Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You who have escaped the sword, leave and do not linger! Remember the LORD in a distant land, and call to mind Jerusalem.” New 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.” English 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: Berean Standard Bible You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.” King James Bible Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. New King James Version You who have escaped the sword, Get away! Do not stand still! Remember the LORD afar off, And let Jerusalem come to your mind. New American Standard Bible You who have escaped the sword, Go! Do not stay! Remember the LORD from far away, And let Jerusalem come to your mind. NASB 1995 You who have escaped the sword, Depart! Do not stay! Remember the LORD from afar, And let Jerusalem come to your mind. NASB 1977 You who have escaped the sword, Depart! Do not stay! Remember the LORD from afar, And let Jerusalem come to your mind. Legacy Standard Bible You who have escaped the sword, Go! Do not stand around! Remember Yahweh from afar, And let Jerusalem come upon your heart. Amplified Bible You who have escaped the sword, Go away! Do not stay! Remember the LORD from far away, And let [desolate] Jerusalem come into your mind. Christian 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. Holman Christian 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. American Standard Version Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. Contemporary English Version My people, you escaped death when Jerusalem fell. Now you live far from home, but you should trust me and think about Jerusalem. Leave Babylon! Don't stay! English Revised Version Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember the LORD from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. GOD'S WORD® Translation You people who escaped from the sword, leave! Don't just stand there. Remember the LORD in a distant land, and think about Jerusalem. Good News Translation The LORD says to his people in Babylonia: "You have escaped death! Now go! Don't wait! Though you are far from home, think about me, your LORD, and remember Jerusalem. International Standard Version Go, you who escaped the sword! Don't stand around! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to your mind. Majority Standard Bible You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.” NET Bible You who have escaped the sword, go, do not delay. Remember the LORD in a faraway land. Think about Jerusalem. New Heart English Bible You who have escaped the sword, go, do not stand still; remember the LORD from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. Webster's Bible Translation Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. World English Bible You who have escaped the sword, go! Don’t stand still! Remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou escaped of the sword, go on, do not stand, "" Remember YHWH from afar, "" And let Jerusalem come up on your heart. Young's Literal Translation Ye escaped of the sword, go on, stand not, Remember ye from afar Jehovah, And let Jerusalem come up on your heart. Smith's Literal Translation Being saved from the sword, go: ye shall not stand: remember from far off Jehovah, and Jerusalem shall come up upon your heart. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleYou that have escaped the sword, come away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. Catholic Public Domain Version You who have fled from the sword, approach, do not stand still. Remember from afar the Lord, and let Jerusalem rise up in your heart. New American Bible You who have escaped the sword, go, do not stand idle; Remember the LORD from far away, let Jerusalem come to mind. New Revised Standard Version You survivors of the sword, go, do not linger! Remember the LORD in a distant land, and let Jerusalem come into your mind: Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still; remember the LORD from afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Those who escaped from the sword, go, and do not stand still. Remember LORD JEHOVAH from a distance and bring up Jerusalem to your heart OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Ye that have escaped the sword, Go ye, stand not still; Remember the LORD from afar, And let Jerusalem come into your mind. Brenton Septuagint Translation Go forth of the land, ye that escape, and stay not; ye that are afar off, remember the Lord, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Babylon's Punishment…49“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon. 50You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.” 51“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”… Cross References 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!” Zechariah 2:6-7 “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. / “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!” 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. Isaiah 52:11-12 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. / For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard. 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.” Micah 4:10 Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies! 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. Revelation 18:20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her. Isaiah 44:23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel. Psalm 137:5-6 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. / May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy! 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. 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. Jeremiah 31:21 “Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours. Isaiah 62:6-7 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves, / nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. Revelation 14:12 Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Treasury of Scripture You that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. escaped Jeremiah 51:6,45 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… Jeremiah 31:21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. Jeremiah 44:28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs. remember Jeremiah 29:12-14 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you… Deuteronomy 4:29-31 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul… Deuteronomy 30:1-4 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, … Jerusalem Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Jump to Previous Afar Depart Distant Escaped Far Heart Jerusalem Leave Memory Mind Remember Safe Stand Sword Think WaitingJump to Next Afar Depart Distant Escaped Far Heart Jerusalem Leave Memory Mind Remember Safe Stand Sword Think WaitingJeremiah 51 1. The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel59. Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, 64. in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon You who have escaped the sword This phrase addresses the remnant of God's people who have survived the judgment and destruction that has come upon Babylon. The "sword" symbolizes warfare and divine judgment. In the Hebrew context, the word for "sword" (חֶרֶב, chereb) often signifies not just physical warfare but also the execution of God's justice. Historically, this refers to the Israelites who were not killed during the Babylonian conquest and captivity. Spiritually, it speaks to those who have been preserved by God's grace through trials and tribulations. depart! Do not linger! Remember the LORD in a distant land and let Jerusalem come to mind Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You who have escapedפְּלֵטִ֣ים (pə·lê·ṭîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6412: Escaped one, fugitive the sword, מֵחֶ֔רֶב (mê·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword depart הִלְכ֖וּ (hil·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk and do not אַֽל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not linger! תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ (ta·‘ă·mō·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations Remember זִכְר֤וּ (ziḵ·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel from far away, מֵֽרָחוֹק֙ (mê·rā·ḥō·wq) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious and let Jerusalem וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (wî·rū·šā·lim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel come תַּעֲלֶ֥ה (ta·‘ă·leh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against mind. לְבַבְכֶֽם׃ (lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart Links Jeremiah 51:50 NIVJeremiah 51:50 NLT Jeremiah 51:50 ESV Jeremiah 51:50 NASB Jeremiah 51:50 KJV Jeremiah 51:50 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 51:50 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 51:50 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 51:50 French Bible Jeremiah 51:50 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:50 You who have escaped the sword go (Jer.) |
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