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My people, go you out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Yahweh.
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A Timeless Call to Separate
All commentators agree that this is an urgent command for God's people to physically leave Babylon to escape the coming judgment. Several scholars, like Ellicott and Gill, connect this directly to the New Testament call in Revelation 18:4 for believers to separate from 'mystical Babylon'—any corrupt, worldly system destined for destruction.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The fierce anger of the Lord - that is, against Babylon. The people of God are to flee away that they may not be involved in the miseries of…
19th Century
Anglican
Go you out of the midst of her ... —The prophet repeats, with all the emphasis of iteration, the summons of Jeremiah 50:8…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet exhorts the Israelites to flee from Chaldea and Assyria. Yet this exhortation was intended for another purpose: to encourage them …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My people, go you out of the midst of her This is a call of the Jews to go out of Babylon, not before the taking of the c…
The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same themes are left and then returned to. Babylon is abundant in treasures,…
