Jeremiah 51:45-50

Revised Standard Version

⁴⁵ “Go out of the midst of her, my people!
    Let every man save his life
    from the fierce anger of the Lord!
⁴⁶ Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful
    at the report heard in the land,
when a report comes in one year
    and afterward a report in another year,
and violence is in the land,
    and ruler is against ruler.

⁴⁷ “Therefore, behold, the days are coming
    when I will punish the images of Babylon;
her whole land shall be put to shame,
    and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
⁴⁸ Then the heavens and the earth,
    and all that is in them,
shall sing for joy over Babylon;
    for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north,
                says the Lord.
⁴⁹ Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel,
    as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.

⁵⁰ “You that have escaped from the sword,
    go, stand not still!
Remember the Lord from afar,
    and let Jerusalem come into your mind: