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Interlude: An Appeal to the Exiles

Up, up! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord, for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.(A)

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“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered(A) you to the four winds of heaven,”(B) declares the Lord.(C)

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21 All the pick[a] of his troops shall fall by the sword, and the survivors shall be scattered to every wind, and you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 17.21 Or fugitives

21 All his choice troops will fall by the sword,(A) and the survivors(B) will be scattered to the winds.(C) Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.(D)

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20 Go out from Babylon; flee from Chaldea;
    declare this with a shout of joy; proclaim it;
send it forth to the end of the earth;
    say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”(A)

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20 Leave Babylon,
    flee(A) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(B)
    and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(C)
    say, “The Lord has redeemed(D) his servant Jacob.”

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Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

“Come out of her, my people,
    so that you do not take part in her sins
and so that you do not share in her plagues,(A)

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Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

“‘Come out of her, my people,’[a](A)
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive any of her plagues;(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:4 Jer. 51:45

16 Therefore say: Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far away among the nations and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a little while[a] in the countries where they have gone.(A)

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  1. 11.16 Or a little sanctuary

16 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary(A) for them in the countries where they have gone.’

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11 Depart, depart, go out from there!
    Touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of it; purify yourselves,
    you who carry the vessels of the Lord.(A)
12 For you shall not go out in haste,
    and you shall not go in flight,
for the Lord will go before you,
    and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.(B)

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11 Depart,(A) depart, go out from there!
    Touch no unclean thing!(B)
Come out from it and be pure,(C)
    you who carry the articles(D) of the Lord’s house.
12 But you will not leave in haste(E)
    or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you,(F)
    the God of Israel will be your rear guard.(G)

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64 The Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.(A)

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64 Then the Lord will scatter(A) you among all nations,(B) from one end of the earth to the other.(C) There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.(D)

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17 When they had brought them outside, they[a] said, “Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the plain; flee to the hills, or else you will be consumed.”(A)

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  1. 19.17 Gk Syr Vg: Heb he

17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives!(A) Don’t look back,(B) and don’t stop anywhere in the plain!(C) Flee to the mountains(D) or you will be swept away!”

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16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we[a] are the temple of the living God, as God said,

“I will live in them[b] and walk among them,
    and I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.(A)
17 Therefore come out from them,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch nothing unclean;
    then I will welcome you,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.16 Other ancient authorities read you
  2. 6.16 Or in their midst

16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(A) For we are the temple(B) of the living God.(C) As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”[a](D)

17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(E)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[b](F)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41

Up! Escape to Zion, you who live with daughter Babylon.

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“Come, Zion! Escape,(A) you who live in Daughter Babylon!”(B)

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For I will command
    and shake the house of Israel among all the nations,
as one shakes with a sieve
    but no pebble shall fall to the ground.(A)

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“For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain(A) is shaken in a sieve,(B)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.(C)

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14 I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, and I will unsheathe the sword behind them.(A) 15 And they shall know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries.(B)

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14 I will scatter to the winds all those around him—his staff and all his troops—and I will pursue them with drawn sword.(A)

15 “They will know that I am the Lord, when I disperse them among the nations(B) and scatter them through the countries.

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12 One third of you shall die of pestilence or be consumed by famine among you; one third shall fall by the sword around you; and one third I will scatter to every wind and will unsheathe the sword after them.(A)

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12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds(A) and pursue with drawn sword.(B)

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