Yeremia 50:3
Konteks50:3 For a nation from the north 1 will attack Babylon.
It will lay her land waste.
People and animals will flee out of it.
No one will inhabit it.’
Yeremia 50:28
Konteks50:28 Listen! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon.
They are coming to Zion to declare there
how the Lord our God is getting revenge,
getting revenge for what they have done to his temple. 2
Yeremia 51:6
Konteks51:6 Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. 3
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.
[50:3] 1 sn A nation from the north refers to Medo-Persia which at the time of the conquest of Babylon in 539
[50:28] 2 tn Heb “Hark! Fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon to declare in Zion the vengeance of the
[50:28] sn This verse appears to be a parenthetical exclamation of the prophet in the midst of his report of what the
[51:6] 3 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 “paying to her a recompense [i.e., a payment in kind].”