“Come out of here!
My people!
Each of you!
Save your lives
From the fierce anger
Of Yahweh!
Do not be fainthearted!
Do not be fearful
At the rumors
Heard in the land!
One year
One rumor comes!
The next year
Another rumor is
Of violence in the land!
There will be
Ruler against ruler.”
Yahweh warned them that they should get out of Babylon. They should save their lives from the fierce anger of Yahweh. However, they should not be fainthearted or fearful about the various rumors in the land. Each year there was a new rumor. There were always rumors of violence, as rulers fought against each other.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 