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They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, slashed to death in her streets. For the Lord Almighty has not forsaken Israel and Judah. He is still their God, but the land of the Chaldeans[a] is filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves! Don’t get trapped! If you stay, you will be destroyed when God takes his vengeance on all of Babylon’s sins.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:5 the land of the Chaldeans, implied.

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