Jeremiah 51:9-11

New Living Translation

⁹ We would have helped her if we could,
    but nothing can save her now.
Let her go; abandon her.
    Return now to your own land.
For her punishment reaches to the heavens;
    it is so great it cannot be measured.
¹⁰ The Lord has vindicated us.
    Come, let us announce in Jerusalem^[a]
    everything the Lord our God has done.

¹¹ Sharpen the arrows!
    Lift up the shields!^[b]
For the Lord has inspired the kings of the Medes
    to march against Babylon and destroy her.
This is his vengeance against those
    who desecrated his Temple.