Kniha proroka Jeremiáša

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Jer 50, 1-46

1 The word that the Lord has spoken about Babylon and about the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet. 2 “Announce it among the Gentiles, and make it known. Lift up a sign. Proclaim it and do not conceal it. Say this: ‘Babylon has been captured. Bel has been confounded. Merodach has been conquered. Their graven things have been confounded. Their idols have not survived.’ 3 For a nation has ascended against her from the north, which will set her land in desolation. And there will be no one who may live within it, from man even to beast. For they have been removed and have gone away. 4 In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the sons of Israel will advance, they and the sons of Judah together. Weeping as they walk, they will hurry on, and they will seek the Lord their God. 5 They will ask the way to Zion; their faces will be set toward this place. They will arrive and will be joined to the Lord by an everlasting covenant, which nothing will wipe away into oblivion. 6 My people have become a lost flock. Their shepherds have led them astray and have caused them to wander in the mountains. They have crossed from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place. 7 All whom they have found, they have devoured. And their enemies have said: ‘We have not sinned. For it is they who have sinned against the Lord, the beauty of justice, and against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’ 8 Withdraw from the midst of Babylon, and go forth from the land of the Chaldeans. And be like young goats before the flock. 9 For behold, I am raising up, and I will lead against Babylon, a congregation of great nations from the land of the north. And they will be prepared against her, and from there she will be taken. Their arrows, like those of a strong man, a killer, will not return empty. 10 And Chaldea will become a prey. All who lay waste to her will be filled, says the Lord. 11 For you exult and you speak great things, plundering my inheritance. For you have spread out like calves upon the grass, and you have bellowed like bulls. 12 Your mother has been exceedingly shamed, and she who bore you has become equal to the dust. Behold, she will be the last among the nations, a desert, impassable and dry. 13 By the wrath of the Lord, it will not be inhabited. Instead, it will be entirely desolate. Every one who passes by Babylon will be stupefied and will hiss over all her wounds. 14 Prepare yourselves against Babylon, on every side, all you who bend the bow. Make war against her! You should not spare the arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord. 15 Cry out against her! For where she has put forth a hand, her foundations have fallen, her walls have been destroyed. For it is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance against her! Just as she has done, do so to her. 16 Destroy the founder from Babylon, and the one who holds the sickle in the time of harvest. Before the face of the sword of the dove, each one will turn back to his people, and every one will flee to his own land. 17 Israel is a scattered flock. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him. And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has taken away his bones. 18 Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will visit the king of Babylon and his land, just as I have visited the king of Assyria. 19 And I will lead back Israel to his 457 habitation. And he will pasture on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul will be satiated at mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, and there will be none. And the sin of Judah will be sought, and none will be found. For I will be forgiving to them, whom I will leave behind. 21 Ascend against the land of the rulers, and visit against its inhabitants! Scatter and destroy whatever has been left behind them, says the Lord, and act according to all that I have instructed you. 22 A voice of war in the land, and great destruction! 23 How has the mallet of the entire earth been broken and crushed? How has Babylon been turned into a desert among the nations? 24 I have ensnared you, and you have been captured, O Babylon, and you did not realize it. You have been discovered and seized, because you provoked the Lord. 25 The Lord has opened his storehouse, and he has brought forth the instruments of his wrath. For there is work for the Lord, the God of hosts, within the land of the Chaldeans. 26 Advance against her from the furthest regions! Open, so that those who will trample her may go out! Take stones from the road, and gather them into piles, and destroy her. And let there be nothing left of her. 27 Scatter all her strong ones. Let them descend to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has arrived, the time of their visitation. 28 It is the voice of those who are fleeing and of those who have escaped from the land of Babylon: to announce in Zion the revenge of the Lord our God, the revenge of his Temple. 29 Announce it to the many in Babylon, to all who bend the bow. Stand together against her all around, and let no one escape. Repay her according to her work. In accord with all that she has done, do to her. For she has raised herself up against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel. 30 For this reason, her young men will fall in her streets. And all her men of war will be silenced, in that day, says the Lord. 31 Behold, I am against you, O proud one, says the Lord, the God of hosts. For your day has arrived, the time of your visitation. 32 And the proud one will fall and be ruined. And there will be no one who may lift him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour everything around him.” 33 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have endured calumny together. All who have seized them are holding them and refusing to release them. 34 Their redeemer is strong. The Lord of hosts is his name. He will defend their case in judgment, so that he may terrify the land and disturb the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 A sword is for the Chaldeans, says the Lord, and for the inhabitants of Babylon, and for her leaders, and for her wise ones. 36 A sword is for her diviners, who will be fooled. A sword is for her strong ones, who will be afraid. 37 A sword is for their horses, and for their chariots, and for all the common people who are in her midst. And they will be like women. A sword is for her storehouses, and they will be plundered. 38 A drought is over her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and they glory in portents. 39 Because of this, dragons will live there with the fig fauns, and ostriches will live in it. And it will no longer be inhabited, even in perpetuity, nor will it be raised up, even from generation to generation. 40 Just as the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighboring towns, says the Lord, no man will live there, and a son of man will not tend it. 41 Behold, a people arrives from the north, and a great nation. And many kings will rise up from the ends of the earth. 42 They will take up the bow and the shield. They are cruel and merciless. Their voice will sound out, like the sea, and they will ride upon horses, like a man prepared for battle against you, O daughter of Babylon. 43 The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, and his hands have been weakened. Anguish has overtaken him, like the pains of a woman giving birth. 44 Behold, he will ascend like a lion from the arrogance of the Jordan to the robust beauty. For I will cause him to rush upon her suddenly. And who will be the elect one, whom I may appoint over her? For who is like me? And who can endure me? And who is that pastor who can withstand my countenance?” 45 Because of this, listen to the counsel of the Lord, which he has conceived in his mind against Babylon, and to his thoughts, which he has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: “Certainly the little ones of the flocks will pull them down, unless their habitation will have been destroyed with them. 46 At the voice of the captivity of Babylon, the earth has been moved, and an outcry has been heard among the nations.”

