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Monday, November 10th, 2025
the Week of Proper 27 / Ordinary 32
the Week of Proper 27 / Ordinary 32
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Jeremiah 51:40
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Christian Standard Bible®
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,like rams together with male goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,like rams together with male goats.
Hebrew Names Version
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
King James Version
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
English Standard Version
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and male goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and male goats.
New American Standard Bible
"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.
"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.
New Century Version
"I will take the people of Babylon to be killed. They will be like lambs, like sheep and goats waiting to be killed.
"I will take the people of Babylon to be killed. They will be like lambs, like sheep and goats waiting to be killed.
Amplified Bible
"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.
"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.
World English Bible
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I wil bring them downe like lambes to the slaughter, and like rams and goates.
I wil bring them downe like lambes to the slaughter, and like rams and goates.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.
"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.
Legacy Standard Bible
"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,Like rams together with male goats.
"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,Like rams together with male goats.
Berean Standard Bible
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats."
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats."
Contemporary English Version
I will lead them away to die, like sheep, lambs, and goats being led to the butcher.
I will lead them away to die, like sheep, lambs, and goats being led to the butcher.
Complete Jewish Bible
"I will drag them down like lambs to be slaughtered, like rams and male goats."
"I will drag them down like lambs to be slaughtered, like rams and male goats."
Darby Translation
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Babylon will be like sheep, rams, and goats waiting to be killed. I will lead them to the slaughter.
"Babylon will be like sheep, rams, and goats waiting to be killed. I will lead them to the slaughter.
George Lamsa Translation
And I will deliver them like fatlings to be slain, like rams and he-goats to slaughter.
And I will deliver them like fatlings to be slain, like rams and he-goats to slaughter.
Good News Translation
I will take them to be slaughtered, like lambs, goats, and rams. I, the Lord , have spoken."
I will take them to be slaughtered, like lambs, goats, and rams. I, the Lord , have spoken."
Lexham English Bible
"I will bring them down like young rams to slaughter, like rams and goats.
"I will bring them down like young rams to slaughter, like rams and goats.
Literal Translation
I shall bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
I shall bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I shal carie them downe to be slayne like shepe, like wethers & gootes.
I shal carie them downe to be slayne like shepe, like wethers & gootes.
American Standard Version
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
Bible in Basic English
I will make them go down to death like lambs, like he-goats together.
I will make them go down to death like lambs, like he-goats together.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
King James Version (1611)
I will bring them downe like lambes to the slaughter, like rammes with hee goates.
I will bring them downe like lambes to the slaughter, like rammes with hee goates.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I shall cary them downe to be slayne lyke sheepe, lyke weathers and goates:
I shall cary them downe to be slayne lyke sheepe, lyke weathers and goates:
English Revised Version
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal lede forth hem, as lambren to slayn sacrifice, and as wetheris with kidis. Hou is Sesac takun, and the noble citee of al erthe is takun?
Y schal lede forth hem, as lambren to slayn sacrifice, and as wetheris with kidis. Hou is Sesac takun, and the noble citee of al erthe is takun?
Update Bible Version
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
New English Translation
"I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats."
"I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats."
New King James Version
"I will bring them down Like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams with male goats.
"I will bring them down Like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams with male goats.
New Living Translation
"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats to be sacrificed.
"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats to be sacrificed.
New Life Bible
"I will bring them down like lambs to be killed, like rams and male goats.
"I will bring them down like lambs to be killed, like rams and male goats.
New Revised Standard
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I will bring them down As fat lambs to slaughter, - As rams with he-goats.
I will bring them down As fat lambs to slaughter, - As rams with he-goats.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with kids.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with kids.
Revised Standard Version
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and he-goats.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and he-goats.
Young's Literal Translation
I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with he-goats.
I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with he-goats.
Contextual Overview
1There's more. God says more: "Watch this: I'm whipping up A death-dealing hurricane against Babylon—‘Hurricane Persia'— against all who live in that perverse land. I'm sending a cleanup crew into Babylon. They'll clean the place out from top to bottom. When they get through there'll be nothing left of her worth taking or talking about. They won't miss a thing. A total and final Doomsday! Fighters will fight with everything they've got. It's no-holds-barred. They will spare nothing and no one. It's final and wholesale destruction—the end! Babylon littered with the wounded, streets piled with corpses. It turns out that Israel and Judah are not widowed after all. As their God, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, I am still alive and well, committed to them even though They filled their land with sin against Israel's most Holy God. 6"Get out of Babylon as fast as you can. Run for your lives! Save your necks! Don't linger and lose your lives to my vengeance on her as I pay her back for her sins. Babylon was a fancy gold chalice held in my hand, Filled with the wine of my anger to make the whole world drunk. The nations drank the wine and they've all gone crazy. Babylon herself will stagger and crash, senseless in a drunken stupor—tragic! Get anointing balm for her wound. Maybe she can be cured." 9 "We did our best, but she can't be helped. Babylon is past fixing. Give her up to her fate. Go home. The judgment on her will be vast, a skyscraper-memorial of vengeance. 10 " God has set everything right for us. Come! Let's tell the good news Back home in Zion. Let's tell what our God did to set things right. 11"Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! God has stirred up the kings of the Medes, infecting them with war fever: ‘Destroy Babylon!' God 's on the warpath. He's out to avenge his Temple. Give the signal to attack Babylon's walls. Station guards around the clock. Bring in reinforcements. Set men in ambush. God will do what he planned, what he said he'd do to the people of Babylon. You have more water than you need, you have more money than you need— But your life is over, your lifeline cut." 14 God -of-the-Angel-Armies has solemnly sworn: "I'll fill this place with soldiers. They'll swarm through here like locusts chanting victory songs over you." 15By his power he made earth. His wisdom gave shape to the world. He crafted the cosmos. He thunders and rain pours down. He sends the clouds soaring. He embellishes the storm with lightnings, launches the wind from his warehouse. Stick-god worshipers look mighty foolish! god-makers embarrassed by their handmade gods! Their gods are frauds, dead sticks— deadwood gods, tasteless jokes. They're nothing but stale smoke. When the smoke clears, they're gone. But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing; he put the whole universe together, With special attention to Israel. His name? God -of-the-Angel-Armies! 20God says, "You, Babylon, are my hammer, my weapon of war. I'll use you to smash godless nations, use you to knock kingdoms to bits. I'll use you to smash horse and rider, use you to smash chariot and driver. I'll use you to smash man and woman, use you to smash the old man and the boy. I'll use you to smash the young man and young woman, use you to smash shepherd and sheep. I'll use you to smash farmer and yoked oxen, use you to smash governors and senators. 24 "Judeans, you'll see it with your own eyes. I'll pay Babylon and all the Chaldeans back for all the evil they did in Zion." God 's Decree. 25"I'm your enemy, Babylon, Mount Destroyer, you ravager of the whole earth. I'll reach out, I'll take you in my hand, and I'll crush you till there's no mountain left. I'll turn you into a gravel pit— no more cornerstones cut from you, No more foundation stones quarried from you! Nothing left of you but gravel." God 's Decree.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jeremiah 50:27, Psalms 37:20, Psalms 44:22, Isaiah 34:6, Ezekiel 39:18
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 48:15 - gone Acts 8:32 - as a Romans 8:36 - as sheep
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,.... To the place of slaughter; who shall be able to make no more resistance than lambs. This explains what is meant by being made drunk, and sleeping a perpetual sleep, even destruction and death:
like rams with he goats; denoting the promiscuous destruction of the prince and common people together.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Lambs ... rams ... he goats - i. e., all classes of the population (see Isaiah 34:6 note).
