Jeremiah 50:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ Don’t let the people from Babylon\par plant their crops.\par Don’t let them gather the harvest.\par The soldiers of Babylon\par brought many prisoners to their city.\par Now the enemy soldiers have come,\par So those prisoners are going back home.\par Those prisoners are running back\par to their own countries.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Exterminate the sower from Babylon, and the one who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the sword of the oppressor everyone shall return to his people, and everyone shall flee to his own land.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Cut Babylon off from those who plant and those who harvest the crops, because of its ruthless sword. Now return, all of you, to your people; flee to your homeland!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Destroy the founder from Babylon, and the one who holds the sickle in the time of harvest. Before the face of the sword of the dove, each one will turn back to his people, and every one will flee to his own land.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Destroy the sower out of Babylon and him that holdeth the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the sword of the dove every man shall return to his people and every one shall flee to his own land.

Jeremiah 50:16 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 13:14

Then the people from Babylon will run away, like wounded deer. They will run like sheep that have no shepherd. Every person will turn and run back to his own country and people.

Jeremiah 25:38

The Lord is like a dangerous lion\par leaving his cave.\par The Lord is angry!\par And that anger will hurt those people.\par Their country will be an empty desert.\par

Jeremiah 46:16

Those soldiers will stumble again and again.\par They will fall over each other.\par They will say,\par ‘Get up, let us go back to our own people.\par Let us go back to our homeland.\par Our enemy is defeating us.\par We must get away.’\par

Jeremiah 51:23

I used you to smash shepherds and flocks.\par I used you to smash farmers and cows.\par I used you to smash governors\par and important officials.\par

Jeremiah 51:9

We tried to heal Babylon,\par but she can’t be healed.\par So let us leave her,\par and let each of us\par go to our own country.\par God in heaven will decide\par Babylon’s punishment.\par He will decide what will happen to Babylon.\par

Joel 1:11

Be sad, farmers!\par Cry loud, grape farmers!\par \{Cry\} for the wheat and for the barley! {\cf2\super [4]} \par Why? Because the harvest in the field is lost.\par

Amos 5:16

My Master, God All-Powerful, says,\par “People will be crying in the public places.\par People will be crying in the streets.\par People will hire the professional criers. {\cf2\super [71]} \par