Jeremiah 51:6-10
New American Standard Bible
6 (A)Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And each of you save his life!
Do not (B)perish in her [a]punishment,
For this is the (C)Lord’s time of vengeance;
He is going to (D)repay to her what she deserves.
7 Babylon has been a golden (E)cup in the hand of the Lord,
Intoxicating all the earth.
The (F)nations have drunk of her wine;
Therefore the nations are (G)going insane.
8 Suddenly (H)Babylon has fallen and been broken;
(I)Wail over her!
(J)Bring [b]balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
9 We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;
Abandon her and (K)let’s each go to his own country,
For her judgment has (L)reached to heaven
And it rises to the clouds.
10 The Lord has (M)brought [c]about our vindication;
Come and let’s (N)recount in Zion
The work of the Lord our God!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:6 Or penalty for wrongdoing
- Jeremiah 51:8 Or balsam resin
- Jeremiah 51:10 Lit forth
Jeremiah 51:6-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 Flee from the midst of Babylon;
save your lives, each of you!
Do not perish because of her guilt,
for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
he is repaying her what is due.(A)
7 Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
making all the earth drunken;
the nations drank of her wine,
and so the nations went mad.(B)
8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is shattered;
wail for her!
Bring balm for her wound;
perhaps she may be healed.(C)
9 We tried to heal Babylon,
but she could not be healed.
Forsake her, and let each of us go
to our own country,
for her judgment has reached up to heaven
and has been lifted up even to the skies.(D)
10 The Lord has brought forth our vindication;
come, let us declare in Zion
the work of the Lord our God.(E)
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