²¹ Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. Those in Jerusalem must get out, and those out in the country should not return to the city.

Jerusalem’s Last Warning

⁴ Then I heard another voice calling from heaven,

³¹ On that day a person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return home. ³² Remember what happened to Lot’s wife! ³³ If you cling to your life, you will lose it, and if you let your life go, you will save it.

¹⁵ A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack.

¹⁶ “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills.

¹² Jeremiah started to leave the city on his way to the territory of Benjamin, to claim his share of the property among his relatives there.^[a]

¹¹ But when King Nebuchadnezzar^[a] of Babylon attacked this country, we were afraid of the Babylonian and Syrian^[b] armies. So we decided to move to Jerusalem. That is why we are here.”

²⁶ “Quick!” he told the people. “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don’t touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins.”