Verš 2

“Announce it among the Gentiles, and make it known. Lift up a sign. Proclaim it and do not conceal it. Say this: ‘Babylon has been captured. Bel has been confounded. Merodach has been conquered. Their graven things have been confounded. Their idols have not survived.’

Iz 46:1 - Bel has been broken. Nebo has been crushed. Their idols have been placed upon beasts and cattle, your grievous heavy burdens, even unto exhaustion.

Jer 51:44 - And I will visit against Bel in Babylon, and I will cast from his mouth what he has swallowed. And the nations will no longer flow together before him. For even the wall of Babylon will also fall.

Verš 7

All whom they have found, they have devoured. And their enemies have said: ‘We have not sinned. For it is they who have sinned against the Lord, the beauty of justice, and against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’

Jer 31:23 - Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Still they will speak this word in the land of Judah, and in its cities, when I will convert their captivity: ‘May the Lord bless you, the beauty of justice, the holy mountain.’

Verš 8

Withdraw from the midst of Babylon, and go forth from the land of the Chaldeans. And be like young goats before the flock.

Iz 48:20 - Depart from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Announce it with a voice of exultation. Cause it to be heard, and carry it even to the ends of the earth. Say: “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.”

Jer 51:6 - Flee from the midst of Babylon! And let each one save his own life. Do not be silent about her iniquity. For it is the time of revenge from the Lord. He himself will repay her, in her turn.

Zjv 18:4 - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: “Go away from her, my people, so that you may not be participants in her pleasures, and so that you may not be recipients of her afflictions.

Verš 41

Behold, a people arrives from the north, and a great nation. And many kings will rise up from the ends of the earth.

Jer 6:22 - Thus says the Lord: “Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north, and a great nation will rise up from the ends of the earth.

Verš 43

The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, and his hands have been weakened. Anguish has overtaken him, like the pains of a woman giving birth.

Jer 49:24 - Damascus has been broken. She has been turned to flight. Trembling has taken hold of her. Anguish and sorrows have seized her, like a woman giving birth.

Verš 44

Behold, he will ascend like a lion from the arrogance of the Jordan to the robust beauty. For I will cause him to rush upon her suddenly. And who will be the elect one, whom I may appoint over her? For who is like me? And who can endure me? And who is that pastor who can withstand my countenance?”

Jer 49:19 - Behold, he will ascend like a lion from the arrogance of the Jordan, against the robust beauty. For I will cause him to rush against her suddenly. And who will be the elect one, whom I may appoint over her? For who is like me? And who can endure me? And who is that pastor who can withstand my countenance?

Jób 41:10 - Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.

Verš 13

By the wrath of the Lord, it will not be inhabited. Instead, it will be entirely desolate. Every one who passes by Babylon will be stupefied and will hiss over all her wounds.

