Jeremiah 51:1
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה
Thus has Jehovah declared:
הִנְנִי֙ מֵעִ֣יר עַל־בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֶל־יֹשְׁבֵ֖י לֵ֣ב קָמָ֑י
“Behold I am stirring up against Babylon,
and towards inhabitants
of a risen-up-against-Me heart (Chaldea),
ר֖וּחַ מַשְׁחִֽית׃
A destroying wind;
Jeremiah 51:2
וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֨י לְבָבֶ֤ל זָרִים֙ וְזֵר֔וּהָ
And I shall send forth strangers to Babylon
and they shall sift her,
וִיבֹקְק֖וּ אֶת־אַרְצָ֑הּ
and empty out her land;
כִּֽי־הָי֥וּ עָלֶ֛יהָ מִסָּבִ֖יב בְּיֹ֥ום רָעָֽה׃
For they shall be down upon her from all around
in a day of evil;
Jeremiah 51:3
אֶֽל־יִדְרֹ֤ךְ [יִדְרֹךְ כ] הַדֹּרֵךְ֙ קַשְׁתֹּ֔ו וְאֶל־יִתְעַ֖ל בְּסִרְיֹנֹ֑ו
Let not him who is able to load his bow load up,
not even lift himself up in his armour;
וְאַֽל־תַּחְמְלוּ֙ אֶל־בַּ֣חֻרֶ֔יהָ הַחֲרִ֖ימוּ כָּל־צְבָאָֽהּ׃
And ye shall not have pity towards her young men,
devote ye the whole of her army to destruction!
Jeremiah 51:4
וְנָפְל֥וּ חֲלָלִ֖ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים
And they lay mortally wounded
in the territory of Chaldea
וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖ים בְּחוּצֹותֶֽיהָ׃
And riddled in her open fields;
Jeremiah 51:5
כִּ֠י לֹֽא־אַלְמָ֨ן יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל וִֽיהוּדָה֙ מֵֽאֱלֹהָ֔יו מֵֽיְהוָ֖ה צְבָאֹ֑ות
For not abandoned be Israel or Judah,
by his God, by the LORD of Hosts;
כִּ֤י אַרְצָם֙ מָלְאָ֣ה אָשָׁ֔ם מִקְּדֹ֖ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Though their land is full of offence,
far from the Holy One of Israel;
Jeremiah 51:6
נֻ֣סוּ מִתֹּ֣וךְ בָּבֶ֗ל וּמַלְּטוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ נַפְשֹׁ֔ו אַל־תִּדַּ֖מּוּ בַּעֲוֹנָ֑הּ
Flee ye from the midst of Babylon,
and deliver ye each themself;
Do not let yourselves become silent in her iniquity;
כִּי֩ עֵ֨ת נְקָמָ֥ה הִיא֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה גְּמ֕וּל ה֥וּא מְשַׁלֵּ֖ם לָֽהּ׃
For it is the time of the LORD’s vengeance: repayment,
He is paying her back!
Jeremiah 51:7
כֹּוס־זָהָ֤ב בָּבֶל֙ בְּיַד־יְהוָ֔ה מְשַׁכֶּ֖רֶת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
Babylon is a gold cup in the LORD’s hand
intoxicating the whole earth;
מִיֵּינָהּ֙ שָׁת֣וּ גֹויִ֔ם עַל־כֵּ֖ן יִתְהֹלְל֥וּ גֹויִֽם׃
From her wine Gentiles drank,
hence Gentiles are puffing themselves up;
Jeremiah 51:8
פִּתְאֹ֛ם נָפְלָ֥ה בָבֶ֖ל וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֑ר
Suddenly, Babylon fell, and she broke;
הֵילִ֣ילוּ עָלֶ֗יהָ
Wail concerning her,
קְח֤וּ צֳרִי֙ לְמַכְאֹובָ֔הּ אוּלַ֖י תֵּרָפֵֽא׃
Take balm for her pain,
it may be she can become healed!
