1여호와께서 선지자 예레미야로 바벨론과 갈대아인의 땅에 대하여 하신 말씀이라 2너희는 열방 중에 광고하라 공포하라 기를 세우라 숨김이 없이 공포하여 이르라 바벨론이 함락되고 벨이 수치를 당하며 므로닥이 부스러지며 그 신상들은 수치를 당하며 우상들은 부스러진다 하라 3이는 한 나라가 북방에서 나와서 그를 쳐서 그 땅으로 황폐케하여 그 중에 거하는 자가 없게 함이라 사람이나 짐승이 다 도망하여 가느니라 4나 여호와가 말하노라 그 날 그 때에 이스라엘 자손이 돌아오며 그와 함께 유다 자손이 돌아오되 그들이 울며 그 길을 행하며 그 하나님 여호와께 구할 것이며 5그들이 그 얼굴을 시온으로 향하여 그 길을 물으며 말하기를 너희는 오라 잊어 버리지 아니할 영영한 언약으로 여호와와 연합하자 하리라 6내 백성은 잃어 버린 양떼로다 그 목자들이 그들을 곁길로 가게하여 산으로 돌이키게 하였으므로 그들이 산에서 작은 산으로 돌아다니며 쉴 곳을 잊었도다 7그들을 만나는 자들은 그들을 삼키며 그 대적은 말하기를 그들은 여호와 곧 의로운 처소시며 그 열조의 소망이신 여호와께 범죄하였음인즉 우리는 무죄하다 하였느니라 8너희는 바벨론 가운데서 도망하라 갈대아인의 땅에서 나오라 떼에 앞서 가는 수염소 같이 하라 9보라 내가 큰 연합국으로 북방에서 일어나 나와서 바벨론을 치게 하리니 그들이 항오를 벌이고 쳐서 취할 것이라 그들의 화살은 연숙한 용사의 화살 같아서 헛되이 돌아오지 아니하리로다 10갈대아가 약탈을 당할 것이라 그를 약탈하는 자마다 만족하리라 여호와의 말이니라 11나의 산업을 노략하는 자여 너희가 즐거워하며 기뻐하며 곡식을 가는 송아지 같이 뛰며 힘센 말 같이 울도다 12그러므로 너희의 어미가 온전히 수치를 당하리라 너희를 낳은 자가 치욕을 당하리라 보라 그가 열방의 말째와 광야와 마른 땅과 사막이 될 것이며 13여호와의 진노로 인하여 거민이 없는 온전한 황무지가 될 것이라 바벨론으로 지나는 자마다 그 모든 재앙을 놀라며 비웃으리로다 14바벨론을 둘러 항오를 벌이고 활을 당기는 모든 자여 화살을 아끼지 말고 쏘라 그가 여호와께 범죄하였음이니라 15그 사면에서 소리질러 칠지어다 그가 항복하였고 그 보장은 무너졌고 그 성벽은 훼파되었으니 이는 여호와의 보수하시는 것이라 그의 행한 대로 그에게 행하여 보수하라 16파종하는 자와 추수 때에 낫을 잡은 자를 바벨론에서 끊어버리라 사람들이 그 압박하는 칼을 두려워하여 각기 동족에게로 돌아가며 고향으로 도망하리라 17이스라엘은 흩어진 양이라 사자들이 그를 따르도다 처음에는 앗수르 왕이 먹었고 다음에는 바벨론 왕 느부갓네살이 그 뼈를 꺾도다 18그러므로 나 만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님이 이같이 말하노라 보라 내가 앗수르 왕을 벌한 것 같이 바벨론 왕과 그 땅을 벌하고 19이스라엘을 다시 그 목장으로 돌아오게 하리니 그가 갈멜과 바산에서 먹을 것이며 그 마음이 에브라임과 길르앗 산에서 만족하리라 20나 여호와가 말하노라 그 날 그 때에는 이스라엘의 죄악을 찾을지라도 없겠고 유다의 죄를 찾을지라도 발견치 못하리니 이는 내가 나의 남긴 자를 사할 것임이니라 21나 여호와가 말하노라 너희는 올라가서 므라다임의 땅을 치며 브곳의 거민을 쳐서 진멸하되 내가 너희에게 명한 대로 다하라 22그 땅에 싸움의 소리와 큰 파멸의 소리가 있으리라 23온 세계의 방망이가 어찌 그리 꺾여 부숴졌는고 바벨론이 어찌 그리 열방 중에 황무지가 되었는고 24바벨론아 내가 너를 잡으려고 올무를 놓았더니 네가 깨닫지 못하고 걸렸고 네가 나 여호와와 다투었으므로 만난바 되어 잡혔도다 25나 여호와가 그 병고를 열고 분노의 병기를 냄은 주 만군의 여호와 내가 갈대아인의 땅에 행할 일이 있음이라 26먼 데 있는 너희는 와서 그를 치고 그 곳간을 열고 그것을 쌓아 무더기 같게 하라 그를 진멸하고 남기지 말라 27그 황소를 다 죽이라 도수장으로 내려가게 하라 그들에게 화있도다 그들의 날, 그 벌받는 때가 이르렀음이로다 28바벨론 땅에서 도피한 자의 소리여 시온에서 우리 하나님 여호와의 보수하시는 것, 그 성전의 보수하시는 것을 선포하는 소리로다 29활 쏘는 자를 바벨론에 소집하라 무릇 활을 당기는 자여 그 사면으로 진을 치고 쳐서 피하는 자가 없게 하라 그 일한 대로 갚고 그 행한 대로 그에게 행하라 그가 이스라엘의 거룩한 자 여호와를 향하여 교만하였음이니라 30그러므로 그 날에 청년들이 그 거리에 엎드러지겠고 군사들이 멸절되리라 여호와의 말이니라 31주 만군의 여호와가 말하노라 교만하 자여 보라 내가 너를 대적하나니 네 날 곧 너를 벌할 때가 이르렀음이라 32교만한 자가 걸려 넘어지겠고 그를 일으킬 자가 없을 것이며 내가 그 성읍들에 불을 놓으리니 그 사면에 있는 것이 다 살라지리라 33나 만군의 여호와가 이같이 말하노라 이스라엘 자손과 유다 자손이 함께 학대를 받는도다 그들을 사로잡은 자는 다 그들을 엄히 지켜 놓아주지 아니하거니와 34그들의 구속자는 강하니 그 이름은 만군의 여호와라 결코 그들의 원을 펴서 그 땅에 평안함을 주고 바벨론 거민으로 불안케 하리라 35나 여호와가 말하노라 칼이 갈대아인의 위에와 바벨론 거민의 위에와 그 방백들과 지혜로운 자의 위에 임하며 36칼이 자긍하는 자의 위에 임하리니 그들이 어리석게 될 것이며 칼이 용사의 위에 임하리니 그들이 놀랄 것이며 37칼이 그들의 말들과 병거들과 그들 중에 있는 잡족의 위에 임하리니 그들이 부녀 같이 될 것이며 칼이 보물 위에 임하리니 그것이 노략될 것이요 38가뭄이 물 위에 그것을 말리우리니 이는 그 땅이 조각한 신상의 땅이요 그들은 우상에 미쳤음이니라 39그러므로 사막의 들짐승이 시랑과 함께 거기 거하겠고 타조도 그 중에 깃들일 것이요 영영히 거민이 없으며 대대에 거할 자가 없으리라 40나 여호와가 말하노라 나 하나님이 소돔과 고모라와 그 이웃 성읍들을 무너지게 한 것 같이 거기 거하는 사람이 없게 하며 그 중에 우거하는 아무 인자가 없게 하리라 41보라 한 족속이 북방에서 오고 큰 나라와 여러 왕이 격동을 받아 땅끝에서 오나니 42그들은 활과 창을 가진 자라 잔인하며 긍휼히 여기지 아니하며 그 목소리는 파도가 흉용함 같도다 딸 바벨론아 그들이 말을 타고 무사 같이 각기 항오를 벌여 너를 칠 것이라 43바벨론 왕이 그 소문을 듣고 손이 약하여지며 고통에 잡혀 해산하는 여인의 구로함 같도다 44보라 사자가 요단의 수풀에서 올라오는 것 같이 그가 와서 견고한 처소를 칠 것이라 내가 즉시 그들을 거기서 쫓아내고 택한 자를 내가 그 위에 세우리니 나와 같은 자 누구며 나로 더불어 다툴 자 누구며 내 앞에 설 목자가 누구뇨 45그런즉 바벨론에 대한 나 여호와의 도모와 갈대아인의 땅에 대하여 경영한 나 여호와의 뜻을 들으라 양떼의 어린 것들을 그들이 반드시 끌어가고 그 처소로 황무케 하리니 46바벨론의 함락하는 소리에 땅이 진동하며 그 부르짖음이 열방 중에 들리리라 하시도다
1The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet. 2Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed. 3For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and no one shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal. 4In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Yahweh their God. 5They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, saying, Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten. 6My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place. 7All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers. 8Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks. 9For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; no one shall return in vain. 10Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied, says Yahweh. 11Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses; 12your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13Because of the wrath of Yahweh she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. 14Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Yahweh. 15Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her. 16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land. 17Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones. 18Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. 19I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. 20In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be no one; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant. 21Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them, says Yahweh, and do according to all that I have commanded you. 22A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 24I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh. 25Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought out the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans. 26Come against her from the utmost border; open her storehouses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left. 27Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day has come, the time of their visitation. 28The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple. 29Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel. 30Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh. 31Behold, I am against you, you proud one, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies; for your day has come, the time that I will visit you. 32The proud one shall stumble and fall, and no one shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him. 33Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go. 34Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men. 36A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed. 37A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed. 38A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols. 39Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation. 40As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live therein. 41Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth. 42They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon. 43The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor. 44Behold, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before me? 45Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them. 46At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations.
1Het woord, dat de HEERE gesproken heeft tegen Babel, tegen het land der Chaldeen, door den dienst van den profeet Jeremia. 2Verkondigt onder de heidenen, en doet horen, en werpt een banier op, laat horen, verbergt het niet; zegt: Babel is ingenomen, Bel is beschaamd, Merodach is verpletterd, haar afgoden zijn beschaamd, haar drekgoden zijn verpletterd! 3Want een volk komt tegen haar op van het noorden; dat zal haar land zetten in verwoesting, dat er geen inwoner in zal zijn; van de mensen aan tot de beesten toe zijn zij weggezworven, doorgegaan! 4In dezelve dagen en ter zelver tijd, spreekt de HEERE, zullen de kinderen Israels komen, zij en de kinderen van Juda te zamen; wandelende en wenende zullen zij henengaan, en den HEERE, hun God, zoeken. 5Zij zullen naar Sion vragen; op den weg herwaarts zullen hun aangezichten zijn; zij zullen komen en den HEERE toegevoegd worden, met een eeuwig verbond, dat niet zal worden vergeten. 6Mijn volk waren verloren schapen, hun herders hadden hen verleid, zij hadden hen gevoerd naar de bergen, zij gingen van berg tot heuvel, zij vergaten hun legering. 7Allen, die hen vonden, aten hen op, en hun wederpartijders zeiden: Wij zullen geen schuld hebben; daarom dat zij gezondigd hebben tegen den HEERE, in de woning der gerechtigheid, ja, tegen den HEERE, de Verwachting hunner vaderen. 8Vliedt weg uit het midden van Babel, en gaat uit der Chaldeen land; en weest als de bokken voor de kudde henen. 9Want ziet, Ik zal een verzameling van grote volken uit het land van het noorden verwekken, en tegen Babel opbrengen; die zullen zich tegen haar rusten; van daar zal zij ingenomen worden; hun pijlen zullen zijn als eens kloeken helds, geen zal ledig wederkeren. 10En Chaldea zal ten roof zijn; allen, die het beroven, zullen verzadigd worden, spreekt de HEERE. 11Omdat gij u verblijd hebt, omdat gij van vreugde hebt opgesprongen, gij plunderaars Mijner erfenis! omdat gij geil geworden zijt als een grazige vaars, en hebt gebriest als de sterke paarden; 12Zo is uw moeder zeer beschaamd; die u gebaard heeft, is schaamrood geworden; ziet, zij is geworden de achterste der heidenen, een woestijn, dorheid en wildernis. 13Vanwege de verbolgenheid des HEEREN zal zij niet bewoond worden, maar zij zal geheel een verwoesting worden; al wie aan Babel voorbijgaat, zal zich ontzetten, en fluiten over al haar plagen. 