Jer 49:17 - And Idumea will be a desert. Everyone who passes by it will be stupefied and will hiss over all its wounds.

Verš 46

At the voice of the captivity of Babylon, the earth has been moved, and an outcry has been heard among the nations.”

Jer 49:21 - The earth has been shaken at the noise of their destruction. The outcry of their voice has been heard at the Red Sea.

Verš 45

Because of this, listen to the counsel of the Lord, which he has conceived in his mind against Babylon, and to his thoughts, which he has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: “Certainly the little ones of the flocks will pull them down, unless their habitation will have been destroyed with them.

Jer 49:20 - Because of this, listen to the counsel of the Lord, which he has undertaken concerning Edom, and to his thoughts, which he has devised concerning the inhabitants of Teman. Certainly, the little ones of the flock will cast them down, unless they scatter them with their habitation.

Verš 40

Just as the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighboring towns, says the Lord, no man will live there, and a son of man will not tend it.

Gn 19:25 - And he overturned these cities, and all the surrounding region: all the inhabitants of the cities, and everything that springs from the land.

Jer 49:18 - Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors were overthrown, says the Lord: there will not be a man living there, and no son of man will tend it.

Verš 18

Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will visit the king of Babylon and his land, just as I have visited the king of Assyria.

2Kr 19:35 - And so it happened that, in the same night, an Angel of the Lord went and struck down, in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when he had risen up, at first light, he saw all the bodies of the dead. And withdrawing, he went away.

2Kr 19:37 - And while he was worshipping in the temple of his god, Nisroch, his sons, Adram-melech and Sharezer, struck him with the sword. And they fled into the land of the Armenians. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.

Iz 37:36 - Then the Angel of the Lord went forth and struck down, in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold, all these were dead bodies.

Iz 37:38 - And it happened that, as he was adoring his god in the temple of Nisroch, his sons, Adramelech and Sharezer, struck him with the sword. And they fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.

Verš 30

For this reason, her young men will fall in her streets. And all her men of war will be silenced, in that day, says the Lord.

Jer 49:26 - For this reason, her young men will fall in her streets. And all the men of battle will be silenced in that day, says the Lord of hosts.

Jer 50,1 - Dlhé proroctvo o Babylone nie je jednotná báseň, ale skôr zbierka básní, ktoré majú ten istý predmet: pád Babylonu, ktorý bol postrachom Východu a zničil Júdske kráľovstvo. Preto v ňom niet ani nejakej myšlienkovej ucelenosti. – Mnohí, a to aj niektorí katolíci sa domnievajú, že toto proroctvo alebo aspoň jeho väčšiu časť nenapísal Jeremiáš.

Jer 50,2 - Slová v zátvorke nepatria asi do pôvodnej osnovy. – O Bélovi pozri pozn. k Iz 46,1. – Merodach je Marduk, hlavný boh hlavného mesta Babylonského kráľovstva, Babylonu, kde mal veľký chrám; tento bol jedným z divov sveta, volal sa E-sag-ila. Niekedy aj Marduka volali Bélom, pánom.

Jer 50,3 - Nepriateľ od severu sú Médi a Peržania.

Jer 50,13 - Porov. 49,17.

Jer 50,16 - O ničiacom meči pozri pozn. k 25,38; porov. 46,16.

Jer 50,17 - Spomína sa tu zánik Severnej (721 pr. Kr.) a Južnej (586) ríše Izraelitov.

Jer 50,19 - O Karmele pozri pozn. k Iz 33,9. – O Bášane Iz 2,13. – O Galaáde 8,22.

Jer 50,21 - Merataim sa volalo južné pobrežie Babylonu pri Perzskom zálive. Pekod ("klin": Pukudu) bolo meno akéhosi aramejského kmeňa na východe stredného Babylonu. Ale obe mená sú aj alegorickým označením celého Babylonu: Merataim znamená: "dvojnásobná vzbura"; Pekod: "navštívenie".

Jer 50,28 - Slová, ktoré sme dali do zátvoriek, v LXX chýbajú. Dostali sa sem asi z 51,11.

Jer 50,38 - Babylonci sa báli svojich bohov a zobrazovali si ich v strašidelných podobách.

Jer 50,40 - Porov. 49,18.

Jer 50,41 - Pozri pozn. k v. 3. Verše 41-43 porov. s veršami 6,22-24.

Jer 50,44-46 - Porov. s 49,19-21.