English Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:6
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 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves! Don’t get trapped in her punishment! It is the Lord’s time for vengeance; he will repay her in full.
Context of Jeremiah 51:6
4They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and wounded in her streets. 5For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the Lord of hosts, but the land of the Chaldeans is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. "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. 7Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord's hand, making all the earth drunken; the nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations went mad. 8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 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 would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed. Forsake her, and let us go each to his own country, for her judgment has reached up to heaven and has been lifted up even to the skies.
- 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!"
- Zechariah 2:6Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord.
- 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;
- Genesis 19:15As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city."
- Numbers 16:26And he spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins."
- Proverbs 13:20Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
- 1 Timothy 5:22Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
- Jeremiah 51:11"Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.
- Jeremiah 27:7All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.
- Jeremiah 46:10That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
- Deuteronomy 32:25Outdoors the sword shall bereave, and indoors terror, for young man and woman alike, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
- Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.
- Revelation 18:5for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
- Jeremiah 25:14For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them, and I will recompense 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
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