Jeremiah 51:45

51:45 “Get out of Babylon, my people!

Flee to save your lives

from the fierce anger of the Lord! ¹ 

Jeremiah 51:50

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 

[51:45]  ¹ 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]  ² sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45).

[51:50]  ³ tn Heb “don’t stand.”

[51:50]  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.