Jeremiah 27:7 Cross References - Rotherham

⁷ Therefore shall all the nations, serve him, and his son, and his son’s son,––until the time even of his own land, itself, arrive, when many nations and great kings, shall use him as a slave.

²⁰ and he exiled the remnant left from the sword, into Babylon,––where they became his and his sons, as servants, until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: ²¹ to fulfill the word of God, by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had paid off her sabbaths,––all the days of her lying desolate, she kept sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

¹³ My Lord, shall laugh at him, for he seeth, that his day, will come.

⁸ O ruined daughter of Babylon,––how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us! ⁹ How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.

¹ The oracle on Babylon,––of which Isaiah, son of Amoz, had vision:––

⁸ And they shall be in distress––Writhings and pains, shall lay hold, As a woman in childbirth, shall they be in pangs,––Every one, at his neighbour, shall look in amazement, Faces of flames, their faces! ⁹ Lo! the day of Yahweh, coming in, Fierce and overflowing, and burning with anger,––To devote the earth to desolation, And her sinners, will he destroy out of it. ¹⁰ For, the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, shall not flash forth their light,––Obscured, shall be, the sun, in his, going forth, And, the moon, shall not shed her light. ¹¹ And I will visit, upon the inhabited earth, calamity, And, upon the lawless, their punishment, And will quiet the arrogance of the proud, And, the loftiness of tyrants, will I lay low. ¹² I will cause, a man, to be more precious than, fine gold,––Even, a son of earth, than, the finest gold of Ophir. ¹³ For this cause, the heavens, will I disturb, And, the earth, shall tremble, out of her place,––In the wrath of Yahweh of hosts, And in the day of the glow of his anger. ¹⁴ And it shall be––Like a gazelle that is chased, And like a sheep with none, to lift it up,––Each, to his own people, will they turn, And, each, to his own land, will they flee: ¹⁵ Every one found, shall be thrust through,––And, every one taken, shall fall by the sword; ¹⁶ And, their infants, shall be dashed to the ground, before their eyes,––Plundered, shall be, their houses, and, their wives ravished. ¹⁷ Behold me! stirring up against them, the Medes,––Who, of silver, shall take no account, And, as for gold, they shall not delight in it; ¹⁸ And, bows, shall dash the young to pieces,––And, on the fruit of the womb, will they have no pity, Over children, will, their eye, throw no shield.
¹⁹ Thus shall Babylon––The most lovely of kingdoms, The majestic beauty of the Chaldees––Become, as in the divine overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah. ²⁰ It shall not be dwelt, in for ever, Neither shall it be inhabited, from generation to generation,––Neither shall encamp there, an Arab, Nor, shepherds, fold their flocks there. ²¹ Then shall lie down, there, wild beasts, And filled, shall be their houses, with, owls,––Then shall inhabit there, the ostrich, And, shaggy creatures, shall dance there. ²² And jackals, shall answer, in their citadels, And, wild dogs, in their voluptuous palaces,––And near to come, is, her time, And, her days, shall not be delayed.

⁴ that thou shalt take up this taunt over the king of Babylon, and shalt say:––How, hath ceased, the oppressor! Ceased, the exactress! ⁵ Broke, hath Yahweh the staff of the lawless,––The sceptre of despots; ⁶ Smiting peoples in passion, With stroke unremitting,––Trampling, in anger, on nations, Persecution unhindered.

²² I will rise, Then, against them, Declareth Yahweh of hosts,––And will cut off from Babylon, Record and remnant, And scion and seed, Declareth Yahweh. ²³ And will make her a possession for the bittern, And marshes of water,––And will sweep it with the besom of destruction, Declareth Yahweh of hosts.

⁹ When lo! here was a train of men coming, With horsemen in double rank,––And one began and said, Fallen! fallen! is Babylon, And, all the images of her gods, are smashed to the ground!

¹ Down––and sit in the dust, O virgin, Daughter of Babylon, Sit on the ground––throneless, Daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no more be called, Tender and Dainty. ² Take millstones, and grind meal,––Put back thy veil––tuck up thy train, Bare the leg, wade through streams: ³ Bared, shall be thy shame, Yea, seen, thy reproach,––An avenging, will I take, And will accept no son of earth. ⁴ Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts, is his name! The Holy One of Israel. ⁵ Sit silent, and get into darkness, Daughter of the Chaldeans! For thou shalt no more be called Mistress of Kingdoms.

¹¹ So shall all this land become, a desolation, an astonishment, And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon, seventy years. ¹² And it shall some to pass––When the seventy years are fulfilled, I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation, Declareth Yahweh, their iniquity, and upon the land of the Chaldeans,––and I will turn it into age–abiding desolations. ¹³ So will I bring upon that land, All my words which I have spoken against it,––Even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. ¹⁴ For many nations, and great kings, have used, even them, as slaves, So will I recompense to them––According to their deed, and, According to the work of their own hands.

¹ The word which Yahweh spake, Against Babylon, Against the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet: ² Tell ye among the nations, And let it be heard, And lift ye up a standard, Let it be heard, do not conceal: Say ye––Captured, is Babylon, Confounded, is Bel, Broken in pieces, is Merodach, Confounded, are her images, Broken down, her manufactured gods; ³ For there hath come up against her––a nation out of the North, The same, shall make her land an astonishment, And there shall be none to dwell therein,––Both man and beast, have removed––have gone! ⁴ In those days, and at that time, Declareth Yahweh, Shall the sons of Israel come in, They, and the sons of Judah, together: Weeping as they travel, so shall they journey on, And, Yahweh their God, shall they seek; ⁵ To Zion, shall they ask the way, Hitherward, their faces, Come and let us join ourselves unto Yahweh, In a covenant age–abiding, which shall not be forgotten. ⁶ Wandering sheep, have, my people, been, Their own shepherds, led them astray, On the mountains, they seduced them, From mountain to hill, have they gone, They have forgotten their couching–place. ⁷ All who found them, devoured them, And, their adversaries, said––We shall not be guilty,––Because they have sinned, Against, Yahweh, the pasturage of righteousness, Yea, the hope of their fathers––Yahweh. ⁸ Remove ye out of the midst of Babylon, And, out of the land of the Chaldeans, come ye forth,––And become ye like he–goats before the flock;
⁹ For lo! I, am rousing and bringing up against Babylon, a gathered host of great nations, out of the land of the North, And they shall array themselves against her, From thence, shall she be captured,––His arrows, are as of a hero making childless, None shall return, empty. ¹⁰ So shall the Chaldeans become a spoil,––All her spoilers, shall be satisfied, Declareth Yahweh; ¹¹ Because they used to be glad, Because they used to be uproarious, When plundering mine inheritance,––Because they used to caper about as a heifer at grass, And bellow like bulls. ¹² Your mother, hath turned very pale, She that bare you, hath turned red,––Lo! the last of nations, is––A desert, A parched land, and, A waste plain. ¹³ Because of the vexation of Yahweh, she shall not be inhabited, But shall become a complete, desolation,––Every one passing by Babylon, shall be astonished and hiss, over all her plagues. ¹⁴ Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, All ye who tread the bow, Shoot at her, do not spare so much as an arrow,––For, against Yahweh, hath she sinned. ¹⁵ Raise a shout against her round about, She hath stretched forth her hand, Fallen, are her buttresses, Torn down, are her walls,––Because, the avenging of Yahweh, it is, Take ye vengeance upon her, As she hath done, do ye, unto her. ¹⁶ Cut ye off the sower from Babylon, And him that graspeth the sickle, in the time of harvest. From the face of the sword of the oppressor, Each, to his own people, will they turn, and, Each, to his own land, will they flee. ¹⁷ A sheep all alone, is Israel, Lions, have driven him away,––At the first, the king of Assyria, devoured him, And, here, at the last, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, hath broken his bones! ¹⁸ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Behold me! bringing punishment against the king of Babylon, and against his land,––Just as I brought punishment against the king of Assyria. ¹⁹ So will I bring back Israel unto his own pasture, And he shall feed upon Carmel and Bashan; And, in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead, shall, his soul, be satisfied. ²⁰ In those days, and in that time, Declareth Yahweh, The iniquity of Israel, shall be sought, and, there shall be, none, And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; For I will grant pardon to them whom I suffer to remain.
²¹ Against the land of Merathaim, go thou up against her, And against the inhabitants of Pekod,––Lay waste and devote to destruction after them, Declareth Yahweh, And do according to all which I have commanded thee. ²² The, sound of battle, is in the earth,––And a great destruction. ²³ How, is cut and broken, the hammer of all the earth! How hath, Babylon, become an astonishment, among the nations! ²⁴ I laid a snare for thee, yea, and thou wast captured, O Babylon, when, thou, wast not aware,––Thou wast found out, yea and taken, For, with Yahweh, hadst thou contended. ²⁵ Yahweh opened, his armoury, and brought out his weapons of indignation,––For, a work, it is, pertaining to My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, in the land of the Chaldeans. ²⁶ Come ye against her from farthest parts, Throw open her granaries, Cast her up as heaps, and devote her to destruction,––Do not let her have, a remnant. ²⁷ Cut up all her bullocks, Let them go down to the slaughter,––Alas for them! For their day, hath come, Their time for punishment. ²⁸ The voice, Of them who are in flight, and, Of such as are escaping, out of the land of Babylon,––To tell in Zion, The avenging of Yahweh our God, The avenging of his temple. ²⁹ Publish against Babylon, ye chiefs of all who tread the bow––Encamp against her round about, Let there be none to escape, Recompense to her according to her work, According to all which she did, do ye to her,––For, Against Yahweh, hath she acted presumptuously, Against the Holy One of Israel. ³⁰ Therefore, shall her young men fall in her broadways,––And, all her men of war, be silenced in that day, Declareth Yahweh. ³¹ Behold me! against thee, most insolent one, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh of hosts; For thy day, hath come, Thy time for punishment; ³² So shall the most insolent one stumble, and fall, And he shall have none, to lift him up,––And I will kindle a fire in his cities, which shall devour all who are round about him.
³³ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts––Oppressed, were the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah, together,––And, all who took them captive, Held them fast, Refused to let them go:–– ³⁴ Their Redeemer, can hold fast, Yahweh of hosts, is his name, He will, thoroughly plead, their plea,––That he may quiet the earth, And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. ³⁵ A sword, is over the Chaldeans, Declareth Yahweh,––And against the inhabitants of Babylon, And against her princes, And against her wise men: ³⁶ A sword, is against the praters, And they shall be shewn to be foolish, A sword, is against her heroes, And they shall be dismayed: ³⁷ A sword, is against his horses and against his chariots, and against all the rabble that are in her midst, And they shall become women,––A sword, is against her treasures, And they shall be made a prey: ³⁸ A drought, is against her waters, And they shall be dried up,––For, a land of images, it is, And, with their shocking things, they act as men who are mad: ³⁹ Therefore, shall the criers, dwell with, the howlers, Yea ostriches, shall dwell therein,––So shall it be dwelt in no more for ever, Neither shall it be inhabited, unto generation after generation. ⁴⁰ Like the divine overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and her neighbours, Declareth Yahweh,––There shall not dwell there––a man, Nor sojourn therein––a son of the earth–born. ⁴¹ Lo! a people coming in from the North,––Yea, a great nation, and many kings, shall be roused up out of the remote parts of the earth: ⁴² Bow and javelin, shall they grasp, Cruel, are they, and will not have compassion, Their voice, like the sea, will roar, And, on horses, will they ride,––Set in array, as one man, for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon! ⁴³ The king of Babylon hath heard, the report of them, And unnerved, are his hands,––Anguish, hath seized him, Writhing pain, as a woman in child–birth. ⁴⁴ Lo! as a lion, shall he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, Unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink––I will make them run away therefrom, Who, then shall be the Chosen One whom, against it, I may set in charge? For who, shall be like unto, me? And who, shall appoint, me, a, time? And who, is, the Shepherd that shall stand before, me? ⁴⁵ Therefore, hear ye, The counsel of Yahweh, which he hath counselled against Babylon, And his devices which he hath devised against the land of the Chaldeans,––Surely the little ones of the flock, shall drag them away, Surely he will cause the pasture to be astounded over them. ⁴⁶ At the noise of the taking of Babylon, the earth, trembled,––And, the outcry, among the nations, was heard.

