Jeremiah 50:21-32
Scripture Passage: Jeremiah 50:21-32 (NASB)
21 “Against the land of Merathaim, go up against it,
And against the inhabitants of Pekod.
Kill and completely destroy them,” declares the Lord,
“And do according to everything that I have commanded you.
22 The noise of battle is in the land,
And great destruction.
23 How the hammer of the whole earth
Has been cut off and broken!
How Babylon has become
An object of horror among the nations!
24 I set a trap for you and you were also caught, Babylon,
While you yourself were not aware;
You have been found and also seized
Because you have engaged in conflict with the Lord.”
25 The Lord has opened His armory
And has brought out the weapons of His indignation,
For it is a work of the Lord God of armies
In the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come to her from the farthest border;
Open up her barns,
Pile her up like heaps of grain
And completely destroy her,
Let nothing be left to her.
27 Put all her bulls to the sword;
Let them go down to the slaughter!
Woe be upon them, for their day has come,
The time of their punishment.
28 There is a sound of fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon,
To declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
Vengeance for His temple.
29 “Summon many against Babylon,
All those who bend the bow:
Encamp against her on every side,
Let there be no escape.
Repay her according to her work;
According to all that she has done, so do to her;
For she has become arrogant against the Lord,
Against the Holy One of Israel.
30 Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,
And all her men of war will perish on that day,” declares the Lord.
31 “Behold, I am against you, arrogant one,”
Declares the Lord God of armies,
“For your day has come,
The time when I will punish you.
32 The arrogant one will stumble and fall
With no one to raise him up;
And I will set fire to his cities,
And it will devour all his surroundings.”
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