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Hope for Israel and Judah

Jeremiah 50:8

In 11 translations

BSB
Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.
KJV
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.
WEB
“Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.
ASV
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.
LSV
Move from the midst of Babylon, || And go out from the land of the Chaldeans; And be as male goats before a flock.
YLT
Move ye from the midst of Babylon, And from the land of the Chaldeans go out. And be as he-goats before a flock.
DBY
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.
DRC
Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans: and be ye as kids at the head of the flock.
GNV
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.
JPS
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.
LXXE27:8
Flee ye out of the midst of Babylon, and from the land of the Chaldeans, and go forth, and be as serpents before sleep.

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  • Written (Ketiv): יָצְאוּ (“they went forth”). Read aloud (Qere): צֵ֑אוּ (“go forth”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads יצֵ֑אוּ; read aloud (Qere) reads צֵ֑אוּ (“go forth”).

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Original-language editions

WLC
נֻ֚דוּ מִתּ֣וֹךְ בָּבֶ֔ל וּמֵאֶ֥רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים יצאו וִהְי֕וּ כְּעַתּוּדִ֖ים לִפְנֵי־צֹֽאן׃Read aloud as (qere): צֵ֑אוּ
LXX-Br27:8
Ἀπαλλοτριώθητε ἐκ μέσου Βαβυλῶνος καὶ ἀπὸ γῆς Χαλδαίων, καὶ ἐξέλθατε, καὶ γένεσθε ὥσπερ δράκοντες κατὰ πρόσωπον προβάτων.

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📍 Babylon◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 51:6Flee 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 48:20Leave 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 18:4Then 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 51:45Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
  • Isaiah 52:1Awake, 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.
  • Proverbs 30:31a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.
  • Numbers 16:26And 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.”
  • Zechariah 2:6–7“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 27:8 in some Bibles
  • 50:8 in most Bibles

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