Jeremiah 51:45-50
International Standard Version
45 “Come out of her, my people,
flee for your lives from the Lord’s anger!
46 Do this[a] now, so your heart does not grow faint,
and so you don’t become frightened
because of the rumors[b] that are heard in the land—
a rumor comes one year[c] and then after it
another rumor[d] comes the next year[e]
about violence in the land
and one ruler against another ruler.[f]
47 Therefore, look, days are coming
when I’ll punish the idols of Babylon.
Her entire land will be put to shame,
and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 Then the heavens and the earth
and all that are in them
will shout for joy about Babylon
because the destroyers will come
out of the north against her,”
declares the Lord.
49 “So Babylon will fall
because of the slain of Israel,
even as the slain of all the earth
have fallen because of Babylon.
50 Go, you who escaped the sword!
Don’t stand around!
Remember the Lord from far away,
and let Jerusalem come to your mind.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. And
- Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. rumor
- Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. in a year
- Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. a rumor
- Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. in a year
- Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. a ruler against a ruler
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