14Rust u tegen Babel rondom, gij allen, die den boog spant! schiet in haar, en spaart de pijlen niet; want zij heeft tegen den HEERE gezondigd. 15Juicht over haar rondom, zij heeft haar hand gegeven; haar fondamenten zijn gevallen, haar muren zijn afgebroken; want dat is des HEEREN wraak, wreekt u aan haar, doet haar, gelijk als zij gedaan heeft! 16Roeit uit van Babel den zaaier, en dien, die de sikkel handelt in den oogsttijd; laat hen vanwege het verdrukkende zwaard, zich keren, een iegelijk tot zijn volk, en vlieden, een iegelijk naar zijn land. 17Israel is een verbijsterd lam, dat de leeuwen verjaagd hebben; de eerste, die hem heeft opgegeten, was de koning van Assur, en deze de laatste, Nebukadrezar, de koning van Babel, heeft hem de beenderen verbrijzeld. 18Daarom, zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels: Ziet, Ik zal bezoeking doen over den koning van Babel en over zijn land, gelijk als Ik bezoeking gedaan heb over den koning van Assur. 19En Ik zal Israel weder tot zijn woning brengen, en hij zal weiden op den Karmel en op den Basan; en zijn ziel zal op het gebergte van Efraim en Gilead verzadigd worden. 20In die dagen en te dier tijd, spreekt de HEERE, zal Israels ongerechtigheid gezocht worden, maar zij zal er niet zijn, en de zonden van Juda, maar zullen niet gevonden worden; want Ik zal ze dengenen vergeven, die Ik zal doen overblijven. 21Tegen het land Merathaim, trek tegen hetzelve op, en tegen de inwoners van Pekod; verwoest en verban achter hen, spreekt de HEERE, en doe naar alles, wat Ik u geboden heb. 22Er is een krijgsgeschrei in het land, en een grote breuk. 23Hoe is de hamer der ganse aarde zo afgehouwen en verbroken! Hoe is Babel geworden tot een ontzetting onder de heidenen. 24Ik heb u een strik gesteld, dies zijt gij ook gevangen, o Babel! dat gij het niet wist; gij zijt gevonden, en ook gegrepen, omdat gij u tegen den HEERE in strijd gemengd hebt. 25De HEERE heeft Zijn schatkamer opengedaan, en de instrumenten Zijner gramschap voortgebracht; want dat is een werk van den HEERE, den HEERE der heirscharen, in het land der Chaldeen. 26Komt aan tegen haar van het uiterste, opent haar schuren, vertreedt haar als korenhopen, en verbant ze; laat ze geen overblijfsel hebben. 27Doodt met het zwaard al haar varren, laat ze afgaan ter slachting; wee over hen, want hun dag is gekomen, de tijd hunner bezoeking! 28Er is een stem der gevluchten en ontkomenen uit het land van Babel, om in Sion te verkondigen de wraak des HEEREN, onzes Gods, de wraak Zijns tempels. 29Laat u horen tegen Babel, gij schutters! gij allen, die den boog spant! legert u tegen haar rondom, laat niemand van hen ontkomen; vergeldt haar naar haar werk, doet haar naar alles, wat zij gedaan heeft; want zij heeft trotselijk gehandeld tegen den HEERE, tegen den Heilige Israels. 30Daarom zullen haar jongelingen vallen op haar straten, en al haar krijgslieden te dien dage uitgeroeid worden, spreekt de HEERE. 