27 Destroy all her [a]bullocks: let them go down to the slaughter. Woe unto them, for their day is come, and the time of their visitation.

28 The voice of them that [b]flee, and escape out of the land of Babel to declare in Zion, the vengeance of the Lord our God, and the vengeance of his Temple.

29 Call up the archers against Babel: all ye that bend the bow, besiege it round about: let none thereof escape: (A)recompense her according to her work, and according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, even against the holy One of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:27 Her princes and mighty men.
  2. Jeremiah 50:28 Of the Jews which should be delivered by Cyrus.

27 Kill all her young bulls;(A)
    let them go down to the slaughter!(B)
Woe to them! For their day(C) has come,
    the time(D) for them to be punished.
28 Listen to the fugitives(E) and refugees from Babylon
    declaring in Zion(F)
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance,(G)
    vengeance for his temple.(H)

29 “Summon archers against Babylon,
    all those who draw the bow.(I)
Encamp all around her;
    let no one escape.(J)
Repay(K) her for her deeds;(L)
    do to her as she has done.
For she has defied(M) the Lord,
    the Holy One(N) of Israel.

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