⁴⁵ “Come out of Babylon, my people!
    Run for your lives!
    Run from the Lord’s great anger.
⁴⁶ Don’t lose courage.
    Rumors will spread, but don’t be afraid.
One rumor comes this year, and another comes the next year.
    There will be rumors of terrible fighting in the country.
    There will be rumors of rulers fighting against rulers.
⁴⁷ The time will surely come
    when I will punish the idols of Babylon.
And the whole land will be disgraced.
    There will be many dead people lying all around.
⁴⁸ Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout for joy about Babylon.
They will shout because the army came from the north
    and fought against Babylon,” says the Lord.

⁴⁹ “Babylon killed people from Israel.
    Babylon killed people from everywhere on earth.
    So Babylon must fall.
⁵⁰ You people escaped being killed with swords.
    You must hurry and leave Babylon.
Don’t wait!
    Remember the Lord in the faraway land where you are.
    And think about Jerusalem.”