Jeremiah 51:50
Afar 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.
48 Then athe heavens and the earth and all that is in them
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
bFor the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the Lord.
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
bFor the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the Lord.
49 As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,
So at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall.
So at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall.
50 aYou who have escaped the sword,
Get away! Do not stand still!
bRemember the Lord afar off,
And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
Get away! Do not stand still!
bRemember the Lord afar off,
And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
51 aWe are ashamed because we have heard reproach.
Shame has covered our faces,
For strangers bhave come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
Shame has covered our faces,
For strangers bhave come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
52 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will bring judgment on her carved images,
And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.
“That I will bring judgment on her carved images,
And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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