Jeremiah 51:9
רִפִּאנוּ (רִפִּ֣ינוּ ק) אֶת־בָּבֶל֙ וְלֹ֣א נִרְפָּ֔תָה
We treated Babylon,
but she did not allow herself to be healed;
עִזְב֕וּהָ וְנֵלֵ֖ךְ אִ֣ישׁ לְאַרְצֹ֑ו
Leave her, and let us proceed,
each to their own territory;
כִּֽי־נָגַ֤ע אֶל־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִשְׁפָּטָ֔הּ
For her sentence has reached the Majestic Heaven,
וְנִשָּׂ֖א עַד־שְׁחָקִֽים׃
And is carried up to the Great Cloud.
Jeremiah 51:10
הֹוצִ֥יא יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּ
The LORD made our righteousness spring up:
בֹּ֚אוּ וּנְסַפְּרָ֣ה בְצִיֹּ֔ון
Come, and let us declare in Zion
אֶֽת־מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃
The work of the LORD our God!
Jeremiah 51:11
הָבֵ֣רוּ הַחִצִּים֮ מִלְא֣וּ הַשְּׁלָטִים֒
Freshen-up the missiles, maximize the shields;
הֵעִ֣יר יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־ר֙וּחַ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י מָדַ֔י
The LORD stirred the spirit of the kings of Media,
כִּֽי־עַל־בָּבֶ֥ל מְזִמָּתֹ֖ו לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּ
Because concerning Babylon His purpose is to wipe her out;
כִּֽי־נִקְמַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ הִ֔יא נִקְמַ֖ת הֵיכָלֹֽו׃
For it is the vengeance of the LORD,
the avengement for His Temple.
Jeremiah 51:12
אֶל־חֹומֹ֨ת בָּבֶ֜ל שְׂאוּ־נֵ֗ס הַחֲזִ֨יקוּ֙ הַמִּשְׁמָ֔ר
Towards the walls of Babylon raise up an ensign;
Strengthen the guard,
הָקִ֨ימוּ֙ שֹֽׁמְרִ֔ים הָכִ֖ינוּ הָאֹֽרְבִ֑ים
Station watchmen, set up the liers-in-wait;
כִּ֚י גַּם־זָמַ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה גַּם־עָשָׂ֕ה
Because the LORD has both purposed and done,
אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֖ר אֶל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃
That which He spoke to the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:13
שֹׁכַנְתִּי (שֹׁכַנְתְּ֙ ק) עַל־מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֔ים
She that dwells upon many waters,
רַבַּ֖ת אֹֽוצָרֹ֑ת
Abounding in treasures;
בָּ֥א קִצֵּ֖ךְ אַמַּ֥ת בִּצְעֵֽךְ׃
Your end has come,
the measure for your covetousness.
Jeremiah 51:14
נִשְׁבַּ֛ע יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות בְּנַפְשֹׁ֑ו
The LORD of Hosts had sworn by Himself:
כִּ֣י אִם־מִלֵּאתִ֤יךְ אָדָם֙ כַּיֶּ֔לֶק
“Truly I have filled you with mankind, the like of a locust,
וְעָנ֥וּ עָלַ֖יִךְ הֵידָֽד׃ ס
And they began loud cheering over you.”
Jeremiah 51:15
עֹשֵׂ֥ה אֶ֨רֶץ֙ בְּכֹחֹ֔ו מֵכִ֥ין תֵּבֵ֖ל בְּחָכְמָתֹ֑ו
He who made made the Earth by His power,
Establishing a global habitation by His wisdom;
וּבִתְבוּנָתֹ֖ו נָטָ֥ה שָׁמָֽיִם׃
And through His understanding,
stretched out the heavens;
Jeremiah 51:16
לְקֹ֨ול תִּתֹּ֜ו הֲמֹ֥ון מַ֨יִם֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם
By the utterance of His giving,
A multitude of waters is in the skies;
וַיַּ֥עַל נְשִׂאִ֖ים מִקְצֵה־אָ֑רֶץ
And he makes mists ascend
from the end of the Earth;
בְּרָקִ֤ים לַמָּטָר֙ עָשָׂ֔ה וַיֹּ֥צֵא ר֖וּחַ מֵאֹצְרֹתָֽיו׃
He produces lightning bolts for the rain,
and makes the wind go forth from His Storehouse.
