(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.
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.
(G)Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
    (H)wail for her!
(I)Take balm for her pain;
    perhaps she may be healed.
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.

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Flee from Babylon,[a]
    and each of you, escape with your life!
Don’t be destroyed[b] because of her guilt,
    for it’s time for the Lord’s vengeance.
        He is paying back what is due to her.
Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
    making the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine,
    therefore the nations have gone mad.
Suddenly, Babylon fell down and was shattered.
    Wail for her!
Bring balm for her wound,
    perhaps she will be healed.
We tried to heal Babylon,
    but she wouldn’t be healed.
Leave her, and let each of us go to his own country.
    For her judgment has reached to the heavens,
        and is lifted up to the sky.
10 The Lord will vindicate us.
    Come! Let us declare the work of the Lord our God in Zion.

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 51:6 Lit. from the midst of Babylon
  2. Jeremiah 51:6 Or silent