{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/jeremiah/50","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T20:01:49.990Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Jeremiah","bookSlug":"jeremiah","chapter":50,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":49,"nextChapter":51,"totalChapters":52,"totalVerses":46},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The word that the LORD spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Declare you among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For out of the north there comes up 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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"My people has 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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Remove out of the middle of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For, see, 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 there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, said the LORD."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, O you destroyers of my heritage, because you are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bore you shall be ashamed: behold, the last of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all you that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against the LORD."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Shout against her round about: she has given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria has devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Therefore thus said 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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on mount Ephraim and Gilead."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the iniquity 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 whom I reserve."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, said the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded you."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, O Babylon, and you were not aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against the LORD."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The LORD has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her: for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, said the LORD."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Behold, I am against you, O you most proud, said the Lord GOD of hosts: for your day is come, the time that I will visit you."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Thus said 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."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"A sword is on the Chaldeans, said the LORD, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"A sword is on the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is on her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mingled people that are in the middle of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures; and they shall be robbed."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"A drought is on her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad on their idols."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelled in from generation to generation."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, said the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride on horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan to the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"Therefore hear you the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations."}],"citation":{"inline":"Jeremiah 50 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Jeremiah 50](https://primebible.com/akjv/jeremiah/50)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/jeremiah/50 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}