Jeremiah 51:51

"You who have escaped the sword, go! Don’t stand still! Remember the LORD from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.”"

Key Reflection

This verse urges those who have survived the Babylonian invasion to continue their journey and not remain in Egypt. It calls them to remember the Lord and to keep Jerusalem—both physically and symbolically—in their thoughts, reflecting a call to both physical and spiritual return.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Confounded -Or, ashamed. The verse is a statement of the wrong done to the exiles by Babylon, and so leads naturally to Babylon’s punishmentJeremiah 51:52.

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