Jeremias 51

1Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Narito, ako'y magbabangon laban sa Babilonia, at laban sa nagsisitahan sa Lebcamai, ng manggigibang hangin. 2At ako'y magsusugo sa Babilonia ng mga taga ibang lupa na papalisin siya; at kanilang wawalaan ang kaniyang lupain: sapagka't sa kaarawan ng kabagabagan ay magiging laban sila sa kaniya sa palibot. 3Laban sa kaniya na umaakma ay iakma ng mangbubusog ang kaniyang busog, at sa kaniya na nagmamataas sa kaniyang sapyaw: at huwag ninyong patawarin ang kaniyang mga binata; inyong lipuling lubos ang buo niyang hukbo. 4At sila'y mangabubuwal na patay sa lupain ng mga Caldeo, at napalagpasan sa kaniyang mga lansangan. 5Sapagka't ang Israel ay hindi pinababayaan, o ang Juda man, ng kaniyang Dios, ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo; bagaman ang kanilang lupain ay puno ng sala laban sa Banal ng Israel. 6Tumakas ka na mula sa gitna ng Babilonia, at iligtas ng bawa't tao ang kaniyang buhay; huwag kayong mangahiwalay ng dahil sa kaniyang kasamaan: sapagka't panahon ng panghihiganti ng Panginoon; siya'y maglalapat sa kaniya ng kagantihan. 7Ang Babilonia ay naging gintong tasa sa kamay ng Panginoon, na lumango sa buong lupa: ang mga bansa ay nagsiinom ng kaniyang alak; kaya't ang mga bansa ay nangaulol. 8Ang Babilonia ay biglang nabuwal at napahamak: inyong tangisan siya, ikuha ninyo ng balsamo ang kaniyang sakit, baka sakaling siya'y mapagaling. 9Ibig sana nating mapagaling ang Babilonia, nguni't siya'y hindi napagaling: pabayaan siya, at yumaon bawa't isa sa atin sa kanikaniyang sariling lupain; sapagka't ang kaniyang kahatulan ay umaabot hanggang sa langit, at nataas hanggang sa mga alapaap. 10Inilabas ng Panginoon ang ating katuwiran: magsiparito kayo, at ating ipahayag sa Sion, ang gawa ng Panginoon nating Dios. 11Inyong patalasin ang mga pana, inyong hawakang mahigpit ang mga kalasag; pinukaw ng Panginoon ang kalooban ng mga hari ng mga Medo; sapagka't ang kaniyang lalang ay laban sa Babilonia, upang sirain: sapagka't siyang panghihiganti ng Panginoon, panghihiganti ng kaniyang templo. 12Mangagtaas kayo ng watawat laban sa mga kuta ng Babilonia, inyong patibayin ang bantayan, inyong lagyan ng mga bantay, kayo'y mangaghanda ng mga pangbakay: sapagka't ang Panginoon ay nagpanukala at gumawa rin naman ng kaniyang sinalita tungkol sa mga nananahan sa Babilonia. 13Oh ikaw na tumatahan sa ibabaw ng maraming tubig, sagana sa mga kayamanan, ang iyong wakas ay dumating, ang sukat ng iyong kasakiman. 14Ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo ay sumumpa sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang sarili, na sinasabi, Tunay na pupunuin kita ng mga tao, na parang balang; at sila'y mangaglalakas ng hiyaw laban sa iyo. 15Kaniyang ginawa ang lupa sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang kapangyarihan, kaniyang itinatag ang sanglibutan sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang karunungan, at sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang kaalaman ay iniladlad niya ang langit. 16Paglalakas niya ng kaniyang tinig, nagkaroon ng kagulo ng tubig sa langit, at kaniyang pinailanglang ang mga singaw mula sa mga wakas ng lupa: kaniyang iginawa ng mga kidlat ang ulan, at inilabas ang hangin mula sa kaniyang mga imbakan. 17Bawa't tao ay naging tampalasan at walang kaalaman; bawa't panday ginto ay nalagay sa kahihiyan dahil sa kaniyang larawang inanyuan; sapagka't ang kaniyang larawang binubo ay kasinungalingan, at walang hinga sa mga yaon. 18Ang mga yaon ay walang kabuluhan, isang gawa ng karayaan: sa panahon ng pagdalaw sa mga yaon ay mangalilipol. 19Ang bahagi ng Jacob ay hindi gaya ng mga ito; sapagka't siya ang naganyo sa lahat ng bagay; at ang Israel ay lipi ng kaniyang mana: ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo ay kaniyang pangalan. 