Jeremiah 51:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 “We have tried to heal Babylon,
but she cannot be healed.
Leave her, each of us must go to our own land.”
The judgment against her reaches the heavens,
it touches the clouds.(A)
10 The Lord has brought forth our vindication;
come, let us tell in Zion
what the Lord, our God, has done.(B)
11 Sharpen the arrows,
fill the quivers;
The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,[a]
for his resolve is Babylon’s destruction.
Yes, it is retribution from the Lord,
retribution for his temple.(C)
Footnotes
- 51:11 Kings of the Medes: the Medes and the Persians lived in the area known today as Iran.
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