1	Thus saith# the LORD; Behold, I will raise up# against Babylon, and against them that dwell# in the midst of them that rise up# against me, a destroying# wind; [midst: Heb. heart]
			2	And will send# unto Babylon fanners# , that shall fan# her, and shall empty# her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
			3	Against him that bendeth# let the archer# bend# his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up# in his brigandine: and spare# ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly# all her host.
			4	Thus the slain shall fall# in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through# in her streets.
			5	For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled# with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
			6	Flee out# of the midst of Babylon, and deliver# every man his soul: be not cut off# in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render# unto her a recompence.
			7	Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken# : the nations have drunken# of her wine; therefore the nations are mad# .
			8	Babylon is suddenly fallen# and destroyed# : howl# for her; take# balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed# .
			9	We would have healed# Babylon, but she is not healed# : forsake# her, and let us go# every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth# unto heaven, and is lifted up# even to the skies.
			10	The LORD hath brought forth# our righteousness: come# , and let us declare# in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
			11	Make bright# the arrows; gather# the shields: the LORD hath raised up# the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy# it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. [bright: Heb. pure]
			12	Set up# the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong# , set up# the watchmen# , prepare# the ambushes# : for the LORD hath both devised# and done# that which he spake# against the inhabitants# of Babylon. [ambushes: Heb. liers in wait]
			13	O thou that dwellest# # # # upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come# , and the measure of thy covetousness.
			14	The LORD of hosts hath sworn# by himself, saying , Surely I will fill# thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up# a shout against thee. [by himself: Heb. by his soul] [lift up: Heb. utter]
			15	He hath made# the earth by his power, he hath established# the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out# the heaven by his understanding.
			16	When he uttereth# his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend# from the ends of the earth: he maketh# lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth# the wind out of his treasures. [multitude: or, noise]
			17	Every man is brutish# by his knowledge; every founder# is confounded# by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. [is brutish...: or, is more brutish than to know]
			18	They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish# .
			19	The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former# of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
			20	Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces# the nations, and with thee will I destroy# kingdoms; [with thee: or, in thee, or, by thee]
			21	And with thee will I break in pieces# the horse and his rider# ; and with thee will I break in pieces# the chariot and his rider# ;
			22	With thee also will I break in pieces# man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces# old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces# the young man and the maid;
			23	I will also break in pieces# with thee the shepherd# and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces# the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces# captains and rulers.
			24	And I will render# unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants# of Chaldea all their evil that they have done# in Zion in your sight, saith# the LORD.
			25	Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith# the LORD, which destroyest# all the earth: and I will stretch out# mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down# from the rocks, and will make# thee a burnt mountain.
			26	And they shall not take# of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith# the LORD. [desolate...: Heb. everlasting desolations]
			27	Set ye up# a standard in the land, blow# the trumpet among the nations, prepare# the nations against her, call together# against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint# a captain against her; cause the horses to come up# as the rough caterpillers.
			28	Prepare# against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
			29	And the land shall tremble# and sorrow# : for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed# against Babylon, to make# the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant# .
			30	The mighty men of Babylon have forborn# to fight# , they have remained# in their holds: their might hath failed# ; they became as women: they have burned# her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken# .
			31	One post# shall run# to meet# another# , and one messenger# to meet# another# , to shew# the king of Babylon that his city is taken# at one end,
			32	And that the passages are stopped# , and the reeds they have burned# with fire, and the men of war are affrighted# .
			33	For thus saith# the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh# her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come# . [it is...: or, in the time that he thresheth her]
			34	Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured# me, he hath crushed# me, he hath made# me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up# like a dragon, he hath filled# his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out# .
			35	The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant# of Zion say# ; and my blood upon the inhabitants# of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say# . [The violence...: Heb. My violence] [flesh: or, remainder] [inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress]
			36	Therefore thus saith# the LORD; Behold, I will plead# thy cause, and take vengeance# for thee; and I will dry up# her sea, and make her springs dry# .
			37	And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant# .
			38	They shall roar# together like lions: they shall yell# as lions' whelps. [yell: or, shake themselves]
			39	In their heat I will make# their feasts, and I will make them drunken# , that they may rejoice# , and sleep# a perpetual sleep, and not wake# , saith# the LORD.
			40	I will bring them down# like lambs to the slaughter# , like rams with he goats.
			41	How is Sheshach taken# ! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised# ! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
			42	The sea is come up# upon Babylon: she is covered# with the multitude of the waves thereof.
			43	Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth# , neither doth any son of man pass# thereby.
			44	And I will punish# Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth# out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together# any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall# .
			45	My people, go ye out# of the midst of her, and deliver# ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
			46	And lest your heart faint# , and ye fear# for the rumour that shall be heard# in the land; a rumour shall both come# one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler# against ruler# . [lest: or, let not]
			47	Therefore, behold, the days come# , that I will do judgment# upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded# , and all her slain shall fall# in the midst of her. [do...: Heb. visit upon]
			48	Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing# for Babylon: for the spoilers# shall come# unto her from the north, saith# the LORD.
			49	As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall# , so at Babylon shall fall# the slain of all the earth. [As...: or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and with Babylon, etc] [the earth: or, the country]
			50	Ye that have escaped the sword, go away# , stand not still# : remember# the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come# into your mind.
			51	We are confounded# , because we have heard# reproach: shame hath covered# our faces: for strangers# are come# into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.
			52	Wherefore, behold, the days come# , saith# the LORD, that I will do judgment# upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan# .
			53	Though Babylon should mount up# to heaven, and though she should fortify# the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers# come# unto her, saith# the LORD.
			54	A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
			55	Because the LORD hath spoiled# Babylon, and destroyed# out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar# like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered# :
			56	Because the spoiler# is come# upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken# , every one of their bows is broken# : for the LORD God of recompences shall surely# requite# .
			57	And I will make drunk# her princes, and her wise men , her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep# a perpetual sleep, and not wake# , saith# the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
			58	Thus saith# the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly# broken# , and her high gates shall be burned# with fire; and the people shall labour# in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary# . [The broad...: or, The walls of broad Babylon] [broken: or, made naked]
			59	The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded# Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went# with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign# . And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. [with: or, on the behalf of] [quiet...: or, prince of Menucha, or, chief chamberlain]
			60	So Jeremiah wrote# in a book all the evil that should come# upon Babylon, even all these words that are written# against Babylon.
			61	And Jeremiah said# to Seraiah, When thou comest# to Babylon, and shalt see# , and shalt read# all these words;
			62	Then shalt thou say# , O LORD, thou hast spoken# against this place, to cut it off# , that none shall remain# in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. [desolate: Heb. desolations]
			63	And it shall be, when thou hast made an end# of reading# this book, that thou shalt bind# a stone to it, and cast# it into the midst of Euphrates:
			64	And thou shalt say# , Thus shall Babylon sink# , and shall not rise# from the evil that I will bring# upon her: and they shall be weary# . Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.