²¹ Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her.

⁴ And I heard another voice from heaven saying, ^(A)“Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.

³¹ “In that day, he ^(A)who is on the housetop, and his ^[a]goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. ^32 (B)Remember Lot’s wife. ^33 (C)Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

¹⁵ Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

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

¹² that Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin to claim his property there among the people.

¹¹ But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, ‘Come, let us ^(A)go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans and for fear of the army of the Syrians.’ So we dwell at Jerusalem.”

Impending Destruction from the North

²⁶ And he spoke to the congregation, saying, ^(A)“Depart now from the tents of these wicked men! Touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.”