Jeremiah

⁵For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God,by the Lord of Hosts;though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. 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 render to her a recompense. ⁷Babylon 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. ⁸Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed!Wail for her!Take balm for her pain.Perhaps she may be healed. ⁹“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.