Jeremiah 51:17
נִבְעַ֤ר כָּל־אָדָם֙ מִדַּ֔עַת הֹבִ֥ישׁ כָּל־צֹרֵ֖ף מִפָּ֑סֶל
All humanity consumes itself far from knowledge;
Every goldsmith becomes withered through an idol;
כִּ֛י שֶׁ֥קֶר נִסְכֹּ֖ו וְלֹא־ר֥וּחַ בָּֽם׃
Because his casting is a deception,
and without spirit within themselves.
Jeremiah 51:18
הֶ֣בֶל הֵ֔מָּה מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה תַּעְתֻּעִ֑ים
They are vapour, a work of delusional mockery;
בְּעֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃
In the time of their visitation, they shall perish.
Jeremiah 51:19
לֹֽא־כְאֵ֜לֶּה חֵ֣לֶק יַעֲקֹ֗וב
Not the like of these is the portion of Jacob;
כִּֽי־יֹוצֵ֤ר הַכֹּל֙ ה֔וּא וְשֵׁ֖בֶט נַחֲלָתֹ֑ו
For the One Who Formed everything, He is,
And also the Sceptre of His inheritance;
יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות שְׁמֹֽו׃ ס
The LORD of Hosts is His Name.
Jeremiah 51:20
מַפֵּץ־אַתָּ֣ה לִ֔י כְּלֵ֖י מִלְחָמָ֑ה
You are a sledgehammer for Me,
A Weapon of war;
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤י בְךָ֙ גֹּויִ֔ם וְהִשְׁחַתִּ֥י בְךָ֖ מַמְלָכֹֽות׃
And I will, by you, shatter nations,
and I will, by you, wipe out sovereignties;
Jeremiah 51:21
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י בְךָ֔ ס֖וּס וְרֹֽכְבֹ֑ו
And by you I will scatter a chariot-horse and its rider;
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י בְךָ֔ רֶ֖כֶב וְרֹכְבֹֽו׃
And by you I will break a war-chariot and its driver;
Jeremiah 51:22
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤י בְךָ֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה
And by you I will separate a man and woman;
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥י בְךָ֖ זָקֵ֣ן וָנָ֑עַר
And by you I will separate an elder and youth;
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י בְךָ֔ בָּח֖וּר וּבְתוּלָֽה׃
And by you I will separate a young man and virgin;
Jeremiah 51:23
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤י בְךָ֙ רֹעֶ֣ה וְעֶדְרֹ֔ו
And by you I will scatter shepherd and his flock;
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥י בְךָ֖ אִכָּ֣ר וְצִמְדֹּ֑ו
And by you I will separate ploughman and his team;
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י בְךָ֔ פַּחֹ֖ות וּסְגָנִֽים׃
And by you I will sever governors and overseers;
Jeremiah 51:24
וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֨י לְבָבֶ֜ל וּלְכֹ֣ל יֹושְׁבֵ֣י כַשְׂדִּ֗ים
And I shall requite Babylon,
and all those who inhabit Babylon:
אֵ֧ת כָּל־רָעָתָ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֥וּ בְצִיֹּ֖ון לְעֵֽינֵיכֶ֑ם
All their evil, that which they have done against Zion,
in full view of you-all:
נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃ ס
The Declaration of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 51:25
הִנְנִ֨י אֵלֶ֜יךָ הַ֤ר הַמַּשְׁחִית֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה
Behold I am against you, O Mountain of Corruption
-the declaration of the LORD,
הַמַּשְׁחִ֖ית אֶת־כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
