Jeremiah 51:46

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.”

Jeremiah 51:50

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 

[51:50]  ¹ sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45).

[51:50]  ² tn Heb “don’t stand.”

[51:50]  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.