Jeremiah 51:8-15

New American Standard Bible

⁸ Suddenly ^(A)Babylon has fallen and been broken;
^(B)Wail over her!
^(C)Bring ^[a]balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
⁹ We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;
Abandon her and ^(D)let’s each go to his own country,
For her judgment has ^(E)reached to heaven
And it rises to the clouds.
¹⁰ The Lord has ^(F)brought ^[b]about our vindication;
Come and let’s ^(G)recount in Zion
The work of the Lord our God!

^11 (H)Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers!
The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
Because His plan is against Babylon to destroy it;
For it is the ^(I)vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for His temple.
^12 (J)Lift up a signal flag against the walls of Babylon;
Post a strong guard,
Station ^[c]sentries,
Set up an ambush!
For the Lord has both ^(K)planned and performed
What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
¹³ You who ^(L)live by many waters,
Abundant in ^(M)treasures,
Your end has come,
The ^[d]measure of your ^[e](N)end.
¹⁴ The ^(O)Lord of armies has sworn by Himself:
“I will certainly fill you with a ^[f]population like ^(P)locusts,
And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.”

¹⁵ It is ^(Q)He who made the earth by His power,
Who established the world by His wisdom,
And by His understanding He ^(R)stretched out the heavens.