20Ikaw ay aking pangbakang palakol at mga almas na pangdigma: at sa pamamagitan mo ay pagwawaraywarayin ko ang mga bansa; at sa pamamagitan mo ay sisira ako ng mga kaharian; 21At sa pamamagitan mo ay pagwawaraywarayin ko ang kabayo at ang kaniyang sakay; 22At sa pamamagitan mo ay pagwawaraywarayin ko ang karo at ang nakasakay roon; at sa pamamagitan mo ay pagwawaraywarayin ko ang lalake at ang babae; at sa pamamagitan mo ay pagwawaraywarayin ko ang matanda at ang bata: at sa pamamagitan mo ay pagwawaraywarayin ko ang binata at ang dalaga; 23At sa pamamagitan mo ay pagwawaraywarayin ko ang pastor at ang kaniyang kawan; at sa pamamagitan mo ay pagwawaraywarayin ko ang mangbubukid at ang kaniyang tuwang na mga baka; at sa pamamagitan mo ay pagwawaraywarayin ko ang mga tagapamahala at ang mga kinatawan. 24At aking ilalapat sa Babilonia at sa lahat na nananahan sa Caldea ang buo nilang kasamaan na kanilang ginawa sa Sion sa inyong paningin, sabi ng Panginoon. 25Narito, ako'y laban sa iyo, Oh mapangpahamak na bundok, sabi ng Panginoon, na gumigiba ng buong lupa; at aking iuunat ang aking kamay sa iyo, at pagugulungin kita mula sa malaking bato, at gagawin kitang bundok na sunog. 26At hindi ka nila kukunan ng bato na panulok, o ng bato man na mga patibayan; kundi ikaw ay magiging sira magpakailan man, sabi ng Panginoon. 27Mangagtaas kayo ng watawat sa lupain, inyong hipan ang pakakak sa gitna ng mga bansa, magsihanda ang mga bansa laban sa kaniya, pisanin laban sa kaniya ang mga kaharian ng Ararat, ng Minmi, at ng Aschenaz: mangaghalal ng puno laban sa kaniya; pasampahin ang mga kabayo ng parang mga uod. 28Magsihanda laban sa kaniya ang mga bansa, ang mga hari ng mga Medo, ang mga gobernador niyaon, at ang lahat na kinatawan niyaon, at ang buong lupain na kaniyang sakop. 29At ang lupain ay manginginig at nasa paghihirap; sapagka't ang mga pasiya ng Panginoon laban sa Babilonia ay nananayo, upang sirain ang lupain ng Babilonia, na nawalan ng mananahan. 30Ang mga makapangyarihan ng Babilonia ay nagsisiurong sa pakikipaglaban, sila'y nanatili sa kanilang mga katibayan; ang kanilang kapangyarihan ay nanglulupaypay; sila'y naging parang mga babae: ang kaniyang mga tahanang dako ay sinilaban; ang kaniyang mga halang ay nabali. 31Ang isang utusan ay tatakbo upang sumalubong sa iba, at isang sugo upang sumalubong sa iba, upang ibalita sa hari sa Babilonia, na ang kaniyang bayan ay nasakop sa lahat ng sulok: 32At ang mga tawiran ay nangasapol, at ang mga tambo ay nangasunog ng apoy, at ang mga lalaking mangdidigma ay nangatakot. 33Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Ang anak na babae ng Babilonia ay parang giikan ng panahong yaon ng niyayapakan; sangdali na lamang, at ang panahon ng pagaani ay darating sa kaniya. 34Nilamon ako ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, kaniyang pinisa ako, kaniyang ginawa akong sisidlan na walang laman, ako'y sinakmal niyang parang buwaya, kaniyang binusog ang kaniyang tiyan ng aking mga masarap na pagkain; kaniyang itinakuwil ako. 35Ang karahasang ginawa sa akin at sa aking laman ay mahulog nawa sa Babilonia, sasabihin ng taga Sion; at, Ang dugo ko ay mahulog nawa sa mga nananahan sa Caldea, sasabihin ng Jerusalem. 36Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Narito, aking ipakikipaglaban ang iyong usap, at igaganti kita; at aking tutuyuin ang kaniyang dagat, at gagawin ko siyang bukal na tuyo. 37At ang Babilonia ay magiging mga bunton, tahanang dako sa mga chakal, katigilan, at kasutsutan, na mawawalan ng mananahan. 38Sila'y magsisiangal na magkakasama na parang mga batang leon; sila'y magsisiangal na parang mga anak ng leon. 39Pagka sila'y nag-init, aking gagawin ang kanilang kapistahan, at akin silang lalanguhin, upang sila'y mangagalak, at patutulugin ng walang hanggang pagtulog, at huwag mangagising, sabi ng Panginoon. 40Aking ibababa sila na parang mga kordero sa patayan, mga lalaking tupa na kasama ng mga kambing na lalake. 41Ano't nasakop ang Sesach! at ang kapurihan ng buong lupa ay nagitla! ano't ang Babilonia ay naging kagibaan sa gitna ng mga bansa! 42Ang dagat ay umapaw sa Babilonia; siya'y natakpan ng karamihan ng mga alon niyaon. 