44 I will also visit Bel in Babel, and I will bring out of his mouth, that which [a]he hath swallowed up, and the nations shall run no more unto him, and the wall of Babel shall fall.

45 My people, go out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce wrath of the Lord,

46 Lest your heart even faint, and ye fear the rumor that shall be heard in the land: the rumor shall come this year, and after that in the other [b]year shall come a rumor, and cruelty in the land, and ruler against ruler.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:44 That is, his gifts and presents which he had received as part of the spoil of other nations, and which the idolaters brought unto him from all countries.
  2. Jeremiah 51:46 Meaning, that Babylon should not be destroyed all at once, but little by little should be brought to nothing: for the first year came the tidings, the next year the siege, and in the third year it was taken: yet this is not that horrible destruction which the prophets threatened in many places: for that was after this when they rebelled and Darius overcame them by the policy of Zopyrus, and hanged three thousand gentlemen besides the common people.

44 I will punish Bel(A) in Babylon
    and make him spew out(B) what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
    And the wall(C) of Babylon will fall.

45 “Come out(D) of her, my people!
    Run(E) for your lives!
    Run from the fierce anger(F) of the Lord.
46 Do not lose heart(G) or be afraid(H)
    when rumors(I) are heard in the land;
one rumor comes this year, another the next,
    rumors of violence in the land
    and of ruler against ruler.

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