Jeremiah 51:6

Jeremiah 51:6 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the Lord’s vengeance; he will repay her what she deserves.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Flee from the midst of Babylon; let every one save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance, the repayment he is rendering her.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Flee from the midst of Babylon, And every one save his life! Do not be cut off in her iniquity, For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; He shall recompense her.

Context of Jeremiah 51:6

4Those who were slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, those who were pierced through, in her streets. 5For Israel and Judah are not left widowed by their God, the Lord of Armies, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. Leave Babylon; save your lives, each of you! Don’t perish because of her guilt. For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance — he will pay her what she deserves. 7Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore, the nations go mad. 8Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered. Wail for her; get balm for her wound — perhaps she can be healed.

Jeremiah 51:6 word by word

נֻ֣סוּ׀ מִתּ֣וֹךְ בָּבֶ֗ל וּמַלְּטוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ נַפְשׁ֔וֹ אַל־תִּדַּ֖מּוּ בַּעֲוֹנָ֑הּ כִּי֩ עֵ֨ת נְקָמָ֥ה הִיא֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה גְּמ֕וּל ה֥וּא מְשַׁלֵּ֖ם לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Flee outנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• of the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• and deliverמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• every manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• his soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• be not cut offדָּמַםdâmam · to silence: destroyedH1826
• in her iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: punishmentH5771
• the timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• of the Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• vengeanceנְקָמָהneqâmâh · vengeanceH5360
• he will renderשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• unto her a recompenceגְּמוּלgemûl · recompenseH1576

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:6

• Jeremiah 51:9We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches as far as the clouds.
• Jeremiah 50:8Escape from Babylon; depart from the Chaldeans’ land. Be like the rams that lead the flock.
• Isaiah 48:20Leave Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with a shout of joy, proclaim this, let it go out to the end of the earth; announce, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
• Zechariah 2:6“Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven” — this is the Lord’s declaration.
• Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven: Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins or receive any of her plagues.
• Genesis 19:15At daybreak the angels urged Lot on: “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
• Numbers 16:26He warned the community, “Get away now from the tents of these wicked men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
• Proverbs 13:20The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
• 1 Timothy 5:22Don’t be too quick to appoint anyone as an elder, and don’t share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
• Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The Lord has roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the Lord’s vengeance, vengeance for his temple.
• Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
• Jeremiah 46:10That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Armies, a day of vengeance to avenge himself against his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satisfied; it will drink its fill of their blood, because it will be a sacrifice to the Lord, the God of Armies, in the northern land by the Euphrates River.
• Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, there will be terror; the young man and the young woman will be killed, the infant and the gray-haired man.
• Revelation 16:19The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in God’s presence; he gave her the cup filled with the wine of his fierce anger.
• Revelation 18:5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
• Jeremiah 25:14For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.’”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The Israelites were urged to leave Babylon at the right time to avoid the Lord's punishment against Babylon (compare Jeremiah 50:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Warning to the Israelite captives to flee from Babylon, lest they should be involved in the punishment of her "iniquity." So as to spiritual Babylon and her captives (Re 18:4).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings