51:45 “Get out of Babylon, my people!
Flee to save your lives
from the fierce anger of the Lord! 1
51:50 You who have escaped the sword, 2
go, do not delay. 3
Remember the Lord in a faraway land.
Think about Jerusalem. 4
1 tn Heb “Go out from her [Babylon’s] midst, my people. Save each man his life from the fierce anger of the
2 sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45).
3 tn Heb “don’t stand.”
4 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.