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Jeremiah 51:50

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51:50You who have escaped the sword,103

go, do not delay.104

Remember the Lord in a faraway land.

Think about Jerusalem.105

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Footnotes

  1. 103 God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45).
  2. 104 Heb “don’t stand.”
  3. 105 Heb “let Jerusalem go up upon your heart.” The “heart” is often viewed as the seat of one’s mental faculties and thought life. For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You who have escaped from the sword,

go, do not stand still!

Remember the Lord from far away,

and let Jerusalem come into your mind:

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You who have escaped the sword,

leave and do not linger!

Remember the Lord in a distant land,

and call to mind Jerusalem.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You who have escaped the sword,

go and do not stand still!

Remember the Lord from far away,

and let Jerusalem come to your mind.

NLTNew Living Translation

Get out, all you who have escaped the sword!

Do not stand and watch—flee while you can!

Remember the Lord, though you are in a far-off land,

and think about your home in Jerusalem.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Survivors of the sword, go!

You must not linger!

Remember Yahweh from far away,

and let Jerusalem come to your mind.

KJV 1900King James Version

Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still:

Remember the Lord afar off,

And let Jerusalem come into your mind.