Jeremiah 51:50

You who have escaped the sword, ¹  go, do not delay. ²  Remember the Lord in a faraway land. Think about Jerusalem. ³ 

De 4:29-31; De 30:1-4; Ezr 1:3-5; Ne 1:2-4; Ne 2:3-5; Ps 102:13,14; Ps 122:6; Ps 137:5,6; Isa 48:20; Isa 51:11; Isa 52:2,11,12; Jer 29:12-14; Jer 31:21; Jer 44:28; Jer 50:8; Jer 51:6,45; Da 9:2,3,16-19; Zec 2:7-9; Re 18:4

¹ sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45).

² tn Heb “don’t stand.”

³ tn Heb “let Jerusalem go up upon your heart.” The “heart” is often viewed as the seat of one’s mental faculties and thought life.

map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.