Jeremiah 28

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ThomsonAGAIN it came to pass in the fourth year of Sedekias king of Juda, in the fifth month, that Ananias son of Azor, the false prophet from Gabaon spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

BrentonThus saith the Lord; Behold, I stir up against Babylon, and against the Chaldeans dwelling therein, a deadly burning wind.

GreekΤάδε λέγει Κύριος, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξεγείρω ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Χαλδαίους ἄνεμον καύσωνα διαφθείροντα.

ThomsonThus said the Lord: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon—

BrentonAnd I will send forth against Babylon spoilers, and they shall spoil her, and shall ravage her land. Woe to Babylon round about her in the day of her affliction.

GreekΚαὶ ἐξαποστελῶ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα ὑβριστὰς, καὶ καθυβρίσουσιν αὐτὴν, καὶ λυμανοῦνται τὴν γῆν αὐτῆς· οὐαὶ ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα κυκλόθεν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακώσεως αὐτῆς.

Thomsonyet two years of days

BrentonLet the archer bend his bow, and him that has armour put it on: and spare ye not her young men, but destroy ye all her host.

GreekΤεινέτω ὁ τείνων τὸ τόξον αὐτοῦ, καὶ περιθέσθω ᾧ ἐστιν ὅπλα αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ φείσησθε ἐπὶ τοὺς νεανίσκους αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀφανίσατε πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῆς.

Thomsonand I will bring back to this place the vessels of the house of the Lord, and Jechonias and the captives of Juda; for I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

BrentonAnd slain men shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and men pierced through shall fall without it.

GreekΚαὶ πεσοῦνται τραυματίαι ἐν γῇ Χαλδαίων, καὶ κατακεκεντημένοι ἔξωθεν αὐτῆς.

ThomsonThereupon Jeremias spoke to Ananias in the presence of all the people and in the presence of the priests who were standing in the house of the Lord.

BrentonFor Israel and Juda have not been forsaken of their God, of the Lord Almighty; whereas their land was filled with iniquity against the holy things of Israel.

GreekΔιότι οὐκ ἐχήρευσεν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰούδας ἀπὸ Θεοῦ αὐτῶν, ἀπὸ Κυρίου παντοκράτορος, ὅτι ἡ γῆ αὐτῶν ἐπλήσθη ἀδικίας ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων Ἰσραήλ.

ThomsonMay the Lord indeed do so, said Jeremias; may He establish the word which thou hast spoken, by bringing back the vessels of the house of the Lord and all the captives from Babylon to this place.

BrentonFlee ye out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every one his soul: and be not overthrown in her iniquity; for it is the time of her retribution from the Lord; he is rendering to her a recompence.

GreekΦεύγετε ἐκ μέσου Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ ἀνασώζετε ἕκαστος τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἀποῤῥιφῆτε ἐν τῇ ἀδικίᾳ αὐτῆς, ὅτι καιρὸς ἐκδικήσεως αὐτῆς ἐστι παρὰ Κυρίου, ἀνταπόδομα αὐτὸς ἀνταποδίδωσιν αὐτῇ.

ThomsonNevertheless hear ye the word of the Lord, which I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.

BrentonBabylon has been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, causing all the earth to be drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore they were shaken.

GreekΠοτήριον χρυσοῦν Βαβυλὼν ἐν χειρὶ Κυρίου, μεθύσκον πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴνου αὐτῆς ἐπίοσαν ἔθνη, διατοῦτο ἐσαλεύθησαν.

ThomsonThere have been prophets of old before me, and before you, who have prophesied of war against many a land and against great kingdoms.

BrentonAnd Babylon is fallen suddenly, and is broken to pieces: lament for her; take balm for her deadly wound, if by any means she may be healed.

GreekΚαὶ ἄφνω ἔπεσε Βαβυλὼν, καὶ συνετρίβη· θρηνεῖτε αὐτὴν, λάβετε ῥητίνην τῇ διαφθορᾷ αὐτῆς, εἴπως ἰαθήσεται.

ThomsonAs for the prophet who hath prophesied peace; when his word cometh to pass let the people acknowledge him as a prophet whom the Lord hath indeed sent to them.

BrentonWe tried to heal Babylon, but she was not healed: let us forsake her, and depart every one to his own country: for her judgment has reached to the heaven, it has mounted up to the stars.