43Ang kaniyang mga bayan ay nasira, tuyong lupain at ilang, lupain na walang taong tumatahan, o dinaraanan man ng sinomang anak ng tao. 44At ako'y maglalapat ng kahatulan kay Bel sa Babilonia, at aking ilalabas sa kaniyang bibig ang kaniyang nasakmal; at ang mga bansa ay hindi na bubugsong magkakasama pa sa kaniya: oo, ang kuta ng Babilonia ay mababagsak. 45Bayan ko, magsilabas kayo sa kaniya, at lumigtas bawa't isa sa mabangis na galit ng Panginoon. 46At huwag manganglupaypay ang inyong puso, o mangatakot man kayo sa balita na maririnig sa lupain; sapagka't ang balita ay darating na isang taon, at pagkatapos niyaon ay darating sa ibang taon ang isang balita, at ang pangdadahas sa lupain, pinuno laban sa pinuno. 47Kaya't narito, ang mga araw ay dumarating, na ako'y maglalapat ng kahatulan sa mga larawang inanyuan sa Babilonia; at ang kaniyang buong lupain ay mapapahiya; at ang lahat ng mapapatay sa kaniya ay mangabubulagta sa gitna niya. 48Kung magkagayo'y ang langit at ang lupa, at lahat na nandoon, magsisiawit dahil sa Babilonia sa kagalakan; sapagka't ang mga manglilipol ay darating sa kaniya mula sa hilagaan, sabi ng Panginoon. 49Kung paanong ibinuwal ng Babilonia ang namatay sa Israel, gayon mabubuwal sa Babilonia ang namatay sa buong lupain. 50Kayong nangakatanan sa tabak, magsiyaon kayo, huwag kayong magsitigil; inyong alalahanin ang Panginoon sa malayo, at pasukin ang inyong pagiisip ng Jerusalem. 51Kami ay nangapahiya, sapagka't kami ay nangakarinig ng kakutyaan; kalituhan ay tumakip sa aming mga mukha: sapagka't ang mga taga ibang lupa ay pumasok sa mga santuario ng bahay ng Panginoon. 52Kaya't narito, ang mga kaarawan ay dumarating, sabi ng Panginoon, na ako'y maglalapat ng kahatulan sa kaniyang mga larawang inanyuan; at sa buong lupain niya ay dadaing ang nasugatan. 53Bagaman ang Babilonia ay umilanglang hanggang sa langit, at bagaman kaniyang patibayin ang kataasan ng kaniyang kalakasan, gayon ma'y darating sa kaniya ang mga manglilipol na mula sa akin, sabi ng Panginoon. 54Ang ingay ng hiyaw na mula sa Babilonia, at ng malaking paglipol na mula sa lupain ng mga Caldeo! 55Sapagka't ang Panginoon ay nananamsam sa Babilonia, at nanglilipol doon ang dakilang tinig; at ang mga alon ng mga yaon ay nagsisihugong na parang maraming tubig; ang hugong ng kanilang kaingay ay lumabas: 56Sapagka't ang manglilipol ay dumating doon, sa Babilonia, at ang mga makapangyarihang lalake niyaon ay nangahuli, ang kanilang mga busog ay nagkaputolputol: sapagka't ang Panginoon ay Dios ng mga kagantihan, siya'y tunay na magbabayad. 57At aking lalanguhin ang kaniyang mga prinsipe at ang kaniyang mga pantas, ang kaniyang mga gobernador at ang kaniyang mga kinatawan, at ang kaniyang mga makapangyarihan; at siya'y matutulog ng walang hanggang pagtulog, at hindi magigising, sabi ng Hari, na ang pangalan ay ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo. 58Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Ang makapal na kuta ng Babilonia ay lubos na magigiba, at ang kaniyang mga mataas na pintuang-bayan ay masusunog ng apoy; at ang mga tao ay magpapagal sa walang kabuluhan, at ang mga bansa sa apoy; at sila'y mangapapagod. 59Ang salita na iniutos ni Jeremias na propeta kay Seraias na anak ni Nerias, na anak ni Maasias, ng siya'y pumaroon sa Babilonia na kasama ni Sedechias na hari sa Juda, nang ikaapat na taon ng kaniyang paghahari. Si Seraias nga ay punong bating. 60At sinulat ni Jeremias sa isang aklat ang lahat na kasamaan na darating sa Babilonia, ang lahat na salitang ito na nasusulat tungkol sa Babilonia. 61At sinabi ni Jeremias kay Seraias, Pagdating mo sa Babilonia, iyo ngang tingnan na iyong basahin ang lahat na mga salitang ito, 62At iyong sabihin, Oh Panginoon, ikaw ay nagsalita tungkol sa dakong ito, upang iyong ihiwalay, upang walang tumahan doon, maging tao o hayop man, kundi masisira magpakailan man. 63At mangyayari, pagkatapos mong bumasa ng aklat na ito, na iyong tatalian ng bato, at ihahagis mo sa gitna ng Eufrates: 64At iyong sasabihin, Ganito lulubog ang Babilonia, at hindi lilitaw uli dahil sa kasamaan na aking dadalhin sa kaniya; at sila'y mapapagod. Hanggang dito ang mga salita ni Jeremias.

1Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind. 2I will send to Babylon strangers, who shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her around. 3Against him who bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail: and don’t spare her young men; utterly destroy all her army. 4They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets. 5For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Yahweh of Armies; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. 6Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; don’t be cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Yahweh’s vengeance; he will render to her a recompense. 7Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh’s hand, who made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. 8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. 9We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go everyone into his own country; for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. 10Yahweh has produced our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God. 11Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple. 12Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Yahweh has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon. 13You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness. 14Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with the canker worm; and they shall lift up a shout against you. 15He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens: 16when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries. 17Every man has become brutish without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 18They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 19The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name. 20You are my battle ax and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms; 21and with you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; 22and with you will I break in pieces the chariot and him who rides therein; and with you will I break in pieces man and woman; and with you will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with you will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin; 23and with you will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with you will I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke; and with you will I break in pieces governors and deputies. 24I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Yahweh. 25Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain, says Yahweh, which destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand on you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain. 26They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, says Yahweh. 27Set up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker worm. 28Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion. 29The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. 30The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken. 31One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter: 32and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened. 33For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her. 34Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out. 35The violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 36Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry. 37Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant. 38They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions’ cubs. 39When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says Yahweh. 40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats. 41How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 42The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves. 43Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells, neither does any son of man pass thereby. 44I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more to him: yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall. 45My people, go away from the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Yahweh. 