Yeremia 39:18

39:18 I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. ¹  You will escape with your life ²  because you trust in me. I, the Lord, affirm it!”’” ³ 

Yeremia 51:6

51:6 Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. ⁴ 

Flee to save your lives.

Do not let yourselves be killed because of her sins.

For it is time for the Lord to wreak his revenge.

He will pay Babylonia ⁵  back for what she has done. ⁶ 

[39:18]  ¹ sn Heb “you will not fall by the sword.” In the context this would include death in battle and execution as a prisoner of war.

[39:18]  ² tn Heb “your life will be to you for spoil.” For the meaning of this idiom see the study note on 21:9 and compare the usage in 21:9; 38:2; 45:4.

[39:18]  ³ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[51:6]  ⁴ tn The words “you foreign people” are not in the text and many think the referent is the exiles of Judah. While this is clearly the case in v. 45 the referent seems broader here where the context speaks of every man going to his own country (v. 9).

[51:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “her.”

[51:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “paying to her a recompense [i.e., a payment in kind].”