1 God says: I send a strong wind to hit Babylon. ️⚔️ 2 I send men to blow the city apart and take the food. 3 Soldiers shoot arrows. Do not stop. Young men fall. ⚔️ 4 Many people in that land will fall down in war. ⚰️ 5 But God did not leave Israel and Judah. God still cares. 6 Run out of Babylon! Save your life! Do not stay. ♀️♂️️ 7 Babylon was like a gold cup that made nations act silly. Now Babylon falls. ⬇️ 8 Babylon falls fast. Cry for her. Try to help, but it will not work. 9 We tried to fix Babylon. It did not work. Leave her now. ♂️♀️ 10 God helps us. Tell the good news in Zion. ⛰️ 11 Make arrows sharp. God calls the Medes to fight for His house. ⛪ 12 Lift a flag. Watch the walls. Get ready. God will do His plan. 13 You rich city by many waters, your time is done. ️⏳ 14 God says, “Many men will come, like bugs. They will shout.” 15 God made the earth by His power. 16 God speaks, and there is storm and rain. He makes clouds. ⛈️☁️ 17 People who trust statues are silly. The statues can not help. 18 Statues are nothing. They will break in a storm. ️ 19 But God is not like that. He made all. He is our King. 20 God says: You are My tool. With you I break nations. 21 With you I break soldiers and horses. 22 With you I break man and woman, old and young, boy and girl. 23 With you I break rulers and leaders. 24 I will pay back Babylon for the bad they did in Zion. ♻️⛪ 25 God says: I am against you, big city that crushes the earth. I will push you down. ⛰️⬇️ 26 No one will use your stones to build. You will be empty for ever. 27 Lift a flag in the land. Call Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to come. Bring many horses. 28 Call the kings of the Medes. Call rulers and lands. Make war on Babylon. ⚔️ 29 The land shakes. God’s plan stands. Babylon will be a waste. ️ 30 Babylon’s soldiers stop fighting. They hide. Houses burn. Gates break. ️ 31 Fast runners tell the king: “The city is taken!” ♂️ 32 The river ways are shut. Marsh is on fire. Soldiers panic. 33 It is time to cut Babylon like plants at harvest. ✂️ 34 Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, ate us like a big beast. ️ 35 We say, “God, pay them back for the harm and blood.” ⚖️ 36 God says: I will help you. I will dry their sea and stop their water. ️⛔ 37 Babylon will be a ruin. No one will live there. People will hiss at it. ️ 38 They roar like lions now. 39 But I will make them drunk. They will sleep and not wake. 40 I will bring them down like lambs and bulls to die. ⬇️ 41 How Sheshach (Babylon) is taken! The world’s praise is caught! ️⬇️ 42 A sea of trouble covers Babylon. ️ 43 Her towns are dry and empty. No one lives there. ️ 44 I will punish Bel, their big god. He will spit out what he took. Walls fall. ⬇️ 45 My people, leave her! Save your life from My anger. ♀️♂️❤️ 46 Do not be scared at news. This year and next year there will be bad news and fights. ⚔️ 47 I will judge the statues of Babylon. Many will fall. ⚖️⬇️ 48 Sky and earth will sing when Babylon falls. Enemies from the north come. ⬇️ 49 Babylon fell because it killed Israel. Now Babylon will be hurt too. ⚖️ 50 You who ran away, keep going. Think of God far away. Think of Jerusalem. ♀️♂️️ 51 We feel shame. Bad men went in God’s house. ⛪ 52 God says: I will hit their statues. Hurt will come on Babylon. 53 Even if Babylon climbs high in the sky, I will send ones to get her. ⚔️ 54 A cry comes from Babylon. People are sad. ️ 55 God stops Babylon’s loud voice. Waves of trouble cover her. 56 A fighter comes. Soldiers are caught. God pays them back. ️ 57 Leaders drink and sleep, and they will not wake. 58 Big walls fall. Gates burn. People work hard, but for nothing. 59 Jeremiah told Seraiah to carry this word when the king went to Babylon. 60 Jeremiah wrote all these bad things for Babylon in a book. ✍️ 61 Jeremiah said, “Seraiah, when you get there, read this book.” 62 Then say, “God, You said You will make this place empty. No one will live here.” ️️ 63 When you finish, tie a stone to the book and throw it in the river. 64 Say, “So Babylon will sink and not rise.” Then the words of Jeremiah end. ⬇️️