Verse 9

Jeremiah 51:9

Literal Standard Version

9 We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, || Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, || For her judgment has come to the heavens, || And it has been lifted up to the clouds.
Original Language Text
hebrew
רפאנו רִפִּ֣ינוּ אֶת בָּבֶל֙ וְ/לֹ֣א נִרְפָּ֔תָה עִזְב֕וּ/הָ וְ/נֵלֵ֖ךְ אִ֣ישׁ לְ/אַרְצ֑/וֹ כִּֽי נָגַ֤ע אֶל הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ מִשְׁפָּטָ֔/הּ וְ/נִשָּׂ֖א עַד שְׁחָקִֽים
English Translation
Heal us, O Lord, and we shall be healed; save us, and we shall be saved; for You are our praise.
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Chapter 51 Context
1 Thus said YHWH: “Behold, I am stirring up against Babylon, || And the inhabitants of Leb, My withsta... Focus ↗
2 And I have sent fanners to Babylon, || And they have fanned her, and they empty her land, || For the... Focus ↗
3 Do not let the treader tread his bow, || Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, || Nor have pity o... Focus ↗
4 And the wounded have fallen in the land of the Chaldeans, || And the pierced-through in her streets. Focus ↗
5 For Israel and Judah are not forsaken || By his God (Elohim)—by YHWH of Hosts, || For their land has... Focus ↗
6 Flee from the midst of Babylon, || And let each deliver his soul, || Do not be cut off in her iniqui... Focus ↗
7 Babylon is a golden cup in the hand of YHWH, || Making all the earth drunk, || Nations have drunk of... Focus ↗
8 Babylon has suddenly fallen, || Indeed, she is broken, howl for her, || Take balm for her pain, perh... Focus ↗
9 We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, || Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, || For her j...
10 YHWH has brought forth our righteousnesses, || Come, and we recount in Zion the work of our God (Elo... Focus ↗
11 Cleanse the arrows, fill the shields, || YHWH has stirred up the spirit of the kings of Media, || Fo... Focus ↗
12 Lift up an ensign to the walls of Babylon, || Strengthen the watch, || Establish the watchers, prepa... Focus ↗
13 O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, || Your end has come—the measure of your dishonest... Focus ↗
14 YHWH of Hosts has sworn by Himself, || That, Surely I have filled you with men as the cankerworm, ||... Focus ↗
15 Making the earth by His power, || Establishing the world by His wisdom, || Who by His understanding... Focus ↗
16 At the voice He gives forth, || A multitude of waters are in the heavens, || And He causes vapors to... Focus ↗
17 Every man has been brutish by knowledge, || Everyone has been put to shame—from refining a carved im... Focus ↗
18 They are vanity—a work of errors, || They perish in the time of their inspection. Focus ↗
19 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, || For He is forming the whole, || And Israel is the tribe o... Focus ↗
20 You are My shatterer—weapons of war, || And I have broken in pieces nations by you, || And I have de... Focus ↗
21 And I have broken in pieces horse and its rider by you, || And I have broken in pieces chariot and i... Focus ↗
22 And I have broken in pieces man and woman by you, || And I have broken in pieces old and young by yo... Focus ↗
23 And I have broken in pieces shepherd and his drove by you, || And I have broken in pieces farmer and... Focus ↗
24 And I have repaid to Babylon, || And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, || All the evil that they have d... Focus ↗
25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “That is destroying... Focus ↗
26 And they do not take out of you a stone for a corner, || And a stone for foundations, || For you are... Focus ↗
27 “Lift up an ensign in the land, || Blow a horn among nations, || Sanctify nations against it, || Sum... Focus ↗
28 Sanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, || Its governors and all its prefects, || A... Focus ↗
29 And the land shakes, and it is pained, || For the purposes of YHWH have stood against Babylon, || To... Focus ↗
30 The mighty of Babylon have ceased to fight, || They have remained in strongholds, || Their might has... Focus ↗
31 Runner runs to meet runner, || And announcer to meet announcer, || To announce to the king of Babylo... Focus ↗
32 And the passages have been captured, || And they have burned the reeds with fire, || And the men of... Focus ↗
33 For thus said YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is as a threshing-floor... Focus ↗
34 Devoured us, crushed us, has Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, || He has set us as an empty vessel, ||... Focus ↗
35 My wrong, and that of my flesh, is on Babylon—The inhabitant of Zion says; And my blood is on the in... Focus ↗
36 Therefore, thus said YHWH: Behold, I am pleading your cause, || And I have avenged your vengeance, |... Focus ↗
37 And Babylon has been for heaps, || A habitation of dragons, || An astonishment, and a hissing, witho... Focus ↗
38 They roar together as young lions, || They have shaken themselves as lions’ whelps. Focus ↗
39 In their heat I make their banquets, || And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, || And... Focus ↗
40 “I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, || As rams with male goats. Focus ↗
41 How Sheshach has been captured, || Indeed, the praise of the whole earth is caught, || How Babylon h... Focus ↗
42 The sea has come up over Babylon, || She has been covered with a multitude of its billows. Focus ↗
43 Her cities have been for a desolation, || A dry land, and a wilderness, || A land—none dwell in them... Focus ↗
44 And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, || And I have brought forth that which he swallowed—from his m... Focus ↗
45 Go forth from her midst, O My people, || And let each deliver his soul, || Because of the fierceness... Focus ↗
46 And lest your heart be tender, || And you are afraid of the report that is heard in the land, || And... Focus ↗
47 Therefore, behold, days are coming, || And I have seen after the carved images of Babylon. And all i... Focus ↗
48 And heavens and earth and all that is in them || Have cried aloud against Babylon, || For the spoile... Focus ↗
49 “As Babylon has caused the pierced of Israel to fall, || So they of Babylon have fallen, || You pier... Focus ↗
50 You escaped of the sword, go on, do not stand, || Remember YHWH from afar, || And let Jerusalem come... Focus ↗
51 We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, || Shame has covered our faces, || For strangers have c... Focus ↗
52 Therefore, behold, days are coming,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And I have seen after her carved... Focus ↗
53 Because Babylon goes up to the heavens, || And because she fortifies the high place of her strength,... Focus ↗
54 “A voice of a cry is from Babylon, || And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean. Focus ↗
55 For YHWH is spoiling Babylon, || And has destroyed her great voice, || And her billows have sounded... Focus ↗
56 For a spoiler has come in against her—against Babylon, || And her mighty ones have been captured, ||... Focus ↗
57 And I have caused her princes to drink, || And her wise men, her governors, || And her prefects, and... Focus ↗
58 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: The wall of Babylon—The broad one—is made utterly bare, || And her high gat... Focus ↗
59 The word that Jeremiah the prophet has commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in his goin... Focus ↗
60 and Jeremiah writes all the calamity that comes to Babylon on one scroll—all these words that are wr... Focus ↗
61 And Jeremiah says to Seraiah, “When you enter Babylon, then you have seen, and have read all these w... Focus ↗
62 and have said: YHWH, You have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelli... Focus ↗
63 And it has come to pass, when you finish reading this scroll, you bind a stone to it, and have cast... Focus ↗
64 and said, Thus Babylon sinks, and she does not arise, because of the calamity that I am bringing in... Focus ↗