{"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/web/jeremiah/50","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:22:15.198Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Jeremiah","bookSlug":"jeremiah","chapter":50,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":49,"nextChapter":51,"totalChapters":52,"totalVerses":46},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Declare 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."},{"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 are fled, they are gone, both man and animal."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"In 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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They 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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"My 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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"All 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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For, 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; none shall return in vain."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied, says Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Because 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;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"your 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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Because 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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Set 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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Shout 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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Cut 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."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Israel 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."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Therefore 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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"I 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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, 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 leave as a remnant."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Go 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."},{"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 apart 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, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work [to do] 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":"Kill all her bulls; 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 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."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Call 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."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Behold, 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."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Thus 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."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Their 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."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; 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 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."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"A 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."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Therefore 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."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"As 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."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"They 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."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"Behold, [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?"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"Therefore 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."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations."}],"citation":{"inline":"Jeremiah 50 (WEB)","markdown":"[Jeremiah 50](https://primebible.com/web/jeremiah/50)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/jeremiah/50 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}