Listen, a commotion on the mountains, like that of a mighty people! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations being gathered together! The Lord of Armies is mobilising an army for war.
Jeremiah 25:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.” ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even them [the Chaldeans who enslaved other nations]; and I will recompense [all of] them according to their deeds and according to the work of their [own] hands. American Standard Version (1901) For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands. Common English Bible Yes, many great nations and powerful kings will enslave them, and I will pay them back in full for what they have done and made with their hands. Catholic Public Domain Version For they have served them, though these were populous nations and great kings. And I will repay them according to their works and according to the deeds of their hands." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they have served them, whereas they were many nations and great kings: and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their hands. |
Listen, a commotion on the mountains, like that of a mighty people! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations being gathered together! The Lord of Armies is mobilising an army for war.
The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess them as male and female slaves in the Lord’s land. They will make captives of their captors and will rule over their oppressors.
A sound of uproar from the city! A voice from the temple – the voice of the Lord, paying back his enemies what they deserve!
All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
the one great in counsel and powerful in action. Your eyes are on all the ways of the children of men in order to reward each person according to his ways and as the result of his actions.
Look! A people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the remote regions of the earth.
For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. They will line up in battle formation against her; from there she will be captured. Their arrows will be like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
Leave Babylon; save your lives, each of you! Don’t perish because of her guilt. For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance – he will pay her what she deserves.
“Peres” , means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.’
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come. Let Israel recognise it! The prophet is a fool, and the inspired man is insane, because of the magnitude of your iniquity and hostility.