They will fall down slain in Babylon,[a]
    fatally wounded in her streets.
For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
    by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land[b] is full of guilt
    before the Holy One of Israel.

‘Flee from Babylon!
    Run for your lives!
    Do not be destroyed because of her sins.
It is time for the Lord’s vengeance;
    he will repay her what she deserves.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:4 Or Chaldea
  2. Jeremiah 51:5 Or Almighty, / and the land of the Babylonians