hh. 30. 46. + Heb. Weedy sea. ich. 4. 13. & 4. 40, 41. about 600. 21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall; at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the + Red sea. 22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and ArZech. 9. 1. 2. pad; for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. kl. 17. 1. & 37. 13. Amos 1. 3. + Heb. malted. 1 I. 57. 20. Or, us on the sea. m 14. 13. 8. ch. 4. 31. & 6. 24. & 30. 6, 45, 41. ver. 22. nch. 53. 9. & 51.41. ch. 50. 30. & 51.4. P Amos 1. 4. about 600. 4 Is. 21. 13. Judg. 6. 3. Job 1.3. SPs. 120. 5. tel. 6. 25. & 46. 5. u ver. 8. + Heb. flit greatly. Ez. 39. 11. 'Or, that is at ease. 21 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: manguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. 27 And I will kindle a Pfire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad. 28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. 29 Their stents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, t Fear is on every side. 31 Arise, get you up unto the Iwealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor Non. 23. 9. bars, which y dwell alone. Deut. 33. 289. Mic. 7. 14. 32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their The judgment of Elam. Before CHRIST about 600. Z ver. 35. Ez. 5. 10. cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds a them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. ch. 9. 26. & 33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. 25. 23. off into cor ners.or,that have the cor ners of their hair polled. 10 22. Mal. 1. 3. c ver. 18. 34 The word of the LORD ch. 9. 11. & that came to Jeremiah the prophet against a Elam in the begin- d ch. 25. 25. ning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 598. 35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of See Is. 22.6. Elam, the chief of their might. 36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from, the four quarters of heaven, and fwill fver. 32. scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the 5 ch. 9..16. & sword after them, till I have consumed them: spake a against Babylon and 1.13.1. against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and † set up a stand-† ard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, b Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; cher idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 3d For out of the north there cometh up e a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. 4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the chil + Heb. by the hand of Jeremiah. Heb. lift up. bls. 46, 1. ch. 51. 44. © See ch.43. 12, 13. deh. 51. 48. 20. † Heb. place to lie m Ps. 79.7. See ch. 2. 3. Dan. 9. 16. PPs. 90. 1. & 91. 1. 9 Ps. 22. 4. Is. 48. 20. ch. 1. 6, 45. Rev. 18. 4. 9 ch. 15. 14. & 51. 27. ver. 3, 41. 6 My people hath 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. 7 All that found them have m devoured them: and n their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, Pthe habitation of justice, even the LORD, 9 the hope of their fathers. 0 8 Remove out of the midst of Zech. 26,7. Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. 9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: Rev. 17. 16. all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. t ver. 14, 29. 1 Or. destroyer. u 2 Sam. 1. 22. y Is. 47. 6. + Heb. big, or, corpulent. Z Hos. 10. 11. Or, neigh as steeds. a ch. 25. 12. b ch. 49. 17. © ver. 9. ch. 51. 2. d ch. 49. 35. ver. 29. 11 y Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; 12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, a but it shall be wholly desolate: b every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. c 14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. 15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for sit is the vengeance of the LORD: 1 Chr. 29. 24. take vengeance upon her; has she hath done, do unto her. 16 Cut off the sower from Baby-ch. lon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword ithey shall turn every one to hisi people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. 51.6, 11. Ps. 137. 8. ver. 29. Or, scythe. ch. 61. 9. kver. 6. 1 ch. 2. 15. me Kings 17. 17 ¶ Israel is ka scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first mthe king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this 6. n Nebuchadrezzar king of Baby-2 Kings 24. lon hath broken his bones. 10, 14. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. 19 And I will bring Israel again Is. 65. 10. to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. ch. 33. 12. Ez. 34. 13, 14. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, Pthe iniq- P ch. 31.34. uity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them a whom I reserve. 21 T Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of " Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do saccording to all that I have commanded thee. c ver. 14. d ver. 15. ch. 51. 56. Rev. 18. 6. e Is. 47.10. Ich. 49. 26. & 51.4 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof |escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.' 30 f Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. 31 Behold, I am against thee, O ↑ Heb. pride. thou tmost proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 8 ver. 27. ↑ Heb. pride. h cl. 21. 14 i Rev. 18. 9. k Is. 4. 4. 1 Dan. 5. 30. 1s. 47. 13. 1,44. 25. ch. 48. 30. 'Or. chief stays. † Heb. bars. and redemption of Israel. Pthey shall become as women: a Before sword is upon her treasures; and CHRIST they shall be robbed. 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. S 595. Nah. 3 13. Ph. 51, 30, 19.44 27. ch 51.32,36. Rev. 16. 12. rver 2. ch 51.44,47, 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell there! in: and it shall be no more in- 1s. 13 20. habited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. ch. 25. 12. 13. 19. 51.26. 40 "As God overthrew Sodom "Gen. 19. 