Jeremiah 51:45-50
Lexham English Bible
45 Come out from her midst, my people,
and save each one his life
from the burning anger of[a] Yahweh.
46 Now so that you are not fainthearted,[b]
and you are afraid at the rumors[c] that are heard in the land—
and in the year the rumor comes,
and in the year after it the rumor,
and violence is in the land,
with ruler against ruler—
47 therefore[d] look, days are coming,
and I will punish the images of Babylon,
and all her land will be put to shame,
and all her slain ones will fall in the midst of her.
48 Then the heaven and the earth and all that is in them
will shout for joy over Babylon,
for from the north
the destroyers will come to it,” declares[e] Yahweh.
49 Babylon must fall not only because of the slain ones of Israel,
but also because of Babylon the slain ones of all the earth have fallen.
50 Survivors of the sword, go!
You must not linger!
Remember Yahweh from far away,
and let Jerusalem come to your mind.[f]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:45 Literally “the blazing of the nose of”
- Jeremiah 51:46 Literally “so that your heart is not timid”
- Jeremiah 51:46 Hebrew “rumor”
- Jeremiah 51:47 Literally “to thus”
- Jeremiah 51:48 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 51:50 Literally “heart”
Jeremiah 51:45-50
Common English Bible
45 Get out of Babylon, my people!
Run for your lives
from the Lord’s fierce anger.
46 Don’t be distracted or frightened
by the rumors you hear in the land.
Sometimes you hear one thing
and another time something else:
rumors of violence and uprisings.
47 The time is coming
when I will deal with Babylon’s idols;
the whole land will be disgraced,
and her wounded will fall in her midst.
48 Then all creation will rejoice over Babylon,
because out of the north
destroying armies will come to attack her,
declares the Lord.
49 Babylon must fall
for the dead in Israel,
as the dead of all the earth
have fallen to Babylon.
50 You survivors of war,
leave now; don’t delay!
Remember the Lord,
from a faraway land.
Keep Jerusalem alive in your hearts.
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