GreekἸατρεύσαμεν τὴν Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ οὐκ ἰάθη· ἐγκαταλίπωμεν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἀπέλθωμεν ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἤγγικεν εἰς οὐρανὸν τὸ κρίμα αὐτῆς, ἐξῇρεν ἕως τῶν ἄστρων.

ThomsonThen in the presence of all the people, Ananias took the yokes from the neck of Jeremias and broke them.

BrentonThe Lord has brought forth his judgment: come, and let us declare in Sion the works of the Lord our God.

GreekἘξήνεγκε Κύριος τὸ κρίμα αὐτοῦ· δεῦτε, καὶ ἀναγγείλωμεν ἐν Σιὼν τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.

ThomsonAnd Ananias spoke before all the people, saying, Thus said the Lord, So will I break the yoke of the king of Babylon from the necks of all the nations. So Jeremias went his way.

BrentonPrepare the arrows; fill the quivers: the Lord has stirred up the spirit of the king of the Medes: for his wrath is against Babylon, to destroy it utterly; for it is the Lord's vengeance, it is the vengeance of his people.

GreekΠαρασκευάζετε τὰ τοξεύματα, πληροῦτε τὰς φαρέτρας· ἤγειρε Κύριος τὸ πνεῦμα βασιλέως Μήδων, ὅτι εἰς Βαβυλῶνα ἡ ὀργὴ αὐτοῦ, τοῦ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι αὐτὴν, ὅτι ἐκδίκησις Κυρίου ἐστὶν, ἐκδίκησις λαοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν.

ThomsonAnd there came a word of the Lord to Jeremias after Ananias had broken the yokes from his neck, saying,

BrentonLift up a standard on the walls of Babylon, prepare the quivers, rouse the guards, prepare the weapons: for the Lord has taken the work in hand, and will execute what he has spoken against the inhabitants of Babylon,

GreekἘπὶ τειχέων Βαβυλῶνος ἄρατε σημεῖον, ἐπιστήσατε φαρέτρας, ἐγείρατε φυλακὰς, ἑτοιμάσατε ὅπλα, ὅτι ἐνεχείρισε, καὶ ποιήσει Κύριος ἃ ἐλάλησεν ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Βαβυλῶνα,

ThomsonGo and speak to Ananias and say, Thus said the Lord: Thou hast broken wooden yokes; but instead of them I will make yokes of iron.

Brentondwelling on many waters, and amidst the abundance of her treasures; thine end is come verily into thy bowels.

Greekκατασκηνοῦντας ἐφʼ ὕδασι πολλοῖς, καὶ ἐπὶ πλήθει θησαυρῶν αὐτῆς· ἥκει τὸ πέρας σου ἀληθῶς εἰς τὰ σπλάγχνα σου.

ThomsonFor thus said the Lord, I have put an iron yoke on the neck of all the nations, that they may work for the king of Babylon.

BrentonFor the Lord has sworn by his arm, saying, I will fill thee with men as with locusts; and they that come down shall cry against thee.

GreekὍτι ὤμοσε Κύριος κατὰ τοῦ βραχίονος αὐτοῦ, διότι πληρώσω σε ἀνθρώπων ὡσεὶ ἀκρίδων, καὶ φθέγξονται ἐπὶ σὲ οἱ καταβαίνοντες.

ThomsonThen Jeremias said to Ananias, The Lord hath not sent thee; and thou hast made this people trust in a lie.

BrentonThe Lord made the earth by his power, preparing the world by his wisdom, by his understanding he stretched out the heaven.

GreekΚύριος ποιῶν γῆν ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ αὐτοῦ, ἑτοιμάζων οἰκουμένην ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῇ συνέσει αὐτοῦ ἐξέτεινε τὸν ουρανὸν,

ThomsonFor this cause thus saith the Lord, Behold I send thee from the face of the earth; this very year thou shalt die.

BrentonAt his voice he makes a sound of water in the heaven, and brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth; he makes lightnings for rain, and brings light out of his treasures.

Greekεἰς φωνὴν ἔθετο ἦχος ὕδατος ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἀνήγαγε νεφέλας ἀπʼ ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς· ἀστραπὰς εἰς ὑετὸν ἐποίησε, καὶ ἐξήγαγε φῶς ἐκ τῶν θησαυρῶν αὐτοῦ.

ThomsonSo he died in the seventh month.

BrentonEvery man has completely lost understanding; every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images: for they have cast false gods, there is no breath in them.

GreekἘματαιώθη πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἀπὸ γνώσεως, κατῃσχύνθη πᾶς χρυσοχόος ἀπὸ τῶν γλυπτῶν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ψευδῆ ἐχώνευσαν, οὐκ ἔστι πνεῦμα ἐν αὐτοῖς.

Thomson—

BrentonThey are vain works, objects of scorn; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

GreekΜάταιά ἐστιν ἔργα μεμωκημένα, ἐν καιρῷ ἐπισκέψεως αὐτῶν ἀπολοῦνται.

Thomson—

BrentonNot such is Jacob's portion; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name.

GreekΟὐ τοιαύτη μερὶς τῷ Ἰακὼβ, ὅτι ὁ πλάσας τὰ πάντα, αὐτός ἐστι κληρονομία αὐτοῦ, Κύριος ὄνομα αὐτῷ.

Thomson—

BrentonThou scatterest for me the weapons of war: and I will scatter nations by thee, and will destroy kings by means of thee.

GreekΔιασκορπίζεις σύ μοι σκεύη πολέμου, καὶ διασκορπιῶ ἐν σοὶ ἔθνη, καὶ ἐξαρῶ ἐκ σοῦ βασιλεῖς.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd by thee I will scatter the horse and his rider; and by thee I will scatter chariots and them that ride in them.

GreekΚαὶ διασκορπιῶ ἐν σοὶ ἵππον καὶ ἐπιβάτην αὐτοῦ, καὶ διασκορπιῶ ἐν σοὶ ἅρματα καὶ ἀναβάτας αὐτῶν.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd by thee I will scatter youth and maid; and by thee I will scatter man and woman.

GreekΚαὶ διασκορπιῶ ἐν σοὶ νεανίσκον καὶ παρθένον, καὶ διασκορπιῶ ἐν σοὶ ἄνδρα καὶ γυναῖκα.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd by thee I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by thee I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by thee I will scatter leaders and the captains.

GreekΚαὶ διασκορπιῶ ἐν σοὶ ποιμένα καὶ τὸ ποίμνιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ διασκορπιῶ ἐν σοὶ γεωργὸν καὶ τὸ γεώργιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ διασκορπιῶ ἐν σοὶ ἡγεμόνας καὶ στρατηγούς σου.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd I will recompense to Babylon and to all the Chaldeans that dwell there all their mischiefs that they have done to Sion before your eyes, saith the Lord.

GreekΚαὶ ἀνταποδώσω τῇ Βαβυλῶνι καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς κατοικοῦσι Χαλδαίοις πάσας τὰς κακίας αὐτῶν, ἃς ἐποίησαν ἐπὶ Σιὼν κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν, λέγει Κύριος.

Thomson—

BrentonBehold, I am against thee, the ruined mountain, that destroys the whole earth; and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will roll thee down upon the rocks, and will make thee as a burnt mountain.

GreekἸδοὺ ἐγὼ πρὸς σὲ τὸ ὄρος τὸ διεφθαρμένον, τὸ διαφθεῖρον πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐκτενῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ σὲ, καὶ κατακυλιῶ σε ἐπὶ τῶν πετρῶν, καὶ δώσω σε ὡς ὄρος ἐμπεπυρισμένον·

Thomson—

BrentonAnd they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation: for thou shalt be a desolation for ever, saith the Lord.

GreekΚαὶ οὐ μὴ λάβωσιν ἀπὸ σοῦ λίθον εἰς γωνίαν, καὶ λίθον εἰς θεμέλιον, ὅτι εἰς ἀφανισμὸν ἔσῃ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, λέγει Κύριος.

Thomson—

BrentonLift up a standard in the land, sound the trumpet among the nations, consecrate the nations against her, raise up kings against her by me, and that for the people of Achanaz; set against her engines of war; bring up against her horses as a multitude of locusts.

GreekἌρατε σημεῖον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, σαλπίσατε ἐν ἔθνεσι σάλπιγγι, ἁγιάσατε ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ἔθνη, παραγγείλατε ἐπʼ αὐτὴν, βασιλεῖς ἄρατε παρʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ τοῖς Ἀχαναζέοις· ἐπιστήσατε ἐπʼ αὐτὴν βελοστάσεις, ἀναβιβάσατε ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ἵππον ὡς ἀκρίδων πλῆθος.