31Ziet, Ik wil aan u, gij trotse! spreekt de HEERE, de HEERE der heirscharen; want uw dag is gekomen, de tijd, dat Ik u bezoeken zal. 32Dan zal de trotse aanstoten en vallen, en er zal niemand zijn, die hem opricht; ja, Ik zal een vuur aansteken in zijn steden, dat zal alle plaatsen rondom hem verteren. 33Zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen: De kinderen Israels en de kinderen van Juda zijn te zamen verdrukt geweest; en allen, die hen gevangen hadden, hebben hen vast gehouden; zij hebben hen geweigerd los te laten. 34Maar hun Verlosser is sterk, HEERE der heirscharen is Zijn Naam; Hij zal hun twist zekerlijk twisten, opdat Hij het land in rust brenge, maar de inwoners van Babel beroere. 35Het zwaard zal zijn over de Chaldeen, spreekt de HEERE; en over de inwoners van Babel, en over haar vorsten, en over haar wijzen. 36Het zwaard zal zijn over de leugenaars, dat zij zot worden; het zwaard zal zijn over haar helden, dat zij versagen; 37Het zwaard zal zijn over zijn paarden en over zijn wagenen, en over den gansen gemengden hoop, die in het midden van hen is, dat zij tot wijven worden; het zwaard zal zijn over haar schatten, dat zij geplunderd worden. 38Droogte zal zijn over haar wateren, dat zij uitdrogen; want het is een land van gesneden beelden, en zij razen naar de schrikkelijke afgoden. 39Daarom zo zullen de wilde dieren der woestijnen met de wilde dieren der eilanden daarin wonen; ook zullen de jonge struisen daarin wonen; en men zal er geen verblijf meer hebben in eeuwigheid, en zij zal niet bewoond worden van geslacht tot geslacht. 40Gelijk God Sodom en Gomorra en haar naburen heeft omgekeerd, spreekt de HEERE, alzo zal niemand aldaar wonen, en geen mensenkind in haar verkeren. 41Ziet, daar komt een volk uit het noorden; en een grote natie, en geweldige koningen zullen van de zijden der aarde opgewekt worden. 42Boog en spies zullen zij voeren; wreed zijn zij, en zullen niet barmhartig zijn; hun stem zal bruisen als de zee, en op paarden zullen zij rijden; het is toegerust als een man ten oorlog, tegen u, o dochter van Babel! 43De koning van Babel heeft hunlieder gerucht gehoord, en zijn handen zijn slap geworden; benauwdheid heeft hem aangegrepen, weedom als van een barende vrouw. 44Ziet, gelijk een leeuw van de verheffing der Jordaan, zal hij opkomen tegen de sterke woning; want Ik zal hen in een ogenblik daaruit doen lopen; en wie daartoe verkoren is, dien zal Ik tegen haar bestellen; want wie is Mij gelijk, en wie zou Mij dagvaarden? En wie is de herder, die voor Mijn aangezicht bestaan zou? 45Daarom hoort den raadslag des HEEREN, dien Hij over Babel heeft beraadslaagd, en Zijn gedachten, die Hij gedacht heeft over het land der Chaldeen: Zo de geringsten van de kudde hen niet zullen nedertrekken! Zo hij de woning boven hen niet zal verwoesten! 46De aarde is bevende geworden van het geluid der inneming van Babel, en het gekrijt is gehoord onder de volken.
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