Jeremiah 5:15-17

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¹⁵See, I will bring a distant nation against you, O Israel, says the Lord. It is a mighty nation, an ancient nation^[a] whose language you don’t understand. ¹⁶Their weapons are deadly; the men are all mighty. ¹⁷And they shall eat your harvest and your children’s bread, your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, yes, and your grapes and figs; and they shall sack your walled cities that you think are safe.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 5:15 an ancient nation. The kingdom of Babylonia, being revived in Jeremiah’s time (around 626 B.C.) had a long and illustrious history. The old Babylonian Empire lasted from about 1900 B.C.–1550 B.C. (the days of the Hebrew patriarchs), and earlier kingdoms had ruled on Babylonian soil as early as 3000 B.C.