Jeremiah 51:6-25 »Run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be killed because of Babylon's sin. I am now taking my revenge. I am punishing it as it deserves.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ »Run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be killed because of Babylon's sin. I am now taking my revenge. I am punishing it as it deserves. ⁷ »Babylon was like a gold cup in my hand, making the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine and went out of their minds. ⁸ »Babylon has suddenly fallen and is destroyed! Mourn over it! Get medicine for its wounds, and maybe it can be healed.« ⁹ »Foreigners living there said: ‘We tried to help Babylon, but it was too late. Let us leave now and go back home. God has punished Babylon with all his might and has destroyed it completely.’« ¹⁰ Jehovah says: »My people shout, Jehovah has shown that we are in the right. Let us go and tell the people in Jerusalem what Jehovah our God has done.« ¹¹ »Jehovah has stirred up the kings of Media, because he intends to destroy Babylon. That is how he will take revenge for the destruction of his Temple. The attacking officers command: Sharpen your arrows! Get your shields ready! ¹² »Give the signal to attack Babylon's walls. Strengthen the guard! Post the sentries! Place troops in ambush! Jehovah has done what he said he would do to the people of Babylon.« ¹³ »That country has many rivers and rich treasures. Yet its time is up, and its thread of life is cut. ¹⁴ Jehovah has sworn by his own life: »I will bring many men to attack Babylon like a swarm of locusts, and they will shout with victory.« ¹⁵ Jehovah made the earth by his power. By his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens. ¹⁶ When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens. He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses. ¹⁷ All mankind is stupid and devoid of knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful, and there is no breath in them. ¹⁸ They are worthless, a work of mockery. In the time of their punishment they will perish. ¹⁹ The portion of Jacob is not like these. He is the maker of all and of the tribe of his inheritance. Jehovah of Hosts is his name. ²⁰ He says: »You are my war-club, my weapon of war. I shatter nations with you and with you I destroy kingdoms. ²¹ »I will use you to crush horses and their riders. I will use you to crush chariots and their drivers. ²² »I will use you to crush men and women. I will use you to crush the old and the young. I will use you to crush young men and women. ²³ »I will use you to crush shepherds and their flocks. I will use you to crush farmers and their oxen. I will use you to crush governors and officials. ²⁴ »In your presence I will pay back Babylon and all the people who live in Babylon for all the evil things that they did in Zion,« proclaims Jehovah. ²⁵ »I am against you, Babylon, you destructive mountain. You have destroyed the whole earth,« declares Jehovah. »I will use my power against you and roll you off the cliffs, and make you a scorched mountain.