⁴⁵ “Come out^(A) of her, my people!
    Run^(B) for your lives!
    Run from the fierce anger^(C) of the Lord.
⁴⁶ Do not lose heart^(D) or be afraid^(E)
    when rumors^(F) are heard in the land;
one rumor comes this year, another the next,
    rumors of violence in the land
    and of ruler against ruler.
⁴⁷ For the time will surely come
    when I will punish the idols^(G) of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced^(H)
    and her slain will all lie fallen within her.^(I)
48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout^(J) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north^(K)
    destroyers^(L) will attack her,”
declares the Lord.

⁴⁹ “Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
    just as the slain in all the earth
    have fallen because of Babylon.^(M)
50 You who have escaped the sword,
    leave^(N) and do not linger!
Remember^(O) the Lord in a distant land,^(P)
    and call to mind Jerusalem.”