Thomson—

BrentonBring up nations against her, even the king of the Medes and of the whole earth, his rulers, and all his captains.

GreekἈναβιβάσατε ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ἔθνη, τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Μήδων καὶ πάσης τῆς γῆς, τοὺς ἡγουμένους αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντας τοὺς στρατηγοὺς αὐτοῦ.

Thomson—

BrentonThe earth has quaked and been troubled, because the purpose of the Lord has risen up against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, and uninhabitable.

GreekἘσείσθη ἡ γῆ, καὶ ἐπόνεσε, διότα ἐξανέστη ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα λογισμὸς Κυρίου, τοῦ θεῖναι τὴν γῆν Βαβυλῶνος εἰς ἀφανισμὸν, καὶ μὴ κατοικεῖσθαι αὐτήν.

Thomson—

BrentonThe warrior of Babylon has failed to fight; they shall sit there in the siege; their power is broken; they are become like women; her tabernacles have been set on fire; her bars are broken.

GreekἘξέλιπε μαχητὴς Βαβυλῶνος τοῦ πολεμεῖν, καθήσονται ἐκεῖ ἐν περιοχῇ, ἐθραύσθη ἡ δυναστεία αὐτῶν, ἐγενήθησαν ὡσεὶ γυναῖκες· ἐνεπυρίσθη τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτῆς, συνετρίβησαν οἱ μοχλοὶ αὐτῆς.

Thomson—

BrentonOne shall rush, running to meet another runner, and one shall go with tidings to meet another with tidings, to bring tidings to the king of Babylon, that his city is taken.

GreekΔιώκων εἰς ἀπάντησιν διώκοντος διώξεται, καὶ ἀναγγέλλων εἰς ἀπάντησιν ἀναγγέλλοντος, τοῦ ἀναγγεῖλαι τῷ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος, ὅτι ἑάλωκεν ἡ πόλις αὐτοῦ.

Thomson—

BrentonAt the end of his passages they were taken, and his cisterns they have burnt with fire, and his warriors are going forth.

GreekἈπʼ ἐσχάτου τῶν διαβάσεων αὐτοῦ ἐλήφθησαν, καὶ τὰ συστήματα αὐτῶν ἐνέπρησαν ἐν πυρὶ, καὶ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ οἱ πολεμισταὶ ἐξέρχονται.

Thomson—

BrentonFor thus saith the Lord, The houses of the king of Babylon shall be threshed as a floor in the season; yet a little while, and her harvest shall come.

GreekΔιότι τάδε λέγει Κύριος, οἶκοι βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, ὡς ἅλων ὥριμος ἀλοηθήσονται· ἔτι μικρὸν, καὶ ἥξει ὁ ἀμητὸς αὐτῆς.

Thomson—

BrentonHe has devoured me, he has torn me asunder, airy darkness has come upon me; Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon has swallowed me up, as a dragon has he filled his belly with my delicacies.

GreekΚατέφαγέ με, ἐμερίσατό με, κατέλαβέ με σκότος λεπτὸν, Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος κατέπιέ με, ὡς δράκων ἔπλησε τὴν κοιλίαν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς τρυφῆς μου·

Thomson—

BrentonMy troubles and my distresses have driven me out into Babylon, shall she that dwells in Sion say; and my blood shall be upon the Chaldeans dwelling there, shall Jerusalem say.

GreekἜξωσάν με οἱ μόχθοι μου καὶ αἱ ταλαιπωρίαι μου εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, ἐρεῖ κατοικοῦσα Σιὼν, καὶ τὸ αἷμά μου ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Χαλδαίους, ἐρεῖ Ἱερουσαλήμ.

Thomson—

BrentonTherefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will judge thine adversary, and I will execute vengeance for thee; and I will waste her sea, and dry up her fountain.

GreekΔιατοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ κρινῶ τὴν ἀντίδικόν σου, καὶ ἐκδικήσω τὴν ἐκδίκησίν σου, καὶ ἐρημώσω τὴν θάλασσαν αὐτῆς, καὶ ξηρανῶ τὴν πηγὴν αὐτῆς.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd Babylon shall be a desolation, and shall not be inhabited.

GreekΚαὶ ἔσται Βαβυλὼν εἰς ἀφανισμὸν, καὶ οὐ κατοικηθήσεται.

