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45 Come out of her, my people!
    Save your lives, each of you,
    from the fierce anger of the Lord!(A)
46 Do not be fainthearted or fearful
    at the rumors heard in the land—
one year one rumor comes,
    the next year another,
rumors of violence in the land
    and of ruler against ruler.(B)

47 Assuredly, 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 her midst.(C)
48 Then the heavens and the earth
    and all that is in them
shall shout for joy over Babylon,
    for the destroyers shall come against her out of the north,
            says the Lord.(D)
49 Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel,
    as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.(E)

50 You survivors of the sword,
    go; do not linger!
Remember the Lord in a distant land,
    and let Jerusalem come into your mind:(F)

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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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