³¹ And it came to pass, in the thirty–seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty–fifth of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon, in the year he began to reign, lifted up, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;

²⁵ And this is the writing which was inscribed, M’ne, M’ne, T’kel, u–Pharsin. ²⁶ This, is the interpretation of the thing,––M’ne[=" Reckoned–up"], God hath reckoned up thy reign, and ended it: ²⁷ T’kel[=" Weighed"], ––thou art weighed in the balances, and found wanting; ²⁸ P’res[=" Snatched–away"], ––snatched away is thy kingdom, and given to the Medes and Persians. ²⁹ Then Belshazzar, gave word, that they should clothe Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold upon his neck,––and should make a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler over the kingdom.
³⁰ In that night, was slain––Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans. ³¹ And, Darius the Mede, received the kingdom,––when about sixty–two years of age.

⁷ Will not thy creditors, suddenly rise up? and they who shall violently shake thee, all at once become active? Then shalt thou serve for booties, unto them! ⁸ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, For his own honour, hath he sent me unto the nations that are spoiling you,––Surely, he that toucheth you, toucheth the pupil of mine eye. ⁹ For behold me! brandishing my hand over them, and they shall become a spoil unto their own slaves,––and ye shall know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me.

⁵ And there was given unto him, a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and it was given unto him to act, forty and two months. ⁶ And he opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tent,––them, who, in heaven were tabernacling. ⁷ [And it was given unto him, to make war with the saints, and to overcome them;] and there was given him, authority against every tribe and people and tongue and nation. ⁸ And all they who are dwelling upon the earth will do homage unto him,––[every one] whose name is not written in the scroll of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. ⁹ If any–one hath an ear: let him hear. ¹⁰ If anyone [carrieth] into captivity, into captivity, he goeth away. If anyone, with a sword, doth slay, he must, with a sword, be slain. Here, is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

⁸ And, another, a second [messenger] followed, saying––Fallen! fallen! is Babylon the great, who, of the wine of the wrath of her lewdness, hath caused all the nations to drink.

¹⁵ And, another messenger, came forth out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice, unto him that was sitting upon the cloud––Thrust in thy sickle, and reap; because the hour to reap is come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe. ¹⁶ And he that was sitting upon the cloud, thrust in, his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷ And, another messenger, came forth out of the sanctuary that is in heaven,––he also, having a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ And, another messenger, [came forth] out of the altar, who hath authority over the fire,––and called out with a loud voice, unto him who had the sharp sickle, saying––Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; because the grapes thereof are fully ripe. ¹⁹ And the messenger, thrust in, his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great wine–press of the wrath of God. ²⁰ And the wine–press was trodden outside the city, and there came forth blood out of the wine–press, even unto the bits of the horses, at a distance of a thousand six hundred furlongs.

¹⁹ and the great city became [divided] into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell; and, Babylon the Great, was brought into remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the wrath of his anger;

¹⁶ And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the wild–beast, these, shall hate the harlot, and, desolate, shall make her, and naked, and, her flesh, shall they eat, and, herself, shall they burn up with fire. ¹⁷ For, God, hath put into their hearts, to do his mind, and to do one mind,––and to give their sovereignty unto the wild–beast, until the words of God shall be completed.

² And he cried out, with a mighty voice, saying––Fallen! fallen! is Babylon the Great, and hath become a habitation of demons, and a prison of every impure spirit, and a prison of every impure and hated bird; ³ Because, by reason [of the wine] of the wrath of her lewdness, have all the nations fallen, and, the kings of the earth, with her, did commit lewdness, and, the merchants of the earth, by reason of the power of her wantonness, waxed rich. ⁴ And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying––Come forth, my people, out of her,––that ye may have no fellowship with her sins, and, of her plagues, that ye may not receive; ⁵ because her sins were joined together as far as heaven, and God hath remembered her unrighteous deeds. ⁶ Render ye unto her, as, she also, rendered, and double [the] double, according to her works,––in the cup wherein she mixed, mix, unto her, double,–– ⁷ As much as she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give, unto her, torment and grief:––because, in her heart, she saith––I sit a Queen, and, widow, am I not, and, grief, in nowise shall I see! ⁸ Therefore, in one day, shall have come her plagues,––death and grief and famine; and, with fire, shall she be burned up; ––because, mighty, is the [Lord] God who hath judged her.