Jeremiah 30:7

30:7 Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! ¹ 

There has never been any like it.

It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob,

but some of them will be rescued out of it. ² 

Jeremiah 51:6

51:6 Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. ³ 

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 ⁴  back for what she has done. ⁵ 

[30:7]  ¹ tn Heb “Alas [or Woe] for that day will be great.” For the use of the particle “Alas” to signal a time of terrible trouble, even to sound the death knell for someone, see the translator’s note on 22:13.

[30:7]  ² tn Heb “It is a time of trouble for Jacob but he will be saved out of it.”

[51:6]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “her.”

[51:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “paying to her a recompense [i.e., a payment in kind].”