God, a God of Recompense!

Romans 6:23
"For the wages of sin is Death..."

Jeremiah 51:56
"For the LORD is a God of recompense, He will fully repay."

Romans 6:23
"...but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus!"

Recompense --hebrew-> gĕmuwlah --aka-> reward, deed

Recompense: (as defined by dictionary.com) to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.

Within the context of Jeremiah 51:56, understand that God is repaying/rewarding the Chaldeans and Babylonians with death and destruction.

Praise the Lord that Christ has bore our sin and death that we deserved!