Jeremiah 51:45-50

New Century Version

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 through the land, 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,
    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 comes from the north
    to destroy Babylon,” says the Lord.

⁴⁹ “Babylon must fall, because she killed people from Israel.
    She killed people from everywhere on earth.
⁵⁰ You who have escaped being killed with swords,
    leave Babylon! Don’t wait!
    Remember the Lord in the faraway land
    and think about Jerusalem.”