Jeremiah 50:16
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword, they will each return to their own people, and they will each flee to their own land.Jeremiah 50:16 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — યર્મિયા ૫૦:૧૬
- બાબિલમાંથી વાવનારને તથા કાપણીની વેળા દાતરડું ચલાવનારને નષ્ટ કરો. જુલમી તલવારને લીધે તેઓ પોતપોતાના લોકની પાસે દોડી આવશે. અને પોતપોતાના વતનમાં નાસી જશે.
- हिन्दी — यिर्मयाह ५०:१६
- बाबेल में से बोनेवाले और काटनेवाले दोनों को नाश करो, वे दुःखदाई तलवार के डर के मारे अपने-अपने लोगों की ओर फिरें, और अपने-अपने देश को भाग जाएँ।
In context
14Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her. Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the LORD.
15Shout against her all around. She has submitted herself. Her bulwarks have fallen. Her walls have been thrown down, for it is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her.
16Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword, they will each return to their own people, and they will each flee to their own land.
17“Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
18Therefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
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