which is destroying all the Earth;
וְנָטִ֨יתִי אֶת־יָדִ֜י עָלֶ֗יךָ
I have stretched out My Hand upon you;
וְגִלְגַּלְתִּ֨יךָ֙ מִן־הַסְּלָעִ֔ים
And I will roll you down from the Majestic Cliff,
וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ לְהַ֥ר שְׂרֵפָֽה׃
And make you into a mountain of conflagration;
Jeremiah 51:26
וְלֹֽא־יִקְח֤וּ מִמְּךָ֙ אֶ֣בֶן לְפִנָּ֔ה וְאֶ֖בֶן לְמֹֽוסָדֹ֑ות
And they shall not take from off you stone for a corner,
nor stone for a majestic foundation;
כִּֽי־שִׁמְמֹ֥ות עֹולָ֛ם תִּֽהְיֶ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃
Indeed you shall become
a sinister desolation of unlimited duration;
The Declaration of the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:27
שְׂאוּ־נֵ֣ס בָּאָ֗רֶץ
Raise a banner in the land;
תִּקְע֨וּ שֹׁופָ֤ר בַּגֹּויִם֙ קַדְּשׁ֤וּ עָלֶ֨יהָ֙ גֹּויִ֔ם
Blow a shofar among the nations,
dedicate nations against her,
הַשְׁמִ֧יעוּ עָלֶ֛יהָ מַמְלְכֹ֥ות אֲרָרַ֖ט מִנִּ֣י וְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑ז
Summon against her the realms of
Ararat, Armenia and Ashkenaz;
פִּקְד֤וּ עָלֶ֨יהָ֙ טִפְסָ֔ר הַֽעֲלוּ־ס֖וּס כְּיֶ֥לֶק סָמָֽר׃
Appoint a marshal against her,
bring up a horse the like of a bristling locust.
Jeremiah 51:28
קַדְּשׁ֨וּ עָלֶ֤יהָ גֹויִם֙ אֶת־מַלְכֵ֣י מָדַ֔י
Set apart gentiles against her: the kings of Media,
אֶת־פַּחֹותֶ֖יהָ וְאֶת־כָּל־סְגָנֶ֑יהָ
It’s governors and it’s proxy rulers;
וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ מֶמְשַׁלְתֹּֽו׃
And also all the territory of their dominion.
Jeremiah 51:29
וַתִּרְעַ֥שׁ הָאָ֖רֶץ וַתָּחֹ֑ל
And the land quaked and twisted:
כִּ֣י קָ֤מָה עַל־בָּבֶל֙ מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ות יְהוָ֔ה
For the purpose of the LORD stood firm against Babylon,
לָשׂ֞וּם אֶת־אֶ֧רֶץ בָּבֶ֛ל לְשַׁמָּ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין יֹושֵֽׁב׃
To ordain the land of Babylon
for a horror without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:30
חָדְלוּ֩ גִבֹּורֵ֨י בָבֶ֜ל לְהִלָּחֵ֗ם יָֽשְׁבוּ֙ בַּמְּצָדֹ֔ות
The mighty men of Babylon ceased to do battle:
They sat in their strongholds;
נָשְׁתָ֥ה גְבוּרָתָ֖ם הָי֣וּ לְנָשִׁ֑ים
Their might dried up, they became unmanly;
הִצִּ֥יתוּ מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יהָ נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ בְרִיחֶֽיהָ׃
Her habitations are set on fire,
her barriers disintegrated.
Jeremiah 51:31
רָ֤ץ לִקְרַאת־רָץ֙ יָר֔וּץ וּמַגִּ֖יד לִקְרַ֣את מַגִּ֑יד
One running to meet another,
he runs and is proclaiming,
when meeting making declaration:
לְהַגִּיד֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל כִּֽי־נִלְכְּדָ֥ה עִירֹ֖ו מִקָּצֶֽה׃
To announce to the king of Babylon,
that his city has been taken from farthest point;
Jeremiah 51:32
וְהַמַּעְבָּרֹ֣ות נִתְפָּ֔שׂוּ וְאֶת־הָאֲגַמִּ֖ים שָׂרְפ֣וּ בָאֵ֑שׁ
And the fords have been seized,
and the swamp defence-works they have burnt with fire,
וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה נִבְהָֽלוּ׃ ס
And the combatants are in shock.
