45 ‘Come out of her, my people!Run for your lives!Run from the fierce anger of the Lord.
46 Do not lose heart or be afraidwhen rumours are heard in the land;one rumour comes this year, another the next,rumours of violence in the landand of ruler against ruler.
47 For the time will surely comewhen I will punish the idols of Babylon;her whole land will be disgracedand her slain will all lie fallen within her.
48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in themwill shout for joy over Babylon,for out of the northdestroyers will attack her,’declares the Lord.
49 ‘Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,just as the slain in all the earthhave fallen because of Babylon.
50 You who have escaped the sword,leave and do not linger!Remember the Lord in a distant land,and call to mind Jerusalem.’
51 ‘We are disgraced,for we have been insultedand shame covers our faces,because foreigners have enteredthe holy places of the Lord’s house.’