Jeremiah 51:50 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 51:50

You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”

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ASV

Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

KJV

Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

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Commentary

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Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2648: “Sacred Memories” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1899)

This message from the Lord was written by the Prophet Jeremiah to the Jews who were carried away to Babylon or even to more distant places. They were entreated not to forget the holy city where they had worshipped Jehovah in His Temple. Among all their thoughts, they were bidden to take care that the thought of Jerusalem should often come into their minds. This would keep them from settling down in the places to which they had been carried as captives.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

So great will be the slaughter that even some of God's people shall be involved in it, as they had deserved. afar off--though ye are banished far off from where ye used formerly to worship God. let Jerusalem come into your mind--While in exile remember your temple and city, so as to prefer them to all the rest of the world wherever ye may be (Isa 62:6).

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
פְּלֵטִ֣ים	pe.le.Tim	O escapees	H6412 →
מֵחֶ֔רֶב	me.Che.rev	from [the] sword	H2719 →
הִלְכ֖וּ	hil.Khu	go	H1980 →
אַֽל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ	ta.'a.Mo.du	you stand still	H5975 →
זִכְר֤וּ	zikh.Ru	remember	H2142 →
מֵֽרָחוֹק֙	me.ra.chOk	from a distant [land]	H7350 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	vi.ru.sha.Lim	and Jerusalem	H3389 →
תַּעֲלֶ֥ה	ta.'a.Leh	let it come up	H5927 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
לְבַבְכֶֽם׃	le.vav.Khem	heart your	H3824 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 51:11
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
leads to
- Isaiah 25:8
  He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Revelation 21:4
  ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- Isaiah 35:10
  So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16
  Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
Through
Psalms 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
leads to
- Psalms 51:18
  In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
- Genesis 12:3
  I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
- Jeremiah 29:7
  Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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