Jeremiah 51:6 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 51:6

Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.

BSB

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ASV

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.

KJV

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

LETTER 46.12 (420)

Turn back also to Jeremiah and pay heed to what he has written of like import: "Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver everyone his soul." For "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of every foul spirit." It is true that Rome has a holy church, trophies of apostles and martyrs, a true confession of Christ. The faith has been preached there by an apostle, heathenism has been trodden down, the name of Christ is daily exalted higher and higher.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Flee out of the midst of Babylon,.... This is said either to such as were there of other nations upon trade and business, as Kimchi, to get out of it as fast as they could, that they might not be consumed; or to the Israelites, as Jarchi, the Jews that were captives there.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נֻ֣סוּ׀	Nu.su	flee	H5127 →
מִתּ֣וֹךְ	mi.Tokh	from [the] midst of	H8432 →
בָּבֶ֗ל	ba.Vel	Babylon	H894 →
וּמַלְּטוּ֙	u.ma.le.Tu	and save	H4422 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	everyone	H376 →
נַפְשׁ֔וֹ	naf.Sho	life his	H5315 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תִּדַּ֖מּוּ	ti.Da.mu	you be destroyed	H1826 →
בַּעֲוֹנָ֑הּ	ba.'a.vo.Nah	in iniquity its	H5771 →
כִּי֩	ki	for	H3588 →
עֵ֨ת	'et	[is] a time of	H6256 →
נְקָמָ֥ה	ne.ka.Mah	vengeance	H5360 →
הִיא֙	hi'	it	H1931 →
לַֽיהוָ֔ה	la.Yah.weh	for Yahweh	H3068 →
גְּמ֕וּל	ge.Mul	recompense	H1576 →
ה֥וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
מְשַׁלֵּ֖ם	me.sha.Lem	[is] about to repay	H7999 →
לָֽהּ׃	Lah	to <the> it

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

The walk

The walk8

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
Jeremiah 50:8
Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.
leads to
- Isaiah 48:20
  Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 18:4
  Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Numbers 16:26
And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:17
  “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 52:11
  Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
Through
Jeremiah 25:14
For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
leads to
- Jeremiah 27:7
  All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
- Jeremiah 50:9
  For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their…
- Jeremiah 50:41
  Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.
Through
Jeremiah 50:15
Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD,…
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:58
  This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will…

About Jeremiah

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

Jeremiah: the study guide →Read chapter 51 →The featured study →

PlaceBabil Governorate (archaeological site)BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah