The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Listen, you can hear the voices of people running and escaping from Babylon, rushing back to Zion to tell everyone that God has finally gotten his revenge for what they did to his temple.
God's justice always catches up, and the survivors become the storytellers.
📚 Historical Context
In the historical context, the Babylonian Empire had conquered Judah around 586 BC, destroying the Temple in Jerusalem and exiling many Jews, which was a time of great suffering and displacement for God's people. Jeremiah's prophecy in chapter 50 foretells Babylon's own downfall at the hands of the Persians, as divine retribution for their oppression and desecration of the Temple. The verse specifically describes the exiles fleeing Babylon and returning to Zion to announce this act of God's vengeance.
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