Jeremiah 51:33
כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאֹות֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
For thus has said the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel:
בַּת־בָּבֶ֕ל כְּגֹ֖רֶן עֵ֣ת הִדְרִיכָ֑הּ
The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor,
עֹ֣וד מְעַ֔ט וּבָ֥אָה עֵֽת־הַקָּצִ֖יר לָֽהּ׃
Yet a little, and harvest time shall have come for her;
Jeremiah 51:34
[אֲכָלָנוּ (אֲכָלַ֣נִי ק) [הֲמָמָנוּ (הֲמָמַ֗נִי ק)
He has consumed us, put us in commotion,
נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֮ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶל֒
Nebuchadretzzar, king of Babel,
הִצִּיגָנוּ (הִצִּיגַ֙נִי֙ ק) כְּלִ֣י רִ֔יק
He has set us down, an empty vessel,
בְּלָעָנוּ (בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙ ק) כַּתַּנִּ֔ין
He has swallowed us up, like a dragon,
מִלָּ֥א כְרֵשֹׂ֖ו מֵֽעֲדָנָ֑י
He has filled his belly, out of My delicacies;
[הֱדִיחָנוּ (הֱדִיחָֽנִי׃ ק)
He has cast us out;
Jeremiah 51:35
חֲמָסִ֤י וּשְׁאֵרִי֙ עַל־בָּבֶ֔ל תֹּאמַ֖ר יֹשֶׁ֣בֶת צִיֹּ֑ון
“My injury and my flesh upon Babylon!”
shall say the inhabitant of Zion;
וְדָמִי֙ אֶל־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י כַשְׂדִּ֔ים תֹּאמַ֖ר יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ס
And “My blood against the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
shall say Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 51:36
לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה
Therefore, thus has the LORD said:
הִנְנִי־רָב֙ אֶת־רִיבֵ֔ךְ וְנִקַּמְתִּ֖י אֶת־נִקְמָתֵ֑ךְ
Behold, I am defending your case,
and I will take vengeance for your compensation;
וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי֙ אֶת־יַמָּ֔הּ וְהֹבַשְׁתִּ֖י אֶת־מְקֹורָֽהּ׃
And I will dry up her sea,
and I will make her spring become dry;
Jeremiah 51:37
וְהָיְתָה֩ בָבֶ֨ל לְגַלִּ֧ים מְעֹון־תַּנִּ֛ים
And Babylon will become wavelike-heaps
– a lair of a dragon-monster;
שַׁמָּ֥ה וּשְׁרֵקָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין יֹושֵֽׁב׃
A horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:38
יַחְדָּ֖ו כַּכְּפִרִ֣ים יִשְׁאָ֑גוּ
They together were groaning as young lions;
נָעֲר֖וּ כְּגֹורֵ֥י אֲרָיֹֽות׃
They growled like lions’ cubs.
Jeremiah 51:39
בְּחֻמָּ֞ם אָשִׁ֣ית אֶת־מִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֗ם
In their glowing heat, I will set them a feast,
וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים֙ לְמַ֣עַן יַעֲלֹ֔זוּ
and make them drunk, that they may rejoice big-time;
וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ שְׁנַת־עֹולָ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ
And so they can sleep a sleep of all-coming-time,
and not awaken.
נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃
The Declaration of the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:40
אֹֽורִידֵ֖ם כְּכָרִ֣ים לִטְבֹ֑וחַ
I shall cause them to go down,
as fatted lambs for slaughtering;
כְּאֵילִ֖ים עִם־עַתּוּדִֽים׃
Like rams together with he-goats;
Jeremiah 51:41
אֵ֚יךְ נִלְכְּדָ֣ה שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ תְּהִלַּ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
how Sheshach (Brazen-clad-fornication-goddess)
has been caught, and captured,
the praise of the whole Earth!
אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּגֹּויִֽם׃
How she has become a horror, Babylon,
among the nations!
