Jeremiah 51:6-10

Christian Standard Bible

⁶ Leave Babylon;^(A)
save your lives, each of you!^(B)
Don’t perish because of her guilt.
For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance—
he will pay her what she deserves.^(C)
7 Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand,^(D)
making the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;^(E)
therefore, the nations go mad.^(F)
8 Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered.
Wail for her;
get balm^(G) for her wound—
perhaps she can be healed.

⁹ We tried to heal Babylon,
but she could not be healed.
Abandon her!
Let each of us go to his own land,^(H)
for her judgment extends to the sky
and reaches as far as the clouds.^(I)

¹⁰ The Lord has brought about our vindication;^(J)
come, let’s tell in Zion
what the Lord our God has accomplished.^(K)