Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Parallel translations
- WEB ‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’
- BSB “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
- NKJV “Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”
- NASB “You, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.”
- NLT Come away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon!”
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Quick answer
God calls Zion's people who still dwell in Babylon to escape. Do not linger where you do not belong.
Overview
Those identified as 'Zion' are urged to separate from 'the daughter of Babylon,' the empire of exile and idolatry. The urgency reflects both opportunity and danger in remaining. This call to come out of Babylon echoes through Scripture as a summons to God's people to separate from a doomed world system and belong wholly to Him.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 48:20Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
- Gen 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
- Rev 18:4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
- Acts 2:40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
- Isa 52:11Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
- Jer 51:6Flee 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.
- Isa 52:2Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
- Jer 51:45My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
- Jer 50:8Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
- Mic 4:10Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
- Num 16:34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
- Num 16:26And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
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The Branch who is both priest and king, the shepherd struck and the flock scattered, the king coming humble on a donkey, the one they pierced, the fountain opened for sin — Zechariah is dense with Christ.
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