43 (A)Her cities are a desolation,
A dry land and a wilderness,
A land where (B)no one dwells,
Through which no son of man passes.
44 I will punish (C)Bel[a] in Babylon,
And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed;
And the nations shall not stream to him anymore.
Yes, (D)the wall of Babylon shall fall.

45 “My(E) people, go out of the midst of her!
And let everyone deliver [b]himself from the fierce anger of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:44 A Babylonian god
  2. Jeremiah 51:45 Lit. his soul

43 Her cities have become a horror,
    (A)a land of drought and a desert,
(B)a land in which no one dwells,
    and through which no son of man passes.
44 And I will punish (C)Bel in Babylon,
    and (D)take out of his mouth (E)what he has swallowed.
(F)The nations shall no longer flow to him;
    (G)the wall of Babylon has fallen.

45 “Go out of the midst of her, (H)my people!
    Let every one save his life
    from (I)the fierce anger of the Lord!

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