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2 Kings 19:21

New Living Translation

And the Lord has spoken this word against him: “The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs at you. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head in derision as you flee.

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I could say the same things if you were in my place. I could spout off criticism and shake my head at you.

I am a joke to people everywhere; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.

O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

You have made us the butt of their jokes; they shake their heads at us in scorn.

Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates, so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.

Beautiful Jerusalem stands abandoned like a watchman’s shelter in a vineyard, like a lean-to in a cucumber field after the harvest, like a helpless city under siege.

Come, people of Tarshish, sweep over the land like the flooding Nile, for Tyre is defenseless.

He says, “Never again will you rejoice, O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed. Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.”

“Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended. O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate.

“O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.

Now, Jeremiah, say this to them: “Night and day my eyes overflow with tears. I cannot stop weeping, for my virgin daughter—my precious people— has been struck down and lies mortally wounded.

So this is what the Lord says: “Has anyone ever heard of such a thing, even among the pagan nations? My virgin daughter Israel has done something terrible!

I will rebuild you, my virgin Israel. You will again be happy and dance merrily with your tambourines.

“Go up to Gilead to get medicine, O virgin daughter of Egypt! But your many treatments will bring you no healing.

“The Lord has treated my mighty men with contempt. At his command a great army has come to crush my young warriors. The Lord has trampled his beloved city like grapes are trampled in a winepress.

What can I say about you? Who has ever seen such sorrow? O daughter of Jerusalem, to what can I compare your anguish? O virgin daughter of Zion, how can I comfort you? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

All who pass by jeer at you. They scoff and insult beautiful Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city called ‘Most Beautiful in All the World’ and ‘Joy of All the Earth’?”

Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz, O people of Edom? But you, too, must drink from the cup of the Lord’s anger. You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.

“The virgin Israel has fallen, never to rise again! She lies abandoned on the ground, with no one to help her up.”

As for you, Jerusalem, the citadel of God’s people, your royal might and power will come back to you again. The kingship will be restored to my precious Jerusalem.

Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.

The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery.




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