Jeremiah 51:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ “Foreigners in Babylon say, ‘We tried to heal Babylon,
    but she cannot be healed.
So let us leave her and each go to his own country [^Cafter the fall of Babylon, the Persians allowed the exiled people to return to their own lands; Ezra 1].
    Babylon’s ·punishment [judgment] ·is as high as [reaches; touches] the ·sky [heavens];
it ·reaches [^Llifts up] to the ·clouds [or skies].’

¹⁰ “The people of Judah say, ‘The Lord has ·shown us to be right [brought about/forth our vindication].
    Come, let us ·tell [recount] in ·Jerusalem [^LZion; ^Cthe location of the Temple]
what the Lord our God has done.’

¹¹ “Sharpen the arrows!
    ·Pick up your shields [or Fill the quivers]!
The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes,
    because he ·wants [^Lpurposes] to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will punish them as they deserve
    for destroying his Temple.