Add parallel Print Page Options

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.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

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

49 “Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
    just as the slain in all the earth
    have fallen because of Babylon.(A)
50 You who have escaped the sword,
    leave(B) and do not linger!
Remember(C) the Lord in a distant land,(D)
    and call to mind Jerusalem.”

51 “We are disgraced,(E)
    for we have been insulted
    and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
    the holy places of the Lord’s house.”(F)

Read full chapter