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Jeremiah
1The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.2Declare ye 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.3For out of the north there cometh 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.4In those days, and in that time, saith 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.5They 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.6My people hath 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 restingplace.7All 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.8Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.9For, lo, 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 thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.10And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.11Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;12Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.13Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.15Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth 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.17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.18Therefore thus saith 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.19And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.20In those days, and in that time, saith 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.21Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.22A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.23How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.25The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.26Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.28The 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.29Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.30Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.31Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.32And 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.33Thus saith 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.34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.35A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men .36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.38A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.39Therefore 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 dwelt in from generation to generation.40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.41Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.42They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto 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?45Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath 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.46At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
1الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا الرَّبُّ عَنْ بَابِلَ وَعَنْ أَرْضِ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ عَلَى يَدِ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ،2أَخْبِرُوا فِي الشُّعُوبِ وَأَسْمِعُوا وَارْفَعُوا رَايَةً. أَسْمِعُوا لاَ تُخْفُوا. قُولُوا، أُخِذَتْ بَابِلُ. خَزِيَ بِيلُ. انْسَحَقَ مَرُودَخُ. خَزِيَتْ أَوْثَانُهَا انْسَحَقَتْ أَصْنَامُهَا.3لأَنَّهُ قَدْ طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهَا أُمَّةٌ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ تَجْعَلُ أَرْضَهَا خَرِبَةً فَلاَ يَكُونُ فِيهَا سَاكِنٌ. مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ إِلَى حَيَوَانٍ هَرَبُوا وَذَهَبُوا.4فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ وَفِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ يَأْتِي بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ هُمْ وَبَنُو يَهُوذَا مَعاً. يَسِيرُونَ سَيْراً وَيَبْكُونَ وَيَطْلُبُونَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ.5يَسْأَلُونَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ صِهْيَوْنَ وَوُجُوهُهُمْ إِلَى هُنَاكَ، قَائِلِينَ، هَلُمَّ فَنَلْصَقُ بِالرَّبِّ بِعَهْدٍ أَبَدِيٍّ لاَ يُنْسَى.6كَانَ شَعْبِي خِرَافاً ضَالَّةً، قَدْ أَضَلَّتْهُمْ رُعَاتُهُمْ. عَلَى الْجِبَالِ أَتَاهُوهُمْ. سَارُوا مِنْ جَبَلٍ إِلَى أَكَمَةٍ. نَسَوْا مَرْبِضَهُمْ.7كُلُّ الَّذِينَ وَجَدُوهُمْ أَكَلُوهُمْ، وَقَالَ مُبْغِضُوهُمْ، لاَ نُذْنِبُ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُمْ أَخْطَأُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ مَسْكَنِ الْبِرِّ وَرَجَاءِ آبَائِهِمِ الرَّبِّ.8اُهْرُبُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ بَابِلَ وَاخْرُجُوا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ وَكُونُوا مِثْلَ كَرَارِيزَ أَمَامَ الْغَنَمِ.9لأَنِّي هَئَنَذَا أُوقِظُ وَأُصْعِدُ عَلَى بَابِلَ جُمْهُورَ شُعُوبٍ عَظِيمَةٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ الشِّمَالِ فَيَصْطَفُّونَ عَلَيْهَا. مِنْ هُنَاكَ تُؤْخَذُ. نِبَالُهُمْ كَبَطَلٍ مُهْلِكٍ لاَ يَرْجِعُ فَارِغاً.10وَتَكُونُ أَرْضُ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ غَنِيمَةً. كُلُّ مُغْتَنِمِيهَا يَشْبَعُونَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.11لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ فَرِحْتُمْ وَشَمِتُّمْ يَا نَاهِبِي مِيرَاثِي وَقَفَزْتُمْ كَعِجْلَةٍ فِي الْكَلإِ، وَصَهَلْتُمْ كَخَيْلٍ12تَخْزَى أُمُّكُمْ جِدّاً. تَخْجَلُ الَّتِي وَلَدَتْكُمْ. هَا آخِرَةُ الشُّعُوبِ بَرِّيَّةٌ وَأَرْضٌ نَاشِفَةٌ وَقَفْرٌ.13بِسَبَبِ سَخَطِ الرَّبِّ لاَ تُسْكَنُ بَلْ تَصِيرُ خَرِبَةً بِالتَّمَامِ. كُلُّ مَارٍّ بِبَابِلَ يَتَعَجَّبُ وَيَصْفِرُ بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ ضَرَبَاتِهَا.14اِصْطَفُّوا عَلَى بَابِلَ حَوَالَيْهَا يَا جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ يَنْزِعُونَ فِي الْقَوْسِ. ارْمُوا عَلَيْهَا. لاَ تُوَفِّرُوا السِّهَامَ لأَنَّهَا قَدْ أَخْطَأَتْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ.15اهْتِفُوا عَلَيْهَا حَوَالَيْهَا. قَدْ أَعْطَتْ يَدَهَا. سَقَطَتْ أُسُسُهَا، نُقِضَتْ أَسْوَارُهَا. لأَنَّهَا نَقْمَةُ الرَّبِّ هِيَ، فَانْتَقِمُوا مِنْهَا. كَمَا فَعَلَتِ افْعَلُوا بِهَا.16اقْطَعُوا الزَّارِعَ مِنْ بَابِلَ وَمَاسِكَ الْمِنْجَلِ فِي وَقْتِ الْحَصَادِ. مِنْ وَجْهِ السَّيْفِ الْقَاسِي يَرْجِعُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى شَعْبِهِ وَيَهْرُبُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ.17إِسْرَائِيلُ غَنَمٌ مُتَبَدِّدَةٌ. قَدْ طَرَدَتْهُ السِّبَاعُ. أَوَّلاً أَكَلَهُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ، ثُمَّ هَذَا الأَخِيرُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ هَرَسَ عِظَامَهُ.18لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، هَئَنَذَا أُعَاقِبُ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ وَأَرْضَهُ كَمَا عَاقَبْتُ مَلِكَ أَشُّورَ.19وَأَرُدُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى مَسْكَنِهِ، فَيَرْعَى كَرْمَلَ وَبَاشَانَ، وَفِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَجِلْعَادَ تَشْبَعُ نَفْسُهُ.20فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ وَفِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ يُطْلَبُ إِثْمُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلاَ يَكُونُ، وَخَطِيَّةُ يَهُوذَا فَلاَ تُوجَدُ، لأَنِّي أَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ أُبْقِيهِ.21اِصْعَدْ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِرَاثَايِمَ. عَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى سُكَّانِ فَقُودَ. اخْرِبْ وَحَرِّمْ وَرَاءَهُمْ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ وَافْعَلْ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرْتُكَ بِهِ.22صَوْتُ حَرْبٍ فِي الأَرْضِ وَانْحِطَامٌ عَظِيمٌ.23كَيْفَ قُطِعَتْ وَتَحَطَّمَتْ مِطْرَقَةُ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ. كَيْفَ صَارَتْ بَابِلُ خَرِبَةً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ.24قَدْ نَصَبْتُ لَكِ شَرَكاً فَعَلِقْتِ يَا بَابِلُ وَأَنْتِ لَمْ تَعْرِفِي. قَدْ وُجِدْتِ وَأُمْسِكْتِ لأَنَّكِ قَدْ خَاصَمْتِ الرَّبَّ.25فَتَحَ الرَّبُّ خِزَانَتَهُ وَأَخْرَجَ آلاَتِ رَجَزِهِ، لأَنَّ لِلسَّيِّدِ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ عَمَلاً فِي أَرْضِ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ.26هَلُمَّ إِلَيْهَا مِنَ الأَقْصَى. افْتَحُوا أَهْرَاءَهَا. كَوِّمُوهَا عِرَاماً وَحَرِّمُوهَا وَلاَ تَكُنْ لَهَا بَقِيَّةٌ.27أَهْلِكُوا كُلَّ عُجُولِهَا. لِتَنْزِلْ لِلذَّبْحِ. وَيْلٌ لَهُمْ لأَنَّهُ قَدْ أَتَى يَوْمُهُمْ، زَمَانُ عِقَابِهِمْ.28صَوْتُ هَارِبِينَ وَنَاجِينَ مِنْ أَرْضِ بَابِلَ لِيُخْبِرُوا فِي صِهْيَوْنَ بِنَقْمَةِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا نَقْمَةِ هَيْكَلِهِ.29اُدْعُوا إِلَى بَابِلَ أَصْحَابَ الْقِسِيِّ. لِيَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهَا كُلُّ مَنْ يَنْزِعُ فِي الْقَوْسِ حَوَالَيْهَا. لاَ يَكُنْ نَاجٍ. كَافِئُوهَا نَظِيرَ عَمَلِهَا. افْعَلُوا بِهَا حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا فَعَلَتْ. لأَنَّهَا بَغَتْ عَلَى الرَّبِّ عَلَى قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.30لِذَلِكَ يَسْقُطُ شُبَّانُهَا فِي الشَّوَارِعِ، وَكُلُّ رِجَالِ حَرْبِهَا يَهْلِكُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.31هَئَنَذَا عَلَيْكِ أَيَّتُهَا الْبَاغِيَةُ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ لأَنَّهُ قَدْ أَتَى يَوْمُكِ حِينَ عِقَابِي إِيَّاكِ.32فَيَعْثُرُ الْبَاغِي وَيَسْقُطُ وَلاَ يَكُونُ لَهُ مَنْ يُقِيمُهُ، وَأُشْعِلُ نَاراً فِي مُدُنِهِ فَتَأْكُلُ كُلَّ مَا حَوَالَيْهَا.33هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ، إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَنِي يَهُوذَا مَعاً مَظْلُومُونَ وَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ سَبَوْهُمْ أَمْسَكُوهُمْ. أَبَوْا أَنْ يُطْلِقُوهُمْ.34وَلِيُّهُمْ قَوِيٌّ. رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ اسْمُهُ. يُقِيمُ دَعْوَاهُمْ لِيُرِيحَ الأَرْضَ وَيُزْعِجَ سُكَّانَ بَابِلَ.35سَيْفٌ عَلَى الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ وَعَلَى سُكَّانِ بَابِلَ وَعَلَى رُؤَسَائِهَا وَعَلَى حُكَمَائِهَا.36سَيْفٌ عَلَى الْمُخَادِعِينَ فَيَصِيرُونَ حُمُقاً. سَيْفٌ عَلَى أَبْطَالِهَا فَيَرْتَعِبُونَ.37سَيْفٌ عَلَى خَيْلِهَا وَعَلَى مَرْكَبَاتِهَا وَعَلَى كُلِّ اللَّفِيفِ الَّذِي فِي وَسَطِهَا فَيَصِيرُونَ نِسَاءً. سَيْفٌ عَلَى خَزَائِنِهَا فَتُنْهَبُ.38حَرٌّ عَلَى مِيَاهِهَا فَتَنْشَفُ، لأَنَّهَا أَرْضُ مَنْحُوتَاتٍ هِيَ وَبِالأَصْنَامِ تُجَنُّ.39لِذَلِكَ تَسْكُنُ وُحُوشُ الْقَفْرِ مَعَ بَنَاتِ آوَى، وَتَسْكُنُ فِيهَا رِعَالُ النَّعَامِ، وَلاَ تُسْكَنُ بَعْدُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ وَلاَ تُعْمَرُ إِلَى دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ.40كَقَلْبِ اللَّهِ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَمُجَاوَرَاتِهَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ لاَ يَسْكُنُ هُنَاكَ إِنْسَانٌ، وَلاَ يَتَغَرَّبُ فِيهَا ابْنُ آدَمَ.41هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ مُقْبِلٌ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ وَأُمَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ وَيُوقَظُ مُلُوكٌ كَثِيرُونَ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ.42يُمْسِكُونَ الْقَوْسَ وَالرُّمْحَ. هُمْ قُسَاةٌ لاَ يَرْحَمُونَ. صَوْتُهُمْ يَعِجُّ كَبَحْرٍ، وَعَلَى خَيْلٍ يَرْكَبُونَ مُصْطَفِّينَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ لِمُحَارَبَتِكِ يَا بِنْتَ بَابِلَ.43سَمِعَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ خَبَرَهُمْ فَارْتَخَتْ يَدَاهُ. أَخَذَتْهُ الضِّيقَةُ وَالْوَجَعُ كَمَاخِضٍ.44هَا هُوَ يَصْعَدُ كَأَسَدٍ مِنْ كِبْرِيَاءِ الأُرْدُنِّ إِلَى مَرْعىً دَائِمٍ. لأَنِّي أَغْمِزُ وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ يَرْكُضُونَ عَنْهُ. فَمَنْ هُوَ مُنْتَخَبٌ فَأُقِيمَهُ عَلَيْهِ. لأَنَّهُ مَنْ مِثْلِي وَمَنْ يُحَاكِمُنِي، وَمَنْ هُوَ الرَّاعِي الَّذِي يَقِفُ أَمَامِي.45لِذَلِكَ اسْمَعُوا مَشُورَةَ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي قَضَى بِهَا عَلَى بَابِلَ، وَأَفْكَارَهُ الَّتِي افْتَكَرَ بِهَا عَلَى أَرْضِ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ. إِنَّ صِغَارَ الْغَنَمِ تَسْحَبُهُمْ. إِنَّهُ يَخْرِبُ مَسْكَنَهُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ.46مِنَ الْقَوْلِ أُخِذَتْ بَابِلُ. رَجَفَتِ الأَرْضُ وَسُمِعَ صُرَاخٌ فِي الشُّعُوبِ.