45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord.
45 "Come out of her, my people! Run for your lives! Run from the fierce anger of the Lord.
45 "Go out of the midst of her, my people! Let every one save his life from the fierce anger of the Lord!
45 Run for your lives, my dear people! Run, and don't look back! Get out of this place while you can, this place torched by God's raging anger.
45 "My people, go out of the midst of her! And let everyone deliver himself from the fierce anger of the Lord.
45 "Come out, my people, flee from Babylon. Save yourselves! Run from the Lord 's fierce anger.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 51:45
Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-58
(Read Jeremiah 51:1-58)
The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we are, in the greatest depths, at the greatest distances, we are to remember the Lord our God; and in the times of the greatest fears and hopes, it is most needful to remember the Lord. The feeling excited by Babylon's fall is the same with the New Testament Babylon, Revelation 18:9,19. The ruin of all who support idolatry, infidelity, and superstition, is needful for the revival of true godliness; and the threatening prophecies of Scripture yield comfort in this view. The great seat of antichristian tyranny, idolatry, and superstition, the persecutor of true Christians, is as certainly doomed to destruction as ancient Babylon. Then will vast multitudes mourn for sin, and seek the Lord. Then will the lost sheep of the house of Israel be brought back to the fold of the good Shepherd, and stray no more. And the exact fulfilment of these ancient prophecies encourages us to faith in all the promises and prophecies of the sacred Scriptures.