“We would have healed Babylon,
but she is not healed.
Forsake her,
and let’s each go into his own country;
for her judgment reaches to heaven,
and is lifted up even to the skies.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Jeremiah 51:9 in context
Jeremiah 51:6–12
6
“Flee out of the middle of Babylon!
Everyone save his own life!
Don’t be cut off in her iniquity,
for it is the time of the LORD’s vengeance.
He will give to her a recompense.
7
Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD’s hand,
who made all the earth drunk.
The nations have drunk of her wine;
therefore the nations have gone mad.
8
Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed!
Wail for her!
Take balm for her pain.
Perhaps she may be healed.
9
Selected verse
“We would have healed Babylon,
but she is not healed.
Forsake her,
and let’s each go into his own country;
for her judgment reaches to heaven,
and is lifted up even to the skies.
10
‘The LORD has produced our righteousness.
Come, and let’s declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.’
11
“Make the arrows sharp!
Hold the shields firmly!
The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it;
for it is the vengeance of the LORD,
the vengeance of his temple.
12
Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon!
Make the watch strong!
Set the watchmen,
and prepare the ambushes;
for the LORD has both purposed and done
that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
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