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Jeremiah 51:1 - 51:5

Yahweh Sends Calamity to Babylon

Thus says Yahweh:
“Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon
And against the inhabitants of Leb‑kamai
The spirit of a destroyer.
2
I will send strangers to Babylon that they may winnow her
And may empty her land to destruction;
For on every side they will be against her
In the day of her calamity.
3
Let not him who bends his bow bend it,
Nor let him rise up in his scale‑armor;
So do not spare her young men;
Devote all her army to destruction.
4
They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
And pierced through in their streets.”

5
For neither Israel nor Judah has been widowed
By his God, by Yahweh of hosts,
Although their land is full of guilt
Before the Holy One of Israel.