Then let them which are in Yhudah flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
O ye children of Binyamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Yerushalayim, and blow the shofar in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
And 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.
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Bavel came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Yerushalayim for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Yerushalayim.
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
And 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.