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45 “Come out of it [C Babylon], my people!
    ·Run for [Escape with] your lives!
    ·Run [Escape] from the Lord’s great anger.
46 Don’t lose ·courage [heart];
    rumors will spread through the land, but don’t be afraid.
One rumor comes this year, and another comes the next year.
    There will be rumors of ·terrible fighting [violence] in the country,
    of rulers fighting against rulers.
47 The ·time will surely come [L days are coming]
    when I will punish the idols of Babylon,
and the whole land will be disgraced.
    There will be many ·dead people [corpses] ·lying all around [L falling in its midst].

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45 “Come out(A) of her, my people!
    Run(B) for your lives!
    Run from the fierce anger(C) of the Lord.
46 Do not lose heart(D) or be afraid(E)
    when rumors(F) are heard in the land;
one rumor comes this year, another the next,
    rumors of violence in the land
    and of ruler against ruler.
47 For the time will surely come
    when I will punish the idols(G) of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced(H)
    and her slain will all lie fallen within her.(I)

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