There shall not a man abide there, Nor any son of man dwell therein. IX. The destruction of Elam. - CH. XLIX. 34-39. 34 THE word of Jehovah which came to Jeremiah, the prophet, against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying; 35 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts ; Behold, I break the bow of Elam, The chief part of their strength. 36 And I will bring against Elam The four winds from the four extremities of the heav ens, And I will scatter them to all these winds, And there shall be no nation, To which the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their ene mies, And before them that seek their life. And I will bring evil upon them, The fierceness of my anger, saith Jehovah. And I will send after them the sword, Until I have consumed them. 38 And I will set up my throne in Elam, And I will destroy from thence king and princes, saith Jehovah. 39 But it shall come to pass in future times, That I will bring back the captivity of Elam, saith *Jehovah. 1 X. Destruction of Babylon, and restoration of Israel. — CH. L.- LI. THE word which Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, and concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jere、miah, the prophet. 1. 2 Tell ye among the nations, and proclaim, and lift up a standard! Proclaim ye; conceal it not; Say ye, "Babylon is taken, "Bel is confounded; "Merodach is in consternation; "Her idols are confounded; "Her images are in consternation.” 8 For out of the North cometh up against her a nation, Which shall make her land desolate, So that none shall dwell therein; Both man and beast are fled; They are gone. 4 In those days, and at that time, saith Jehovah, The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; 5 They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thith erward; They shall come, and shall join themselves to Jehovah, In a perpetual covenant, that shall not be forgotten. My people have been lost.sheep; Their shepherds have caused them to go astray; They have forgotten their fold. 7 All, that found them, devoured them; 8 For their adversaries said, "We shall not be held guilty," Because they had sinned against Jehovah, The secure fold, and the hope of their fathers. Flee ye out of Babylon, And go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, And be ye like he-goats before the flock! 9 For, behold, I will raise up, and bring against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from the land of the North, And they shall set themselves in array against her, And then shall she be taken; Their arrows shall be as those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain. 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil; 11 All that spoil her shall have their fill, saith Jehovah. Because ye rejoiced and exulted, O ye plunderers of my inheritance, Because ye wantoned like a thrashing heifer, And neighed like a stallion, 12 Your mother is utterly confounded; She that bore you is put to shame. Behold, the end of the nations! A wilderness, a dry land, a desert! 13 Because of the wrath of Jehovah, she shall not be in 14 habited; She shall be wholly desolate; Every one, that passeth by Babylon, shall be amazed, And hiss on account of all her plagues. Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about; that bend the bow, shoot at her; All ye, Spare not the arrows! For she hath sinned against Jehovah. 15 Raise the war-shout! She reacheth forth her hand; Her pillars are fallen; Her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of Jehovah. 16 Cut ye off the sower from Babylon, 17 And him that handleth the sickle in harvest-time! Because of the overpowering sword, They shall turn every one to his own people, And they shall flee every one to his own land. Israel hath been like scattered sheep, Which the lions have driven away; First the king of Assyria devoured him, And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, hath broken his bones. 18 Therefore, thus saith Jehovah 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. 19 And I will bring back Israel to his own pasture, And he shall feed upon Carmel and Bashan, And satiate himself upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days and at that time, saith Jehovah, The iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; 21 2. Against the land of Rebellion go ye up, And against the inhabitants of Vengeance! Lay waste and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, And do all, which I have commanded thee! 22 The din of battle is in the land, And great destruction. 23 How is the battle-hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment to all the nations! 24 I have laid a snare for thee, And thou hast been caught, O Babylon, When thou wast not aware! Thou hast been found and taken, Because thou hast contended against Jehovah. 25 Jehovah hath opened his armory, And hath brought out the weapons of his indignation; For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, performeth a work against the land of the Chaldeans. 26 Come against her from the utmost border! Open ye her barns, Cast her up into heaps, 27 Slay all her bullocks, |