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Jeremiah 51:48-50
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Jeremiah 51:48-50
New English Translation
48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
will sing for joy over Babylon.
For destroyers from the north will attack it,”
says the Lord.[a]
49 “Babylon must fall[b]
because of the Israelites she has killed,[c]
just as the earth’s mortally wounded fell
because of Babylon.[d]
50 You who have escaped the sword,[e]
go, do not delay.[f]
Remember the Lord in a faraway land.
Think about Jerusalem.[g]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:48 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”
- Jeremiah 51:49 tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate what is about to take place. See IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.
- Jeremiah 51:49 tn Heb “the slain of Israel.” The words “because of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The preceding context makes it clear that Babylon would be judged for its atrocities against Israel (see especially 50:33-34; 51:10, 24, 35).
- Jeremiah 51:49 tn The juxtaposition of גַם…גַם (gam…gam), often “both…and,” here indicates correspondence. See BDB 169 s.v. גַּם 4. Appropriately, Babylon will fall slain just as her victims, including God’s covenant people, did.
- Jeremiah 51:50 sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45).
- Jeremiah 51:50 tn Heb “don’t stand.”
- Jeremiah 51:50 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.
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