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For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
    has not abandoned Israel and Judah.
He is still their God,
    even though their land was filled with sin
    against the Holy One of Israel.”

Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves!
    Don’t get trapped in her punishment!
It is the Lord’s time for vengeance;
    he will repay her in full.
Babylon has been a gold cup in the Lord’s hands,
    a cup that made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank Babylon’s wine,
    and it drove them all mad.

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For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken(A)
    by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land[a] is full of guilt(B)
    before the Holy One of Israel.

“Flee(C) from Babylon!
    Run for your lives!
    Do not be destroyed because of her sins.(D)
It is time(E) for the Lord’s vengeance;(F)
    he will repay(G) her what she deserves.
Babylon was a gold cup(H) in the Lord’s hand;
    she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
    therefore they have now gone mad.

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Footnotes

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