Jeremiah 51:42
עָלָ֥ה עַל־בָּבֶ֖ל הַיָּ֑ם
The sea has come up over Babylon;
בַּהֲמֹ֥ון גַּלָּ֖יו נִכְסָֽתָה׃
By the multitude of it’s waves she is covered.
Jeremiah 51:43
הָי֤וּ עָרֶ֨יהָ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה אֶ֖רֶץ צִיָּ֣ה וַעֲרָבָ֑ה
Her cities became a desolation,
a dry country and a desert;
אֶ֗רֶץ לֹֽא־יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּהֵן֙ כָּל־אִ֔ישׁ
A land, without any man dwelling in them,
וְלֹֽא־יַעֲבֹ֥ר בָּהֵ֖ן בֶּן־אָדָֽם׃
And a son of man shall not pass by near them.
Jeremiah 51:44
וּפָקַדְתִּ֨י עַל־בֵּ֜ל בְּבָבֶ֗ל
And I shall visit Baal in Babylon,
וְהֹצֵאתִ֤י אֶת־בִּלְעֹו֙ מִפִּ֔יו
And I shall make what he swallowed go forth from his mouth,
וְלֹֽא־יִנְהֲר֥וּ אֵלָ֛יו עֹ֖וד גֹּויִ֑ם
And that nations shall not again flow towards him;
גַּם־חֹומַ֥ת בָּבֶ֖ל נָפָֽלָה׃
Moreover the wall of Babylon, it has fallen.
Jeremiah 51:45
צְא֤וּ מִתֹּוכָהּ֙ עַמִּ֔י וּמַלְּט֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־נַפְשֹׁ֑ו
Come out of her, My people,
Yea deliver each his living being –
מֵחֲרֹ֖ון אַף־יְהוָֽה׃
from the burning anger of the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:46
וּפֶן־יֵרַ֤ךְ לְבַבְכֶם֙ וְתִֽירְא֔וּ
And lest your heart should falter and fear,
בַּשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה הַנִּשְׁמַ֣עַת בָּאָ֑רֶץ
Because of the news which is heard on Earth,
וּבָ֧א בַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁמוּעָ֗ה
The news “And it will happen within the year”,
וְאַחֲרָ֤יו בַּשָּׁנָה֙ הַשְּׁמוּעָ֔ה
Then subsequently within the year, the news…
וְחָמָ֣ס בָּאָ֔רֶץ
And violence on Earth,
וּמֹשֵׁ֖ל עַל־מֹשֵֽׁל׃
And ruler against ruler.
Jeremiah 51:47
לָכֵן֙ הִנֵּ֣ה יָמִ֣ים בָּאִ֔ים
Therefore, behold days are coming,
וּפָקַדְתִּי֙ עַל־פְּסִילֵ֣י בָבֶ֔ל
And I shall visit the idols of Babylon,
וְכָל־אַרְצָ֖הּ תֵּבֹ֑ושׁ
Then the whole of her land, they will feel shame;
וְכָל־חֲלָלֶ֖יהָ יִפְּל֥וּ בְתֹוכָֽהּ׃
And all of her profaned, they shall fall in her midst.
Jeremiah 51:48
וְרִנְּנ֤וּ עַל־בָּבֶל֙ שָׁמַ֣יִם וָאָ֔רֶץ וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּהֶ֑ם
Yet shall they shout for joy, Heaven and Earth,
and all those in them;
כִּ֧י מִצָּפֹ֛ון יָבֹוא־לָ֥הּ הַשֹּׁודְדִ֖ים
For from North shall the devastators come for her,
נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃
The LORD’S Declaration.
Jeremiah 51:49
גַּם־בָּבֶ֕ל לִנְפֹּ֖ל חַֽלְלֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
Additionally Babylon,
with reference to falling – the profaned of Israel….
גַּם־לְבָבֶ֥ל נָפְל֖וּ חַֽלְלֵ֥י כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
Reciprocally at Babylon shall have fallen
the profaned of the whole Earth.
