We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;
Forsake her and (A)let us each go to his own country,
For her judgment has (B)reached to heaven
And [a]towers up to the very skies.
10 The Lord has (C)brought [b]about our vindication;
Come and let us (D)recount in Zion
The work of the Lord our God!

11 (E)Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers!
The Lord has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
Because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy it;
For it is the (F)vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for His temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:9 Lit is lifted
  2. Jeremiah 51:10 Lit forth