"Flee,saveyour lives,That you may be like a juniperin the wilderness.
When they had broughtthem outside,one said,"Escapefor your life!Do not lookbehindyou, and do not stayanywherein the valley;escapeto the mountains,oryou will be sweptaway."
In the LORDI takerefuge;Howcan you sayto my soul,"Flee[as] a birdto your mountain;
"For he will be like a bushin the desertAnd will not seewhenprosperitycomes,But will livein stonywastesin the wilderness,A landof saltwithoutinhabitant.
Fleefrom the midstof Babylon,And eachof you savehis life!Do not be destroyedin her punishment,For thisis the LORD'Stimeof vengeance;He is going to renderrecompenseto her.
Sohe [began] sayingto the crowdswho were goingout to be baptizedby him, "You broodof vipers,whowarnedyou to fleefrom the wrathto come?
sothat by twounchangeablethingsin whichit is impossiblefor Godto lie,we who have taken refugewould havestrongencouragementto take holdof the hopeset beforeus.
