Jr 50 (King James)

   ¹ The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. ² Declare 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. ³ For 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. ⁴ In 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. ⁵ They 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. ⁶ My 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. ⁷ All 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. ⁸ Remove 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.
   ⁹ For, 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. ¹⁰ And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. ¹¹ Because 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; ¹² Your 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. ¹³ Because 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. ¹⁴ Put 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. ¹⁵ Shout 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. ¹⁶ Cut 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. ¹⁷ Israel 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. ¹⁸ Therefore 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. ¹⁹ And 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. ²⁰ In 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.
   ²¹ Go 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. ²² A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. ²³ How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! ²⁴ I 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. ²⁵ The 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. ²⁶ Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. ²⁷ Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. ²⁸ The 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. ²⁹ Call 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. ³⁰ Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. ³¹ Behold, 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. ³² And 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.
   ³³ Thus 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. ³⁴ Their 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. ³⁵ A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. ³⁶ A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. ³⁷ A 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. ³⁸ A 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. ³⁹ Therefore 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. ⁴⁰ As 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. ⁴¹ Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. ⁴² They 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. ⁴³ The 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. ⁴⁴ Behold, 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? ⁴⁵ Therefore 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. ⁴⁶ At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

Jr 50 (Vulgate)

   ¹ Verbum quod locutus est Dominus de Babylone et de terra Chaldæorum, in manu Jeremiæ prophetæ.
   ² [Annuntiate in gentibus, et auditum facite :
levate signum, prædicate, et nolite celare :
dicite : Capta est Babylon,
confusus est Bel, victus est Merodach,
confusa sunt sculptilia ejus,
superata sunt idola eorum.
   ³ Quoniam ascendit contra eam gens ab aquilone,
quæ ponet terram ejus in solitudinem,
et non erit qui habitet in ea ab homine usque ad pecus :
et moti sunt, et abierunt.
   ⁴ In diebus illis, et in tempore illo, ait Dominus,
venient filii Israël ipsi et filii Juda simul :
ambulantes et flentes properabunt,
et Dominum Deum suum quærent :
   ⁵ in Sion interrogabunt viam, huc facies eorum :
venient, et apponentur ad Dominum fœdere sempiterno,
quod nulla oblivione delebitur.
   ⁶ Grex perditus factus est populus meus :
pastores eorum seduxerunt eos,
feceruntque vagari in montibus :
de monte in collem transierunt ;
obliti sunt cubilis sui.
   ⁷ Omnes qui invenerunt comederunt eos,
et hostes eorum dixerunt : Non peccavimus :
pro eo quod peccaverunt Domino decori justitiæ,
et exspectationi patrum eorum Domino.
   ⁸ Recedite de medio Babylonis,
et de terra Chaldæorum egredimini,
et estote quasi hædi ante gregem.
   ⁹ Quoniam ecce ego suscito,
et adducam in Babylonem
congregationem gentium magnarum de terra aquilonis,
et præparabuntur adversus eam, et inde capietur :
sagitta ejus quasi viri fortis interfectoris :
non revertetur vacua.
   ¹⁰ Et erit Chaldæa in prædam :
omnes vastantes eam replebuntur, ait Dominus.
   ¹¹ Quoniam exsultatis, et magna loquimini,
diripientes hæreditatem meam :
quoniam effusi estis sicut vituli super herbam,
et mugistis sicut tauri :
   ¹² confusa est mater vestra nimis,
et adæquata pulveri, quæ genuit vos :
ecce novissima erit in gentibus,
deserta, invia, et arens.
   ¹³ Ab ira Domini non habitabitur,
sed redigetur tota in solitudinem :
omnis qui transibit per Babylonem stupebit,
et sibilabit super universis plagis ejus.
