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44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon,
    and I will wrench out from his mouth what he has swallowed.[a]
And the nations will not stream towards him any longer
    what’s worse,[b] the wall of Babylon has fallen.
45 Come out from her midst, my people,
    and save each one his life
    from the burning anger of[c] Yahweh.
46 Now so that you are not fainthearted,[d]
    and you are afraid at the rumors[e] that are heard in the land—
and in the year the rumor comes,
    and in the year after it the rumor,
and violence is in the land,
    with ruler against ruler—

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:44 Literally “what has been swallowed by him”
  2. Jeremiah 51:44 Literally “also”
  3. Jeremiah 51:45 Literally “the blazing of the nose of”
  4. Jeremiah 51:46 Literally “so that your heart is not timid”
  5. Jeremiah 51:46 Hebrew “rumor”