Jeremiah 51:50
פְּלֵטִ֣ים מֵחֶ֔רֶב הִלְכ֖וּ אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ
sword escapees, go! Do not stand still;
זִכְר֤וּ מֵֽרָחֹוק֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה
Remember the LORD from afar,
וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם תַּעֲלֶ֥ה עַל־לְבַבְכֶֽם׃
And let Jerusalem ascend upon your heart.
Jeremiah 51:51
בֹּ֚שְׁנוּ כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֣עְנוּ חֶרְפָּ֔ה כִּסְּתָ֥ה כְלִמָּ֖ה פָּנֵ֑ינוּ
We were ashamed, when we understood contempt;
public disgrace had covered our faces;
כִּ֚י בָּ֣אוּ זָרִ֔ים עַֽל־מִקְדְּשֵׁ֖י בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ ס
For strangers had come against the Majestic Sanctuary,
The House of the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:52
לָכֵ֞ן הִנֵּֽה־יָמִ֤ים בָּאִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה
Behold, days are coming – the Declaration of the LORD,
וּפָקַדְתִּ֖י עַל־פְּסִילֶ֑יהָ
Then shall I visit concerning her idols;
וּבְכָל־אַרְצָ֖הּ יֶאֱנֹ֥ק חָלָֽל׃
And so in all her territory, profaned will groan.
Jeremiah 51:53
כִּֽי־תַעֲלֶ֤ה בָבֶל֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
Because Babylon climbs the heavens,
וְכִ֥י תְבַצֵּ֖ר מְרֹ֣ום עֻזָּ֑הּ
And because she is making inaccessible the height of her might;
מֵאִתִּ֗י יָבֹ֧אוּ שֹׁדְדִ֛ים לָ֖הּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ ס
From Me shall devastators come for her –
the Declaration of the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:54
קֹ֥ול זְעָקָ֖ה מִבָּבֶ֑ל
A sound of an outcry from Babylon;
וְשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֹ֖ול מֵאֶ֥רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃
And a great collapse from the territory of Chaldea!
Jeremiah 51:55
כִּֽי־שֹׁדֵ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת־בָּבֶ֔ל וְאִבַּ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נָּה קֹ֣ול גָּדֹ֑ול
For the LORD laying Babylon waste,
then caused a great voice from her to perish;
וְהָמ֤וּ גַלֵּיהֶם֙ כְּמַ֣יִם רַבִּ֔ים נִתַּ֥ן שְׁאֹ֖ון קֹולָֽם׃
And their waves had roared, the like of many waters;
The din or their voice has been given over;
Jeremiah 51:56
כִּי֩ בָ֨א עָלֶ֤יהָ עַל־בָּבֶל֙ שֹׁודֵ֔ד
When a devastator,
having come against her, against Babylon,
וְנִלְכְּדוּ֙ גִּבֹּורֶ֔יהָ חִתְּתָ֖ה קַשְּׁתֹותָ֑ם
Then were her valiant ones taken,
their weaponry broken up;
כִּ֣י אֵ֧ל גְּמֻלֹ֛ות יְהוָ֖ה שַׁלֵּ֥ם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃
For the God of Compensation, Jehovah,
he makes completely good!
Jeremiah 51:57
וְ֠הִשְׁכַּרְתִּי שָׂרֶ֨יהָ וַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָ
And I made drunken her leaders and wise ones,
פַּחֹותֶ֤יהָ וּסְגָנֶ֨יהָ֙ וְגִבֹּורֶ֔יהָ
Her governors and officials,
and also her valiant warriors;
וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ שְׁנַת־עֹולָ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ
Then they slept the sleep of all time,
and did not re-awaken.
נְאֻ֨ם־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות שְׁמֹֽו׃ ס
The Declaration of the King.
His Name: Jehovah of Armies.
