²¹ Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.^(A)

Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment

⁴ Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

³¹ On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.^{(A) 32} Remember Lot’s wife!^{(B) 33} Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.^(C)

¹⁵ Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out.

¹⁶ then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

¹² Jeremiah started to leave the city to go to the territory of Benjamin to get his share of the property^(A) among the people there.

¹¹ But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded^(A) this land, we said, ‘Come, we must go to Jerusalem^(B) to escape the Babylonian^[a] and Aramean armies.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”

Jerusalem Under Siege