Thomson—

BrentonFor they rose up together as lions, and as lions' whelps.

GreekὍτι ἅμα ὡς λέοντες ἐξηγέρθησαν, καὶ ὡς σκύμνοι λεόντων.

Thomson—

BrentonIn their heat I will give them a draught, and make them drunk, that they may be stupified, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and not awake, saith the Lord.

GreekἘν τῇ θερμασίᾳ αὐτῶν δώσω πότημα αὐτοῖς, καὶ μεθύσω αὐτοὺς, ὅπως καρωθῶσι, καὶ ὑπνώσωσιν ὕπνον αἰώνιον, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐξεγερθῶσι, λέγει Κύριος.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd bring thou them down as lambs to the slaughter, and rams with kids.

GreekΚαὶ καταβίβασον αὐτοὺς ὡς ἄρνας εἰς σφαγὴν, καὶ ὡς κριοὺς μετʼ ἐρίφων.

Thomson—

BrentonHow has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

GreekΠῶς ἑάλω καὶ ἐθηρεύθη τὸ καύχημα πάσης τῆς γῆς; πῶς ἐγένετο Βαβυλὼν εἰς ἀφανισμὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν;

Thomson—

BrentonThe sea has come up upon Babylon with the sound of its waves, and she is covered.

GreekἈνέβη ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα ἡ θάλασσα ἐν ἤχῳ κυμάτων αὐτῆς, καὶ κατεκαλύφθη,

Thomson—

BrentonHer cities are become like a dry and trackless land; not so much as one man shall dwell in it, neither shall a son of man lodge in it.

Greekἐγενήθησαν αἱ πόλεις αὐτῆς ὡς γῆ ἄνυδρος καὶ ἄβατος, οὐ κατοικήσει ἐν αὐτῇ οὐδὲ εἷς, οὐδὲ μὴ καταλύσει ἐν αὐτῇ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd I will take vengeance on Babylon, and bring forth out of her mouth what she has swallowed down, and the nations shall no more be gathered to her:

GreekΚαὶ ἐκδικήσω ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ἐξοίσω ἃ κατέπιεν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ μὴ συναχθῶσι πρὸς αὐτὴν ἔτι τὰ ἔθνη,

Thomson—

Brentonand in Babylon the slain men of all the earth shall fall.

Greekκαὶ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι πεσοῦνται τραυματίαι πάσης τῆς γῆς.

Thomson—

BrentonGo forth of the land, ye that escape, and stay not; ye that are afar off, remember the Lord, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

GreekἈνασωζόμενοι ἐκ γῆς πορεύεσθε, καὶ μὴ ἵστασθε· οἱ μακρόθεν μνήσθητε τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀναβήτω ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν.

Thomson—

BrentonWe are ashamed, because we have heard our reproach; disgrace has covered our face; aliens are come into our sanctuary, even into the house of the Lord.

GreekἨσχύνθημεν ὅτι ἠκούσαμεν ὀνειδισμὸν ἡμῶν, κατεκάλυψεν ἀτιμία τὸ πρόσωπον ἡμῶν, εἰσῆλθον ἀλλογενεῖς εἰς τὰ ἅγια ἡμῶν, εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου.

Thomson—

BrentonTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will take vengeance upon her graven images: and slain men shall fall in all her land.

GreekΔιατοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ ἐκδικήσω ἐπὶ τὰ γλυπτὰ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ αὐτῆς πεσοῦνται τραυματίαι.

Thomson—

BrentonFor though Babylon should go up as the heaven, and though she should strengthen her walls with her power, from me shall come they that shall destroy her, saith the Lord.

GreekὍτι ἐὰν ἀναβῇ Βαβυλὼν ὡς ὁ οὐρανὸς, καὶ ὅτι ἐὰν ὀχυρώσῃ τὰ τείχη ἰσχύϊ αὐτῆς, παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἥξουσιν ἐξολοθρεύοντες αὐτὴν, λέγει Κύριος.

Thomson—

BrentonA sound of a cry in Babylon, and great destruction in the land of the Chaldeans:

GreekΦωνὴ κραυγῆς ἐν Βαβυλῶνι, καὶ συντριβὴ μεγάλη ἐν γῇ Χαλδαίων,

Thomson—

Brentonfor the Lord has utterly destroyed Babylon, and cut off from her the great voice sounding as many waters: he has consigned her voice to destruction.

