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- Jeremiah
- Chapter 51
- Verse 6
Jeremiah 51:6
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Flee out of the midst of Babylon,.... This is said either to such as were there of other nations upon trade and business, as Kimchi, to get out of it as fast as they could, that they might not be…
The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must endeavor to collect…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Flee addressed to the Jewish residents in Babylon. Cp. Jer 51:51 ("My people"), Jer 50:6; Isa 48:20; Isa 52:6.
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