The LORD Almighty has sworn by himself: I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.
NIV
The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with [a swarm of] locusts [who strip a land clean], and they will lift up a song and shout [of victory] over you.
AMP
The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
KJV
For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the LORD Almighty, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.
NIV
For Israel has not been widowed and forsaken, nor has Judah, by his God, the Lord of hosts, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
AMP
For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
KJV
The land trembles and writhes, for the LORD's purposes against Babylon stand – to lay waste the land of Babylon so that no one will live there.
NIV
[I foresee this:] The land trembles and writhes in pain and sorrow, for the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand--to make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
AMP
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
KJV
I will send foreigners to Babylon to winnow her and to devastate her land; they will oppose her on every side in the day of her disaster.
NIV
And I will send to Babylon strangers or winnowers who will winnow her and will empty her land; for in the day of calamity they will be against her on every side.
AMP
And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
KJV
Then say, 'So will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people will fall." The words of Jeremiah end here."
NIV
Then say, Thus will Babylon sink and not rise because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and [the Babylonians] will be weary (hopelessly exhausted). Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. [Rev. 18:21.]AMP
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
KJV
With you I shatter shepherd and flock, with you I shatter farmer and oxen, with you I shatter governors and officials.
NIV
With you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock, with you I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen, and with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.
AMP
I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
KJV
One courier follows another and messenger follows messenger to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured,
NIV
One post shall run to meet another and one messenger to meet another to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every side and to its farthest end,
AMP
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
KJV
Her people all roar like young lions, they growl like lion cubs.
NIV
They [the Chaldean lords] shall be roaring together [before their sudden capture] like young lions [over their prey], they [the princes] shall be growling like lions' whelps.
AMP
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
KJV
Her towns will be desolate, a dry and desert land, a land where no one lives, through which no one travels.
NIV
Her cities have become a desolation and a horror, a land of drought and a wilderness, a land in which no one lives, nor does any son of man pass through it.
AMP
Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
KJV
