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45 Come out from her midst, my people,
    and save each one his life
    from the burning anger of[a] Yahweh.
46 Now so that you are not fainthearted,[b]
    and you are afraid at the rumors[c] that are heard in the land—
and in the year the rumor comes,
    and in the year after it the rumor,
and violence is in the land,
    with ruler against ruler—
47 therefore[d] look, days are coming,
    and I will punish the images of Babylon,
and all her land will be put to shame,
    and all her slain ones will fall in the midst of her.
48 Then the heaven and the earth and all that is in them
    will shout for joy over Babylon,
for from the north
    the destroyers will come to it,” declares[e] Yahweh.
49 Babylon must fall not only because of the slain ones of Israel,
    but also because of Babylon the slain ones of all the earth have fallen.
50 Survivors of the sword, go!
    You must not linger!
Remember Yahweh from far away,
    and let Jerusalem come to your mind.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:45 Literally “the blazing of the nose of”
  2. Jeremiah 51:46 Literally “so that your heart is not timid”
  3. Jeremiah 51:46 Hebrew “rumor”
  4. Jeremiah 51:47 Literally “to thus”
  5. Jeremiah 51:48 Literally “a declaration of”
  6. Jeremiah 51:50 Literally “heart”

45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah. 46 And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye for the tidings that shall be heard in the land; for tidings shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come tidings, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. 47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. 48 Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come unto her from the north, saith Jehovah. 49 [a]As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the [b]land.

50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:49 Or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and at etc.
  2. Jeremiah 51:49 Or, earth

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.”

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