   ¹⁴ Præparamini contra Babylonem per circuitum,
omnes qui tenditis arcum :
debellate eam, non parcatis jaculis,
quia Domino peccavit.
   ¹⁵ Clamate adversus eam,
ubique dedit manum :
ceciderunt fundamenta ejus,
destructi sunt muri ejus,
quoniam ultio Domini est :
ultionem accipite de ea :
sicut fecit, facite ei.
   ¹⁶ Disperdite satorem de Babylone,
et tenentem falcem in tempore messis :
a facie gladii columbæ
unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur,
et singuli ad terram suam fugient.
   ¹⁷ Grex dispersus Israël :
leones ejecerunt eum.
Primus comedit eum rex Assur :
iste novissimus exossavit eum
Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis.
   ¹⁸ Propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël :
Ecce ego visitabo regem Babylonis et terram ejus,
sicut visitavi regem Assur :
   ¹⁹ et reducam Israël ad habitaculum suum :
et pascetur Carmelum et Basan,
et in monte Ephraim et Galaad saturabitur anima ejus.
   ²⁰ In diebus illis, et in tempore illo, ait Dominus,
quæretur iniquitas Israël, et non erit,
et peccatum Juda, et non invenietur :
quoniam propitius ero eis quos reliquero.
   ²¹ Super terram dominantium ascende,
et super habitatores ejus visita :
dissipa, et interfice quæ post eos sunt, ait Dominus,
et fac juxta omnia quæ præcepi tibi.
   ²² Vox belli in terra, et contritio magna.
   ²³ Quomodo confractus est et contritus malleus universæ terræ ?
quomodo versa est in desertum Babylon in gentibus ?
   ²⁴ Illaqueavi te, et capta es, Babylon,
et nesciebas :
inventa es et apprehensa,
quoniam Dominum provocasti.
   ²⁵ Aperuit Dominus thesaurum suum,
et protulit vasa iræ suæ,
quoniam opus est Domino Deo exercituum,
in terra Chaldæorum.
   ²⁶ Venite ad eam ab extremis finibus ;
aperite ut exeant qui conculcent eam :
tollite de via lapides, et redigite in acervos :
et interficite eam, nec sit quidquam reliquum.
   ²⁷ Dissipate universos fortes ejus :
descendant in occisionem :
væ eis, quia venit dies eorum,
tempus visitationis eorum !
   ²⁸ Vox fugientium,
et eorum qui evaserunt de terra Babylonis,
ut annuntient in Sion ultionem Domini Dei nostri,
ultionem templi ejus.
   ²⁹ Annuntiate in Babylonem plurimis,
omnibus qui tendunt arcum :
consistite adversus eam per gyrum,
et nullus evadat :
reddite ei secundum opus suum :
juxta omnia quæ fecit, facite illi,
quia contra Dominum erecta est,
adversum Sanctum Israël.
   ³⁰ Idcirco cadent juvenes ejus in plateis ejus,
et omnes viri bellatores ejus conticescent in die illa,
ait Dominus.
   ³¹ Ecce ego ad te, superbe !
dicit Dominus Deus exercituum :
quia venit dies tuus,
tempus visitationis tuæ.
   ³² Et cadet superbus, et corruet,
et non erit qui suscitet eum :
et succendam ignem in urbibus ejus,
et devorabit omnia in circuitu ejus.
   ³³ Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum :
Calumniam sustinent filii Israël,
et filii Juda simul :
omnes qui ceperunt eos, tenent :
nolunt dimittere eos.
   ³⁴ Redemptor eorum fortis,
Dominus exercituum nomen ejus :
judicio defendet causam eorum,
ut exterreat terram,
et commoveat habitatores Babylonis.
   ³⁵ Gladius ad Chaldæos, ait Dominus,
et ad habitatores Babylonis,
et ad principes, et ad sapientes ejus.
   ³⁶ Gladius ad divinos ejus, qui stulti erunt :
gladius ad fortes illius, qui timebunt.
   ³⁷ Gladius ad equos ejus, et ad currus ejus,
et ad omne vulgus quod est in medio ejus :
et erunt quasi mulieres :
gladius ad thesauros ejus, qui diripientur.
   ³⁸ Siccitas super aquas ejus erit, et arescent,
quia terra sculptilium est, et in portentis gloriantur.
   ³⁹ Propterea habitabunt dracones cum faunis ficariis,
et habitabunt in ea struthiones :
et non inhabitabitur ultra usque in sempiternum,
nec exstruetur usque ad generationem et generationem.
   ⁴⁰ Sicut subvertit Dominus Sodomam et Gomorrham,
et vicinas ejus, ait Dominus,
non habitabit ibi vir,
et non incolet eam filius hominis.
   ⁴¹ Ecce populus venit ab aquilone,
et gens magna, et reges multi
consurgent a finibus terræ.
   ⁴² Arcum et scutum apprehendent :
crudeles sunt, et immisericordes :
vox eorum quasi mare sonabit,
et super equos ascendent,
sicut vir paratus ad prælium contra te, filia Babylon.
   ⁴³ Audivit rex Babylonis famam eorum,
et dissolutæ sunt manus ejus :
angustia apprehendit eum,
dolor quasi parturientem.
   ⁴⁴ Ecce quasi leo ascendet,
de superbia Jordanis ad pulchritudinem robustam,
quia subito currere faciam eum ad illam.
Et quis erit electus, quem præponam ei ?
quis est enim similis mei ?
et quis sustinebit me ?
et quis est iste pastor, qui resistat vultui meo ?
   ⁴⁵ Propterea audite consilium Domini
quod mente concepit adversum Babylonem,
et cogitationes ejus
quas cogitavit super terram Chaldæorum :
nisi detraxerint eos parvuli gregum,
nisi dissipatum fuerit cum ipsis habitaculum eorum.
   ⁴⁶ A voce captivitatis Babylonis commota est terra,
et clamor inter gentes auditus est.]