Greekὅτι ἐξωλόθρευσε Κύριος τὴν Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ἀπώλεσεν ἀπʼ αὐτῆς φωνὴν μεγάλην ἠχοῦσαν ὡς ὕδατα πολλά· ἔδωκεν εἰς ὄλεθρον φωνὴν αὐτῆς.

Thomson—

BrentonFor distress has come upon Babylon, her warriors are taken, their bows are useless: for God recompenses them.

GreekὍτι ἦλθεν ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα ταλαιπωρία, ἑάλωσαν οἱ μαχηταὶ αὐτῆς, ἐπτόηται τὸ τόξον αὐτῶν, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀνταποδίδωσιν αὐτοῖς.

Thomson—

BrentonThe Lord recompenses, and will make her leaders and her wise men and her captains completely drunk, saith the King, the Lord Almighty is his name.

GreekΚύριος ἀνταποδίδωσι, καὶ μεθύσει μέθῃ τοὺς ἡγεμόνας αὐτῆς, καὶ τοὺς σοφοὺς αὐτῆς, καὶ τοὺς στρατηγοὺς αὐτῆς, λέγει ὁ βασιλεὺς, Κύριος παντοκράτωρ ὄνομα αὐτῷ.

Thomson—

BrentonThus saith the Lord, The wall of Babylon was made broad, but it shall be completely broken down, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire; and the peoples shall not labour in vain, nor the nations fail in their rule.

GreekΤάδε λέγει Κύριος, τεῖχος Βαβυλῶνος ἐπλατύνθη, κατασκαπτόμενον κατασκαφήσεται, καὶ αἱ πύλαι αὐτῆς αἱ ὑψηλαὶ ἐμπυρισθήσονται, καὶ οὐ κοπιάσουσι λαοὶ εἰς κενὸν, καὶ ἔθνη ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐκλείψουσιν.

Thomson—

BrentonThe Word which the Lord commanded the Prophet Jeremias to say to Saræas son of Nerias, son of Maasæas, when he went from Sedekias king of Juda to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. And Saræas was over the bounties.

GreekὉ ΛΟΓΟΣ ὋΝ ἘΝΕΤΕΙΛΑΤΟ ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ἹΕΡΕΜΙΑ ΤΩ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗ εἰπεῖν τῷ Σαραίᾳ υἱῷ Νηρείου, υἱοῦ Μαασαίου, ὅτε ἐπορεύετο παρὰ Σεδεκίου βασιλέως Ἰούδα εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ τετάρτῳ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ· καὶ Σαραίας ἄρχων δώρων.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd Jeremias wrote in a book all the evils which should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

GreekΚαὶ ἔγραψεν Ἱερεμίας πάντα τὰ κακὰ ἃ ἥξει ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα ἐν βιβλίῳ, πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους τοὺς γεγραμμένους ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd Jeremias said to Saræas, When thou art come to Babylon, and shalt see and read all these words;

GreekΚαὶ εἶπεν Ἱερεμίας πρὸς Σαραίαν, ὅταν ἔλθῃς εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ὄψῃ καὶ ἀναγνώσῃ πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους,

Thomson—

Brentonthen thou shalt say, O Lord God, thou hast spoken against this place, to destroy it, and that there should be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast; for it shall be a desolation for ever.

Greekκαὶ ἐρεῖς, Κύριε Κύριε, σὺ ἐλάλησας ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον, τοῦ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι αὐτὸν, καὶ τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἐν αὐτῷ κατοικοῦντας ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους, ὅτι ἀφανισμὸς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔσται.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd it shall come to pass, when thou shalt cease from reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone upon it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates;

GreekΚαὶ ἔσται ὅταν παύσῃ τοῦ ἀναγινώσκειν τὸ βιβλίον τοῦτο, καὶ ἐπιδήσεις ἐπʼ αὐτὸ λίθον, καὶ ῥίψεις αὐτὸ εἰς μέσον τοῦ Εὐφράτου,

Thomson—

Brentonand shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and not rise, because of the evils which I bring upon it.

Greekκαὶ ἐρεῖς, οὕτως καταδύσεται Βαβυλὼν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀναστῇ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν κακῶν, ὧν ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ἐπʼ αὐτήν.