterly destroy them,” declares the Lord,

“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 off 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,

While you yourself were not aware;

You have been found and also seized

Because you have engaged in ^cconflict with the Lord.”

²⁵The Lord has opened His armory

And has brought forth the ^aweapons of His indignation,

For it is a ^bwork of the Lord ¹God 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 ^2butterly destroy her,

Let nothing be left to her.

^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 fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon,

To declare in Zion the ^bvengeance of the Lord 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 the Lord,

Against the Holy One of Israel.