Jeremiah 50:8

50:8 “People of Judah, ¹  get out of Babylon quickly!

Leave the land of Babylonia! ² 

Be the first to depart! ³ 

Be like the male goats that lead the herd.

Jeremiah 51:6

51:6 Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. ⁴ 

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 ⁵  back for what she has done. ⁶ 

Jeremiah 44:7

44:7 “So now the Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, ⁷  asks, ‘Why will you do such great harm to yourselves? Why should every man, woman, child, and baby of yours be destroyed from the midst of Judah? Why should you leave yourselves without a remnant?

[50:8]  ¹ tn The words “People of Judah” are not in the Hebrew text but are implicit from the context. They have been supplied in the translation to clarify the subject of the address.

[50:8]  ² tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

[50:8]  ³ tn The words “Be the first to leave” are not in the text but spell out the significance of the simile that follows. They have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[51:6]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “her.”

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

[44:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “Yahweh, the God of armies, the God of Israel.” Compare 35:17; 38:17 and for the title “God of armies” see the study note on 2:19.