11/17/14 (0133) JEREMIAH 51:46-58 (NAB) Do not be discouraged when rumors spread through the land; this year one rumor comes, next year another: Violence in the land! or Ruler against ruler! Realize that the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon; the whole land shall be put to shame, all her slain shall fall in her midst. Then heaven and earth and everything in them shall shout over Babylon with joy, when the destroyers come against her from the north - oracle of the LORD. Babylon, too, must fall, you slain of Israel, because by the hand of Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen. You who have escaped the sword, go, do not stand idle; Remember the LORD from far away, let Jerusalem come to mind. We are ashamed because we have heard taunts, disgrace covers our faces; strangers have entered sanctuaries in the LORDs house. Therefore see, the days are coming - oracle of the LORD - when I will punish her idols, and throughout the land the wounded will groan. Though Babylon scale the heavens, and make her strong heights inaccessible, my destroyers shall reach her - oracle of the LORD. A sound of crying from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans; For the LORD lays Babylon waste, silences her loud cry, Waves roaring like mighty waters, a clamor resounding. For the destroyer comes upon her, upon Babylon; warriors are captured, their bows broken; The LORD is a God of recompense, he will surely repay. I will make her princes and sages drunk, with her governors, officers, and warriors, so that they sleep an everlasting sleep, never to awaken - oracle of the King, whose name is LORD of hosts. Thus say the LORD of hosts: The walls of spacious Babylon shall be leveled to the ground, its lofty gates destroyed by fire. The toil of the peoples is for nothing; the nations weary themselves for what the flames consume.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:25:02 +0000
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