Yesaya 48:20

48:20 Leave Babylon!

Flee from the Babylonians!

Announce it with a shout of joy!

Make this known!

Proclaim it throughout the earth! ¹ 

Say, ‘The Lord protects ²  his servant Jacob.

Yeremia 50:8

50:8 “People of Judah, ³  get out of Babylon quickly!

Leave the land of Babylonia! ⁴ 

Be the first to depart! ⁵ 

Be like the male goats that lead the herd.

[48:20]  ¹ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[48:20]  ² tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

[50:8]  ³ tn The words “People of Judah” are not in the Hebrew text but are implicit from the context. They have been supplied in the translation to clarify the subject of the address.

[50:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

[50:8]  ⁵ tn The words “Be the first to leave” are not in the text but spell out the significance of the simile that follows. They have been supplied in the translation for clarity.