45 My people, go out of her midst,and deliver every man his soulfrom the fierce anger of the Lord,
46 lest your heart grows faint, and you are afraidfor the report that will be heard in the land—for the report will come one year, and after that in another year will come another report,and violence will be in the land,ruler against ruler—
47 therefore the days are comingwhen I will punish the graven images of Babylon;and her whole land will be humiliated,and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is in it,shall sing for joy over Babylon;for the destroyers will come to herfrom the north,says the Lord.
49 As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,so at Babylon the slain of all the earth will fall.
50 You who have escaped the sword,go away, do not stand still.Remember the Lord afar off,and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51 We are humiliatedbecause we have heard reproach.Shame has covered our faces,for strangers have come intothe holy places of the house of the Lord.