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49 Babylon must fall not only because of the slain ones of Israel,
    but also because of Babylon the slain ones of all the earth have fallen.
50 Survivors of the sword, go!
    You must not linger!
Remember Yahweh from far away,
    and let Jerusalem come to your mind.[a]
51 We are ashamed,
    for we have heard taunts,[b]
disgrace covers our faces,
    for strangers have come to the holy places of the house of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:50 Literally “heart”
  2. Jeremiah 51:51 Hebrew “taunt”