New Living Translation (NLT)
Jeremiah 51
13 You are a city by a great river, a great center of commerce, but your end has come. The thread of your life is cut.
14 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has taken this vow and has sworn to it by his own name: “Your cities will be filled with enemies, like fields swarming with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
15 The LORD made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.
16 When he speaks in the thunder, the heavens are filled with water. He causes the clouds to rise over the earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.
17 The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power.
18 Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
19 But the God of Israel is no idol! He is the Creator of everything that exists, including his people, his own special possession. The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name!
20 “You are my battle-ax and sword,” says the LORD. “With you I will shatter nations and destroy many kingdoms.
21 With you I will shatter armies— destroying the horse and rider, the chariot and charioteer.
22 With you I will shatter men and women, old people and children, young men and maidens.
23 With you I will shatter shepherds and flocks, farmers and oxen, captains and officers.
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