46Don’t let your heart faint, neither fear for the news that shall be heard in the land; for news shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come news, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. 47Therefore behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. 48Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says Yahweh. 49As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land. 50You who have escaped the sword, go, don’t stand still; remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. 51We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion has covered our faces: for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh’s house. 52Therefore behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will execute judgment on her engraved images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan. 53Though Babylon should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come to her, says Yahweh. 54The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! 55For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered: 56for the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Yahweh is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite. 57I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies. 58Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary. 59The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster. 60Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon. 61Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words, 62and say, Yahweh, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that no one shall dwell therein, neither man nor animal, but that it shall be desolate forever. 63It shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates: 64and you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

1Zo zegt de HEERE: Ziet, Ik zal een verdervenden wind opwekken tegen Babel, en tegen degenen, die daar wonen in het hart van degenen, die tegen Mij opstaan. 2En Ik zal Babel wanners toeschikken, die haar wannen, en haar land uitledigen zullen; want zij zullen ten dage des kwaads van rondom tegen haar zijn. 3De schutter spanne zijn boog tegen dien, die spant, en tegen dien, die zich verheft in zijn pantsier; en verschoont haar jongelingen niet, verbant al haar heir; 4Dat de verslagenen liggen in het land der Chaldeen, en de doorstokenen op haar straten. 5Want Israel of Juda zal niet in weduwschap gelaten worden van zijn God, van den HEERE der heirscharen (hoewel hunlieder land vol van schuld is), van den Heilige Israels. 6Vliedt uit het midden van Babel, en redt, een iegelijk zijn ziel; wordt niet uitgeroeid in haar ongerechtigheid; want dit is de tijd der wraak des HEEREN, Die haar de verdienste betaalt. 7Babel was een gouden beker in de hand des HEEREN, die de ganse aarde dronken maakte; de volken hebben van haar wijn gedronken, daarom zijn de volken dol geworden. 8Schielijk is Babel gevallen en verbroken; huilt over haar, neemt balsem tot haar pijn, misschien zal zij genezen worden. 9Wij hebben Babel gemeesterd, maar zij is niet genezen; verlaat haar dan, en laat ons een iegelijk in zijn land trekken; want haar oordeel reikt tot aan den hemel, en is verheven tot aan de bovenste wolken. 10De HEERE heeft onze gerechtigheden hervoor gebracht; komt en laat ons te Sion het werk des HEEREN, onzes Gods, vertellen! 11Zuivert de pijlen, rust de schilden volkomenlijk toe; de HEERE heeft den geest der koningen van Medie opgewekt; want Zijn voornemen is tegen Babel, dat Hij haar verderve; want dit is de wraak des HEEREN, de wraak Zijns tempels. 12Verheft de banier op de muren van Babel, versterkt de wacht, stelt wachters, bereidt de lagen; want gelijk de HEERE heeft voorgenomen, alzo heeft Hij gedaan, wat Hij over de inwoners van Babel gesproken heeft. 13Gij, die aan vele wateren woont, die machtig zijt van schatten! uw einde is gekomen, de maat uwer gierigheid. 14De HEERE der heirscharen heeft gezworen bij Zijn ziel: Ofschoon Ik u met mensen als met kevers vervuld heb, nochtans zullen zij elkander een vreugdegeschrei over u toeroepen! 