Jeremiah 50:8 “Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans;…”

Jeremiah 50:8

Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.

World English Bible

“Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.

American Standard Version

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.

Geneva Bible 1599

Flee from the middes of Babel, and depart out of the lande of the Caldeans, and be ye as the hee goates before the flocke.

Darby Translation

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flock.

Young's Literal Translation

Move ye from the midst of Babylon, And from the land of the Chaldeans go out. And be as he-goats before a flock.

Bible in Basic English

Go in flight out of Babylon, go out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and be like he-goats before the flocks.

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Cross references

“out of the midst”

Jeremiah 51:6 Isaiah 48:20 Revelation 18:4 Jeremiah 51:45 Numbers 16:26 Isaiah 52:1

Jeremiah 51:6 · BSB

Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.

Isaiah 48:20 · BSB

Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”

Revelation 18:4 · BSB

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

Jeremiah 51:45 · BSB

Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.

Numbers 16:26 · BSB

And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

Isaiah 52:1 · BSB

Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

“he goats”

Proverbs 30:31

Proverbs 30:31 · BSB

a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

9For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.

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