1. The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Kasdim, by Jeremiah the prophet.
2. “Declare amongst the nations and publish,and set up a standard;publish, and don’t conceal:say, ‘Babylon has been taken,Bel is disappointed,Merodach is dismayed!Her images are disappointed.Her idols are dismayed.’
3. For a nation comes up out of the north against her,which will make her land desolate,and no one will dwell in it.They have fled.They are gone,both man and animal.
4. “In those days, and in that time,” says the Lord,“the children of Israel will come,they and the children of Judah together;they will go on their way weeping,and will seek the Lord their God.
5. They will enquire concerning Zion with their faces turned towards it,saying, ‘Come, and join yourselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenantthat will not be forgotten.’