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And fallen have the wounded in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.

For, not forsaken is Israel and Judah, By its God -- by Jehovah of Hosts, For their land hath been full of guilt, Against the Holy One of Israel.

Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, And deliver ye each his soul, Be not cut off in its iniquity, For a time of vengeance it [is] to Jehovah, Recompence He is rendering to her.

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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.

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Footnotes

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