Jeremiah 50:16-18
New Century Version
16 Don’t let the people from Babylon plant their crops
or gather the harvest.
The soldiers treated their captives cruelly.
Now, let everyone go back home.
Let everyone run to his own country.
17 “The people of Israel are like a flock of sheep that are scattered
from being chased by lions.
The first lion to eat them up
was the king of Assyria.
The last lion to crush their bones
was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
18 So this is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says:
“I will punish the king of Babylon and his country
as I punished the king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 50:16-18
New International Version
16 Cut off from Babylon the sower,
and the reaper with his sickle at harvest.
Because of the sword(A) of the oppressor
let everyone return to their own people,(B)
let everyone flee to their own land.(C)
17 “Israel is a scattered flock(D)
that lions(E) have chased away.
The first to devour(F) them
was the king(G) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones(H)
was Nebuchadnezzar(I) king(J) of Babylon.”
18 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
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