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(A)Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And each of you escape with his life!
Do not be [a](B)silenced in her [b]iniquity,
For this is (C)Yahweh’s time of vengeance;
He is going to (D)render recompense to her.
Babylon has been a golden (E)cup in the hand of Yahweh,
Intoxicating all the earth.
The (F)nations have drunk of her wine;
Therefore the nations are (G)going mad.
Suddenly (H)Babylon has fallen and been broken;
(I)Wail over her!
(J)Take [c]balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;
Forsake her and (K)let us each go to his own country,
For her judgment has (L)touched heaven
And lifts up to the very skies.
10 Yahweh has (M)brought [d]about our righteousness;
Come and let us (N)recount in Zion
The work of Yahweh our God!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:6 Or made lifeless
  2. Jeremiah 51:6 Or penalty for iniquity
  3. Jeremiah 51:8 Or balsam resin
  4. Jeremiah 51:10 Lit forth

Flee from the midst of Babylon!
Everyone, save your lives!
Do not be cut off because of her guilt,
for it is the time for the Lord’s vengeance.
He will punish them as they deserve.
Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand.
She made the whole world drunk.
The nations have drunk her wine,
and now they have gone mad.
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is broken.
Wail for her.
Take balm to her for her pain.
Perhaps she can be healed.

We would have healed Babylon,
but she cannot be healed.
Leave her! Everyone go to his own land,
because her judgment reaches to the heavens.
It rises up to the clouds.
10 The Lord has brought our vindication.
Come, let us declare in Zion what the Lord our God has done.

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