(A)For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon
An assembly of great nations from the north country,
And they shall array themselves against her;
From there she shall be captured.
Their arrows shall be like those of [a]an expert warrior;
(B)None shall return in vain.
10 And Chaldea shall become plunder;
(C)All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the Lord.

11 “Because(D) you were glad, because you rejoiced,
You destroyers of My heritage,
Because you have grown fat (E)like a heifer threshing grain,
And you [b]bellow like bulls,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:9 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr.; MT, Tg., Vg. a warrior who makes childless
  2. Jeremiah 50:11 Or neigh like steeds

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