Jeremiah 51:58
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֗ות
Thus says Jehovah of Armies:
חֹ֠מֹות בָּבֶ֤ל הָֽרְחָבָה֙ עַרְעֵ֣ר תִּתְעַרְעָ֔ר
The walls of Babylon the Arrogant
shall be stripped totally bare,
וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ הַגְּבֹהִ֖ים בָּאֵ֣שׁ יִצַּ֑תּוּ
And her lofty gates shall burn in the fire;
וְיִֽגְע֨וּ עַמִּ֧ים בְּדֵי־רִ֛יק וּלְאֻמִּ֥ים בְּדֵי־אֵ֖שׁ וְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ ס
And so her citizens shall toil for nothing
and peoples for fire, and they shall be weary.
Jeremiah 51:59
הַדָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֗יא
The word, that which Jeremiah the prophet had instructed
אֶת־שְׂרָיָ֣ה בֶן־נֵרִיָּה֮ בֶּן־מַחְסֵיָה֒
SeraYah/Seraiah, son of NeriYah/Neriah, son of MachseYah/Maaseiah,
בְּלֶכְתֹּ֞ו אֶת־צִדְקִיָּ֤הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֙ בָּבֶ֔ל
When he would be approaching Babylon,
with Zedekiah king of Judah,
בִּשְׁנַ֥ת הָרְבִעִ֖ית לְמָלְכֹ֑ו
In the fourth year of his reign.
וּשְׂרָיָ֖ה שַׂ֥ר מְנוּחָֽה׃
Now SeraYah is a quiet leader.
Jeremiah 51:60
וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ אֵ֧ת כָּל־הָרָעָ֛ה
And Jeremiah had written all the evil,
אֲשֶׁר־תָּבֹ֥וא אֶל־בָּבֶ֖ל אֶל־סֵ֣פֶר אֶחָ֑ד
That which would come to Babylon, into a single scroll;
אֵ֚ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה הַכְּתֻבִ֖ים אֶל־בָּבֶֽל׃
Even all these things,
the ones having been written against Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:61
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ אֶל־שְׂרָיָ֑ה
And Jeremiah had said to SeraYah:
כְּבֹאֲךָ֣ בָבֶ֔ל וְֽרָאִ֔יתָ
“While you are approaching Babylon,
and also have view,
וְֽקָרָ֔אתָ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
Then recite all these things.”
Jeremiah 51:62
וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ יְהוָה֙ אַתָּ֨ה דִבַּ֜רְתָּ אֶל־הַמָּקֹ֤ום הַזֶּה֙ לְהַכְרִיתֹ֔ו
Moreover shall you say:
“O LORD, You Yourself have spoken concerning this place,
with reference to cutting it off;
לְבִלְתִּ֤י הֱיֹֽות־בֹּו֙ יֹושֵׁ֔ב לְמֵאָדָ֖ם וְעַד־בְּהֵמָ֑ה
Specifically, without there being within it a dweller,
in regard to man, even to cattle-beast;
כִּֽי־שִׁמְמֹ֥ות עֹולָ֖ם תִּֽהְיֶֽה׃
Indeed that it shall be a perpetual sinister desolation.”
Jeremiah 51:63
וְהָיָה֙ כְּכַלֹּ֣תְךָ֔ לִקְרֹ֖א אֶת־הַסֵּ֣פֶר הַזֶּ֑ה
Now it shall be, on your completion of
reading aloud this scroll,
תִּקְשֹׁ֤ר עָלָיו֙ אֶ֔בֶן וְהִשְׁלַכְתֹּ֖ו אֶל־תֹּ֥וךְ פְּרָֽת׃
You shall bind a stone to it,
then throw it into the middle of the Euphrates;
Jeremiah 51:64
וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ כָּ֠כָה תִּשְׁקַ֨ע בָּבֶ֤ל וְלֹֽא־תָקוּם֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י הָרָעָ֗ה
Moreover, you shall say as follows:
“Babylon shall sink down and not rise up,
because of the disaster,
אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י מֵבִ֥יא עָלֶ֖יהָ וְיָעֵ֑פוּ
that which I am about to bring upon her –
and they shall be weary!
עַד־הֵ֖נָּה דִּבְרֵ֥י יִרְמְיָֽהוּ׃ ס
The words of Jeremiah: upto this point.