English Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:50
50"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:
Jeremiah 51:50 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
- New International Version (NIV)You who have escaped the sword, leave and do not linger! Remember the Lord in a distant land, and call to mind Jerusalem.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)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 Living Translation (NLT)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.”
Context of Jeremiah 51:50
48Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for joy over Babylon, for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north, declares the Lord. 49Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, just as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth. "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: 51'We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; dishonor has covered our face, for foreigners have come into the holy places of the Lord's house.' 52"Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 51:50 word by word
פְּלֵטִ֣ים מֵחֶ֔רֶב הִלְכ֖וּ אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ זִכְר֤וּ מֵֽרָחוֹק֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם תַּעֲלֶ֥ה עַל־לְבַבְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Ye that have escapedפַּלֵּטpallêţ · deliveranceH6405
- the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
- go awayהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- stand not stillעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
- rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- afar offרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
- and let Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
- comeעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- into your mindלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:50
- Jeremiah 51:6"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.
- Jeremiah 31:21"Set up road markers for yourself; make yourself guideposts; consider well the highway, the road by which you went. Return, O virgin Israel, return to these your cities.
- Jeremiah 44:28And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.
- Jeremiah 50:8"Flee from the midst of Babylon, and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as male goats before the flock.
- Isaiah 48:20Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it out to the end of the earth; say, "The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!"
- Isaiah 51:11And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Isaiah 52:2Shake yourself from the dust and arise; be seated, O Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
- Zechariah 2:7Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
- Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;
- Jeremiah 29:12Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
- Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 30:1"And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you,
- Ezra 1:3Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel—he is the God who is in Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 1:2that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 2:3I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"
- Psalms 102:13You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:50
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 50Ye that have escaped the sword - The Jews. Let Jerusalem come into your mind - Pray for its restoration; and embrace the first opportunity offered of returning thither.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 50Afar off - Or, from afar, from Chaldaea, far away from Yahweh‘s dwelling in Jerusalem. The verse is a renewed entreaty to the Jews to leave Babylon and journey homewards, as soon as Cyrus grants them permission.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49-50Babylon would face a punishment as harsh as the cruelty it inflicted on the Israelites and other nations.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5050. escaped ... sword--namely, of the Medes. So great will be the slaughter that even some of God's people shall be involved in it, as they had deserved. afar off--though ye are banished far off from where ye used formerly to worship God. let Jerusalem come into your mind--While in exile remember your temple and city, so as to prefer them to all the rest of the world wherever ye may be (Is 62:6).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
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