Jeremiah 51:45-50

New Living Translation

A Message for the Exiles

⁴⁵“Come out, my people, flee from Babylon.
    Save yourselves! Run from the Lord’s fierce anger.
⁴⁶But do not panic; don’t be afraid
    when you hear the first rumor of approaching forces.
    For rumors will keep coming year by year.
Violence will erupt in the land
    as the leaders fight against each other.
⁴⁷For the time is surely coming
    when I will punish this great city and all her idols.
Her whole land will be disgraced,
    and her dead will lie in the streets.
⁴⁸Then the heavens and earth will rejoice,
    for out of the north will come destroying armies
    against Babylon,” says the Lord.
⁴⁹“Just as Babylon killed the people of Israel
    and others throughout the world,
    so must her people be killed.
⁵⁰Get out, all you who have escaped the sword!
    Do not stand and watch—flee while you can!
Remember the Lord, though you are in a far-off land,
    and think about your home in Jerusalem.”

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Jeremiah 51:45-50

International Standard Version

⁴⁵“Come out of her, my people,
    flee for your lives from the Lord’s anger!
⁴⁶Do 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]
⁴⁷Therefore, 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.
⁴⁸Then 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.
⁵⁰Go, you who escaped the sword!
    Don’t stand around!
Remember the Lord from far away,
    and let Jerusalem come to your mind.

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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

Jeremiah 51:45-50

New International Version

⁴⁵“Come out^(A) of her, my people!
    Run^(B) for your lives!
    Run from the fierce anger^(C) of the Lord.
⁴⁶Do 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.
⁴⁷For 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)
⁴⁸Then 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)
⁵⁰You 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.”