Jeremiah 51:6-10
English Standard Version
6 (A)“Flee from the midst of Babylon;
let every one save his life!
(B)Be not cut off in her punishment,
(C)for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance,
the repayment he is rendering her.
7 Babylon was (D)a golden cup in the Lord's hand,
(E)making all the earth drunken;
(F)the nations drank of her wine;
therefore the nations went mad.
8 (G)Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
(H)wail for her!
(I)Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
9 We would have healed Babylon,
but she was not healed.
(J)Forsake her, and (K)let us go
each to his own country,
for (L)her judgment has reached up to heaven
and has been lifted up even to the skies.
10 (M)The Lord has brought about our vindication;
(N)come, let us declare in Zion
the work of the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 51:6-10
Common English Bible
6 Escape from Babylon;
each of you run for your lives!
Don’t perish because of her guilt,
because this is the time
for the Lord’s retribution,
a day of reckoning for all that Babylon[a] has done.
7 Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand;
it made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine
and went mad.
8 But suddenly Babylon fell
and shattered into pieces.
Wail for her!
Bring medicine for her pain;
perhaps she will recover.
9 We tried to cure Babylon,
but she was beyond help.
Let’s depart from her
and return to your own country, each of you.
Her punishment reaches to heaven
and extends to the clouds.
10 The Lord has come to our defense,
so let’s declare in Zion
what the Lord our God has done!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:6 Or she or it
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