behold, I will (A)send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (B)My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will [a]completely destroy them and (C)make them an object of horror and [b]hissing, and an everlasting place of ruins.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:9 Or put them under the ban
  2. Jeremiah 25:9 Or whistling

For behold, I am going to (A)rouse and bring up against Babylon
A contingent of great nations from the land of the north,
And they will draw up their battle lines against her;
From there she will be taken captive.
Their arrows will be like [a]an expert warrior
Who does not return empty-handed.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:9 As in some mss and ancient versions; MT a warrior who makes childless

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