Jeremiah 51:6

51:6 Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. ¹ 

Flee to save your lives.

Do not let yourselves be killed because of her sins.

For it is time for the Lord to wreak his revenge.

He will pay Babylonia ²  back for what she has done. ³ 

Jeremiah 51:45

51:45 “Get out of Babylon, my people!

Flee to save your lives

from the fierce anger of the Lord! ⁴ 

Jeremiah 51:50

51:50 You who have escaped the sword, ⁵ 

go, do not delay. ⁶ 

Remember the Lord in a faraway land.

Think about Jerusalem. ⁷ 

[51:6]  ¹ tn The words “you foreign people” are not in the text and many think the referent is the exiles of Judah. While this is clearly the case in v. 45 the referent seems broader here where the context speaks of every man going to his own country (v. 9).

[51:6]  ² tn Heb “her.”

[51:6]  ³ tn Heb “paying to her a recompense [i.e., a payment in kind].”

[51:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “Go out from her [Babylon’s] midst, my people. Save each man his life from the fierce anger of the Lord.” The verb has been paraphrased to prevent gender specific terms.

[51:50]  ⁵ sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45).

[51:50]  ⁶ tn Heb “don’t stand.”

[51:50]  ⁷ tn Heb “let Jerusalem go up upon your heart.” The “heart” is often viewed as the seat of one’s mental faculties and thought life.