25. and Gomorrah and the neigh-ch 49.18. & bour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. I ver 9. ich 6 22. & 25. 14. & 51. 27. Rev. 17. 16. 41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 42 y They shall hold the bowych. 6 23. and the lance: they are cruel, Is. 13. 18. and will not show mercy: a their * Is. 5. 30. voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daugh 33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; The LORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon mher wise men. 36 A sword is nupon the Iliars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and ch. 25. 20, 24. upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and Ez. 30. 3. 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: banguish 6 ch. 49. 24. took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. God's severe judgment against Before CHRIST 595. 1 Heb. heart. #2 Kmgs 19. 7. ch. 4. 11. b ch. 15. 7. d ch. 50. 14. JEREMIAH. CHAPTER LI. Babylon in revenge of Israel. ance of the LORD, the vengeance | 12 Set up the standard upon Before CHRIST 595. Na. 2. 1. & 3. 14 Heb. liers raise up against in wait. Babylon, and against them that 2 And will send unto Babylon ech. 50. 21. e 4 Thus the slain shall fall in fel. 49, 26. & the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. 50. 30, 37. gch. 50 8. Rev. 18. 4. i ch. 25. 14. 13 b0 thou that dwellest upon b Rev. 17. 1, many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. 14 The LORD of hosts hath h. 49. 13. sworn by himself, saying, Sure-As 6.8. ly I will fill thee with men, with caterpillars; and they shall lift e up a shout against thee. 15 fHe hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and ghath stretched out the heaven Job 9 8. by his understanding. 16h When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in 5 For Israel hath not been for-the heavens; and he causeth the 6 g Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her hch. 50. 15, 28. iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense. 7k Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations mare mad. Nah. 3. 15. ↑ Heb. utter. f Gen. 1. 1, 6. 19 The portion of Jacob is notch. 10. 16. 20 Thou art my battle axe and 21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; Is, 10, 5, 15. ch. 50. 23. Or, in thee, or, by thee, 10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. 11 Make bright the arrows; Heb pure. gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: y for his de- 23 I will also break in pieces vice is against Babylon, to de- with thee the shepherd and his cl. 50. 28. stroy it; because it is the venge-flock; and with thee will I break 22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces Pold and young; and with thee PS2 Chr. 36. will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; X 1, 13. 17. ver. vs. 3 ch. 50. 45. 17. 9ch. 50. 15, 29. r Is. 13. 2. Zech. 4. 7. S Rev. 8. 8. tel. 50. 40. † Heb. everlasting desolations. a Is. 13. 2. x ch. 25. 14. Y ch. 50. 41. z ver. 11. and rulers. 24 9 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. 25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, sand will make thee a burnt mountain. 26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be t desolate for ever, saith the LORD. 27 Set ye 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 Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars. 28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. 29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed a ch.50.13, 39, against Babylon, ato make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. 40. ver. 43. b Is. 19. 16. ch. 48, 41, & 50.37. Lain. 2. 9. Amos 1. 5. Nah. 3. 13. d ch. 50. 24. ch. 50, 38. f Is. 21. 10. Amos 1. 3. Mic. 4. 13. Is. 41. 15. Hab. 3. 12. Or, in the thresheth h Is. 17. 5, 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. 31 dOne post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end, 32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. 33 For thus saith the LORD of time that he hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her yet a little while, hand the time of her harvest shall come. &c. Hos. 6. 11. Joel 3. 13. Rev. 14. 15, 15. 595. against Babylon 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Before Babylon hath idevoured me, he CHRIST hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath ich. 50. 17. swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. 35 The violence done to met Heb. and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the tinhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. My violence. ! Or, remainder. Heb. inhabitress. cl. 50. 34. ch. 50. 38. Is. 13. 22. ch. 50. 39. 36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. 37 m And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and hissing, without an inhabitant. 38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' Or, shake whelps. Rev. 13. 2. ach. 25. 9, 18. themselves. 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make ver. 57. them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual; sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. 40 I will bring them down like i lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. Peb. 25 26. 41s. 13. 19. ch. 49. 25. Dan. 4. 30. 8. ver. 29. 41 How is PSheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! 42 The sea is come up upon, See Is. 8. 7, Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. 43 Her cities are a desolation, ch. 50.39, 40. a dry land, and a wilderness, á land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby. 44 And I will punish Bel in Is. 46. 1. Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him; yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. 45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. 46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear y for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and `vio-' |