15Die de aarde gemaakt heeft door Zijn kracht, Die de wereld bereid heeft door Zijn wijsheid, en den hemel uitgebreid door Zijn verstand; 16Als Hij Zijn stem geeft, zo is er een gedruis van wateren in den hemel, en Hij doet de dampen opklimmen van het einde der aarde; Hij maakt de bliksemen met den regen, en doet den wind voortkomen uit Zijn schatkameren. 17Een ieder mens is onvernuftig geworden, zodat hij geen wetenschap heeft; een ieder goudsmid is beschaamd van het gesneden beeld; want zijn gegoten beeld is leugen, en er is geen geest in hen. 18Ijdelheid zijn zij, een werk van verleidingen; ten tijde hunner bezoeking zullen zij vergaan. 19Jakobs deel is niet gelijk die; want Hij is de Formeerder van alles, en Israel is de roede Zijner erfenis; HEERE der heirscharen is Zijn Naam. 20Gij zijt Mij een voorhamer, en krijgswapenen; en door u zal Ik volken in stukken slaan, en door u zal Ik koninkrijken verderven. 21En door u zal Ik in stukken slaan het paard en zijn ruiter; en door u zal Ik in stukken slaan den wagen en zijn ruiter. 22En door u zal Ik in stukken slaan den man en de vrouw; en door u zal Ik in stukken slaan den oude en den jonge; en door u zal Ik in stukken slaan den jongeling en de jonkvrouw. 23En door u zal Ik in stukken slaan den herder en zijn kudde; en door u zal Ik in stukken slaan den akkerman en zijn juk ossen; en door u zal Ik in stukken slaan landvoogden en overheden. 24Maar Ik zal Babel en allen inwoneren van Chaldea vergelden al hun boosheid, die zij gedaan hebben aan Sion, voor ulieder ogen, spreekt de HEERE. 25Ziet, Ik wil aan u, gij verdervende berg! spreekt de HEERE, gij, die de ganse aarde verderft, en Ik zal Mijn hand tegen u uitstrekken, en u van de steenrotsen afwentelen, en zal u stellen tot een berg des brands. 26En zij zullen uit u geen steen nemen tot een hoek, ook geen steen tot fondamenten; want gij zult tot eeuwige woestheden zijn, spreekt de HEERE. 27Verheft de banier in het land, blaast de bazuin onder de heidenen, heiligt de heidenen tegen haar, roept tegen haar bijeen de koninkrijken van Ararat, Minni en Askenaz; bestelt een krijgsoverste tegen haar, brengt paarden opwaarts, als ruige kevers! 28Heiligt tegen haar de heidenen, de koningen van Medie, haar landvoogden en al haar overheden, ja, het ganse land harer heerschappij. 29Dan zal het land beven en pijn lijden; want elk een van des HEEREN gedachten staat vast tegen Babel, om Babels land te stellen tot een verwoesting, dat er geen inwoner zij. 30Babels helden hebben opgehouden te strijden, zij zijn gebleven in de vestingen, hun macht is bezweken, zij zijn tot wijven geworden; zij hebben hun woningen aangestoken, hun grendels zijn verbroken. 31De loper zal den loper tegemoet lopen, en de kondschapper den kondschapper tegemoet, om den koning van Babel bekend te maken, dat zijn stad van het einde is ingenomen; 32En dat de veren ingenomen, en de rietpoelen met vuur verbrand zijn; en dat de krijgslieden verbaasd zijn. 33Want zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels: De dochter van Babel is als een dorsvloer, het is tijd, dat men ze trede; nog een weinig, dan zal haar de tijd des oogstes overkomen. 34Nebukadrezar, de koning van Babel, heeft mij opgegeten, hij heeft mij verpletterd, hij heeft mij gesteld als een ledig vat, hij heeft mij verslonden als een draak, hij heeft zijn balg gevuld van mijn lekkernijen; hij heeft mij verdreven. 35Het geweld, dat mij en mijn vlees is aangedaan, zij op Babel! zegge de inwoneres van Sion; en mijn bloed zij op de inwoners van Chaldea! zegge Jeruzalem. 36Daarom, zo zegt de HEERE: Ziet, Ik zal uw twist twisten, en uw wraak wreken; en Ik zal haar zee droog maken, en haar springader opdrogen. 37En Babel zal worden tot steen hopen, een woning der draken, een ontzetting en aanfluiting, dat er geen inwoner zij. 38Zij zullen te zamen brullen als jonge leeuwen, briesen als leeuwenwelpen. 39Als zij verhit zijn, zal Ik hun drank opzetten, en zal hen dronken maken, opdat zij opspringen; maar zij zullen een eeuwigen slaap slapen, en niet opwaken, spreekt de HEERE. 