H3068G–יְהֹוָה–ye.ho.vah

I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been uncovered and taken because you were fighting against the Lord.

בַֽיהוָ֖ה (יהוָ֖ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

From his store-house the Lord has taken the instruments of his wrath: for the Lord, the Lord of armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldaeans.

יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

The voice of those who are in flight, who have got away safe from the land of Babylon, to give news in Zion of punishment from the Lord our God, even payment for his Temple.

יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Send for the archers to come together against Babylon, all the bowmen; put up your tents against her on every side; let no one get away: give her the reward of her work; as she has done, so do to her: for she has been uplifted in pride against the Lord,

יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

For this cause her young men will be falling in her streets, and all her men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go.

יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon.

יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh “[is] Yahweh”

A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on her wise men.

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God, says the Lord, so no man will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes designed against the land of the Chaldaeans; Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.

יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

The Lord has said: See, I will make a wind of destruction come up against Babylon and against those who are living in Chaldaea;

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

For Israel has not been given up, or Judah, by his God, by the Lord of armies; for their land is full of sin against the Holy One of Israel.

מֵֽיְהוָ֖ה (יְהוָ֖ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Go in flight out of Babylon, so that every man may keep his life; do not be cut off in her evil-doing: for it is the time of the Lord's punishment; he will give her her reward.

לַֽיהוָ֔ה (יהוָ֔ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple.

יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Let the flag be lifted up against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, put the watchmen in their places, make ready a surprise attack: for it is the Lord's purpose, and he has done what he said about the people of Babylon.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

The Lord of armies has taken an oath by himself, saying, Truly, I will make you full with men as with locusts, and their voices will be loud against you.

יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh “[is] Yahweh”

And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they have done in Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

See, I am against you, says the Lord, O mountain of destruction, causing the destruction of all the earth: and my hand will be stretched out on you, rolling you down from the rocks, and making you a burned mountain.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And they will not take from you a stone for the angle of a wall or the base of a building; but you will be a waste place for ever, says the Lord.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And the land is shaking and in pain: for the purposes of the Lord are fixed, to make the land of Babylon an unpeopled waste.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

For these are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a grain-floor when it is stamped down; before long, the time of her grain-cutting will come.

יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”