15 Cry against her round about: she hath [a]given her hand: her foundations are fallen, and her walls are destroyed: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her: as she hath done, do unto her.

16 Destroy the [b]sower from Babel, and him that handleth the scythe in the time of harvest: because of the sword of the oppressor they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.

17 Israel is like scattered sheep: the lions have dispersed them: first the king of [c]Assyria hath devoured him, and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel hath broken his [d]bones.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:15 Or, yielded, or made peace.
  2. Jeremiah 50:16 Destroy her so that none be left to labor the ground, or to take the fruit thereof.
  3. Jeremiah 50:17 Meaning, Tiglath-Pilesar, who carried away the ten tribes.
  4. Jeremiah 50:17 He carried away the rest, to wit, Judah, and Benjamin.

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