You have made Your people suffer hardship; You have given us a wine to drink that made us stagger.

Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous never changes.

From the ends of the earth we hear songs: The Splendor of the Righteous One. But I said, "I waste away! I waste away! Woe is me." The treacherous act treacherously; the treacherous deal very treacherously.

Woe, you destroyer never destroyed, you traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you.

As the old proverb says, 'Wickedness comes from wicked people.' My hand will never be against you.

I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him vomit what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even Babylon's wall will fall.

Heaven and earth and everything in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her. [This is] the LORD's declaration.

Babylon must fall [because of] the slain of Israel, even as the slain of all the earth fell because of Babylon.

Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens and fortify her tall fortresses, destroyers will come against her from Me. [This is] the LORD's declaration.

If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone is to be killed with a sword, with a sword he will be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Lift up a banner on a barren mountain. Call out to them. Wave your hand, and they will go through the gates of the nobles.

Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a mighty people! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations being gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

Line up in battle formation around Babylon, all you archers! Shoot at her! Do not spare an arrow, for she has sinned against the LORD.

Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He might bring rest to the earth but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

[This is] the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.

Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has put it into the mind of the kings of the Medes because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the LORD's vengeance, vengeance for His temple.

Raise a signal flag in the land; blow a ram's horn among the nations; set apart the nations against her. Summon kingdoms against her-- Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a marshal against her; bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.

Set apart the nations for battle against her-- the kings of Media, her governors and all her officials, and all the lands they rule.

PERES [means that] your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians."

The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.

For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will choose Israel again. He will settle them on their own land. The foreigner will join them and be united with the house of Jacob.

When the LORD gives you rest from your pain, torment, and the hard labor you were forced to do,

and the ransomed of the LORD will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake [them], and sorrow and sighing will flee.

I was angry with My people; I profaned My possession, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

"Because of the oppression of the afflicted and the groaning of the poor, I will now rise up," says the LORD. "I will put in a safe place the one who longs for it."

Let the groans of the prisoners reach You; according to Your great power, preserve those condemned to die.

By the rivers of Babylon-- there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.

for our captors there asked us for songs, and our tormentors, for rejoicing: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."

for the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the power of one stronger than he.

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant with joy because of the LORD's goodness, because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and because of the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer grow weak [from hunger].

Isn't Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him, I certainly still think about him. Therefore, My inner being yearns for him; I will truly have compassion on him. [This is] the LORD's declaration.

for I satisfy the thirsty person and feed all those who are weak."

'You have said, Woe is me, because the LORD has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.

Don't let the archer string his bow; don't let him put on his armor. Don't spare her young men; completely destroy her entire army!

Those who were slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, those who were pierced through, in her streets.

Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and I am sick at heart.

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will stand up; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

Then my enemy will see, and she will be covered with shame, the one who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look at her in triumph; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.

I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made it worse.

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I have graciously returned to Jerusalem; My house will be rebuilt within it"-- the declaration of the LORD of Hosts-- "and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.