Add parallel Print Page Options

In the land of the Kasdim the slain will fall,
those thrust through [by the sword] in her streets.
Isra’el and Y’hudah are not left widowed
of their God, Adonai-Tzva’ot;
but the land of [the Kasdim] is full of guilt
before the Holy One of Isra’el.”

Flee from Bavel, let each one save his life!
Don’t perish because of her guilt.
For the time has come for the vengeance of Adonai;
he will repay her what she deserves.

Read full chapter

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

“Flee(E) from Babylon!
    Run for your lives!
    Do not be destroyed because of her sins.(F)
It is time(G) for the Lord’s vengeance;(H)
    he will repay(I) her what she deserves.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

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