40Ik zal hen afvoeren als lammeren om te slachten, als rammen met bokken. 41Hoe is Sesach zo veroverd, en de roem der ganse aarde ingenomen! Hoe is Babel geworden tot een ontzetting onder de heidenen! 42Een zee is over Babel gerezen, door de veelheid harer golven is zij bedekt. 43Haar steden zijn geworden tot verwoesting, een dor land en wildernis; een land, waarin niemand woont, en waar geen mensenkind doorgaat. 44En Ik zal bezoeking doen over Bel te Babel, en Ik zal uit zijn muil uithalen, wat hij verslonden heeft; en de heidenen zullen niet meer tot hem toevloeien, want ook Babels muur is gevallen. 45Gaat uit, Mijn volk, uit het midden van haar, en redt een iegelijk zijn ziel, vanwege de hittigheid van den toorn des HEEREN. 46En opdat ulieder hart misschien niet week worde, en gij vreest van het gerucht, dat gehoord zal worden in het land; want er zal een gerucht komen in het ene jaar, en daarna een gerucht in het andere jaar; en er zal geweld zijn in het land, heer over heer. 47Daarom ziet, de dagen komen, dat Ik bezoeking zal doen over de gesneden beelden van Babel; en haar ganse land zal beschaamd worden, en al haar verslagenen zullen in het midden van haar liggen. 48En de hemel en de aarde, mitsgaders al wat daarin is, zullen juichen over Babel; want van het noorden zullen haar de verstoorders aankomen, spreekt de HEERE. 49Gelijk Babel geweest is tot een val der verslagenen van Israel, alzo zullen te Babel de verslagenen des gansen lands vallen. 50Gij ontkomenen van het zwaard, gaat weg, en blijft niet staan; gedenkt des HEEREN van verre, en laat Jeruzalem in ulieder hart opkomen. 51Gij moogt zeggen: Wij zijn beschaamd geworden, want wij hebben versmaadheid gehoord, schaamroodheid heeft ons aangezicht bedekt; omdat uitlandsen over de heiligdommen van des HEEREN huis gekomen zijn; 52Daarom ziet, de dagen komen, spreekt de HEERE, dat Ik bezoeking doen zal over haar gesneden beelden; en de dodelijk verwonde zal kermen in haar ganse land. 53Al klom Babel ten hemel op, en al maakte zij vast de hoogte harer sterkte, zo zullen haar toch verstoorders van Mij overkomen, spreekt de HEERE. 54Er is een stem des gekrijts uit Babel, en een grote breuk uit het land der Chaldeen. 55Want de HEERE verstoort Babel, en zal de grootse stem uit haar doen vergaan; want hunlieder golven zullen bruisen als grote wateren; het geruis van hunlieder geluid zal zich verheffen. 56Want de verstoorder komt over haar, over Babel, en haar helden zullen gevangen worden; hunlieder bogen zijn verbroken; want de HEERE, de God der vergelding, zal hun zekerlijk betalen. 57En Ik zal haar vorsten, en haar wijzen, haar landvoogden, en haar overheden, en haar helden dronken maken; en zij zullen een eeuwigen slaap slapen, en niet opwaken, spreekt de Koning, Wiens Naam is HEERE der heirscharen. 58Zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen: Die brede muur van Babel zal ten enenmale ontbloot worden, en haar hoge poorten zullen met vuur aangestoken worden; zodat de volken tevergeefs, en de natien ten vure zullen gearbeid hebben, dat zij mat worden. 59Het woord, dat de profeet Jeremia beval aan Seraja, den zoon van Nerija, den zoon van Machseja, als hij van Zedekia, den koning van Juda, naar Babel toog, in het vierde jaar zijner regering; en Seraja was een vreemdzaam vorst. 60Jeremia nu schreef al het kwaad, dat over Babel komen zou, in een boek, te weten al deze woorden, die tegen Babel geschreven zijn. 61En Jeremia zeide tot Seraja: Als gij te Babel komt, zo zult gij zien en lezen al deze woorden; 62En gij zult zeggen: O HEERE, Gij hebt over deze plaats gesproken, dat Gij ze zult uitroeien, zodat er geen inwoner in zij, van den mens tot op het beest, maar dat zij worden zal tot eeuwige woestheden. 63En het zal geschieden, als gij geeindigd zult hebben dit boek te lezen, dan zult gij een steen daaraan binden, en werpen het in het midden van den Frath; 64En zult zeggen: Alzo zal Babel zinken, en niet weder opkomen, vanwege het kwaad, dat Ik over haar zal brengen, en zij zullen mat worden. Tot hiertoe zijn de woorden van Jeremia.