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Jeremiah 51:51

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You feel ashamed and disgraced, because foreigners have entered my sacred temple.

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You will cover them with shame, just as their bodies are covered with clothes.

Embarrass and destroy all who want me dead; disgrace and confuse all who want to hurt me.

Our God, foreign nations have taken your land, disgraced your temple, and left Jerusalem in ruins.

Each of those nations sneered at you, our Lord. Now let others sneer at them, seven times as much.

Every nation around us sneers and makes fun.

How much longer, LORD? Will you hide for ever? How long will your anger keep burning like fire?

This is the message that I was given about Babylon:

The LORD will have mercy on Israel and will let them be his chosen people once again. He will bring them back to their own land, and foreigners will join them as part of Israel.

This is a message about a desert beside the sea: Enemies from a hostile nation attack like a whirlwind from the Southern Desert.

City of Babylon, you are delicate and untouched, but that will change. Surrender your royal power and sit in the dust.

Rulers send their servants to the storage pits for water. But there's none to be found; they return in despair with their jars still empty.

and the countries in the north, both near and far. I went to all the countries on earth, one after another, and finally to Babylonia.

When we were young, we strayed and sinned, but then we realized what we had done. We are ashamed and disgraced and want to return to you.”

and he burnt down the LORD's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.

Zion's treasures were stolen. Jerusalem saw foreigners enter her place of worship, though the LORD had forbidden them to belong to his people.

Think about it, LORD! Have you ever been this cruel to anyone before? Is it right for mothers to eat their children, or for priests and prophets to be killed in your temple?

Our LORD, don't forget how we have suffered and been disgraced.

he is ready to destroy the temple in which you take such pride and which makes you feel so safe. Your children who now live in Jerusalem will be killed.

Your trees will be filled with fruit, and crops will grow in your fields, so that you will never again feel ashamed for not having enough food.

You will put on sackcloth to show your sorrow, but terror will overpower you. Shame will be written all over your faces, and you will shave your heads in despair.

Then the LORD said, “Pollute the temple by piling the dead bodies in the courtyards. Now get busy!” They left and started killing the people of Jerusalem.

He will send troops to pollute the temple and the fortress, and he will stop the daily sacrifices. Then he will set up that “Horrible Thing” that causes destruction.

Their sacred places will be destroyed, and I will send war against the nation of King Jeroboam.”

Jerusalem, this will happen because you followed the sinful example of kings Omri and Ahab. Now I will destroy you and your property. Then the people of every nation will make fun and insult you.

You, my enemies, said, “The LORD God is helpless.” Now each of you will be disgraced and put to shame. I will see you trampled like mud in the street.




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