51:46 Do not lose your courage or become afraid
because of the reports that are heard in the land.
For a report will come in one year.
Another report will follow it in the next.
There will be violence in the land
with ruler fighting against ruler.”
51:50 You who have escaped the sword, 1
go, do not delay. 2
Remember the Lord in a faraway land.
Think about Jerusalem. 3
1 sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45).
2 tn Heb “don’t stand.”
3 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.