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Jeremiah 51:5-7
New International Version
Jeremiah 51:5-7
New International Version
5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken(A)
by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land[a] is full of guilt(B)
before the Holy One of Israel.
6 “Flee(C) from Babylon!
Run for your lives!
Do not be destroyed because of her sins.(D)
It is time(E) for the Lord’s vengeance;(F)
he will repay(G) her what she deserves.
7 Babylon was a gold cup(H) in the Lord’s hand;
she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
therefore they have now gone mad.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:5 Or Almighty, / and the land of the Babylonians
Jeremiah 51:5-7
New King James Version
Jeremiah 51:5-7
New King James Version
5 For Israel is (A)not forsaken, nor Judah,
By his God, the Lord of hosts,
Though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”
6 (B)Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For (C)this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
(D)He shall recompense her.
7 (E)Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
That made all the earth drunk.
(F)The nations drank her wine;
Therefore the nations (G)are deranged.
Jeremiah 51:5-7
King James Version
Jeremiah 51:5-7
King James Version
5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
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Jeremiah 51:5-7
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:5-7
English Standard Version
5 (A)For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
by their God, the Lord of hosts,
but the land of the Chaldeans[a] is full of guilt
against the Holy One of Israel.
6 (B)“Flee from the midst of Babylon;
let every one save his life!
(C)Be not cut off in her punishment,
(D)for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance,
the repayment he is rendering her.
7 Babylon was (E)a golden cup in the Lord's hand,
(F)making all the earth drunken;
(G)the nations drank of her wine;
therefore the nations went mad.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:5 Hebrew their land
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