Isaiah 48:20

New Century Version

My people, leave Babylon! Run from the Babylonians! Tell this news with shouts of joy to the people; spread it everywhere on earth. Say, “The Lord has saved his servants, the people of Jacob.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:23

There is no nation like your people Israel. They are the only people on earth that God chose to be his own. You made your name well known. You did great and wonderful miracles for them. You went ahead of them and forced other nations and their gods out of the land. You freed your people from slavery in Egypt.

Ezra 2:1

These are the people of the area who returned from captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken away to Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each going back to his own town.

Psalm 126:1

When the Lord brought the prisoners back to Jerusalem, it seemed as if we were dreaming.

Isaiah 12:1

At that time you will say: “I praise you, Lord! You were angry with me, but you are not angry with me now! You have comforted me.

Isaiah 12:4

At that time you will say, “Praise the Lord and worship him. Tell everyone what he has done and how great he is.

Isaiah 24:14

The people shout for joy. From the west they praise the greatness of the Lord.

Isaiah 26:1

At that time people will sing this song in Judah: We have a strong city. God protects us with its strong walls and defenses.

Isaiah 42:10

Sing a new song to the Lord; sing his praise everywhere on the earth. Praise him, you people who sail on the seas and you animals who live in them. Praise him, you people living in faraway places.

Isaiah 43:1

Now this is what the Lord says. He created you, people of Jacob; he formed you, people of Israel. He says, “Don’t be afraid, because I have saved you. I have called you by name, and you are mine.

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away your sins like a big cloud; I have removed your sins like a cloud that disappears into the air. Come back to me because I saved you.”

Isaiah 48:6

“You heard and saw everything that happened, so you should tell this news to others. Now I will tell you about new things, hidden things that you don’t know yet.

Isaiah 49:13

Heavens and earth, be happy. Mountains, shout with joy, because the Lord comforts his people and will have pity on those who suffer.

Isaiah 49:6

Now he told me, “You are an important servant to me to bring back the tribes of Jacob, to bring back the people of Israel who are left alive. But, more importantly, I will make you a light for all nations to show people all over the world the way to be saved.”

Isaiah 51:14

People in prison will soon be set free; they will not die in prison, and they will have enough food.

Isaiah 52:10

The Lord will show his holy power to all the nations. Then everyone on earth will see the salvation of our God.

Isaiah 52:11

You people, leave, leave; get out of Babylon! Touch nothing that is unclean. You men who carry the Lord’s things used in worship, leave there and make yourselves pure.

Isaiah 52:9

Jerusalem, your buildings are destroyed now, but shout and rejoice together, because the Lord has comforted his people. He has saved Jerusalem.

Isaiah 62:11

The Lord is speaking to all the faraway lands: “Tell the people of Jerusalem, ‘Look, your Savior is coming. He is bringing your reward to you; he is bringing his payment with him.’ ”

Isaiah 63:9

When they suffered, he suffered also. He sent his own angel to save them. Because of his love and kindness, he saved them. Since long ago he has picked them up and carried them.

Jeremiah 31:10

“Nations, listen to the message from the Lord. Tell this message in the faraway lands by the sea: ‘The one who scattered the people of Israel will bring them back, and he will watch over his people like a shepherd.’

Jeremiah 31:11

The Lord will pay for the people of Jacob and will buy them back from people stronger than they were.

Jeremiah 31:21

“People of Israel, fix the road signs. Put up signs to show you the way home. Watch the road. Pay attention to the road on which you travel. People of Israel, come home, come back to your towns.

Jeremiah 50:2

“Announce this to the nations. Lift up a banner and tell them. Speak the whole message and say: ‘Babylon will be captured. The god Bel will be put to shame, and the god Marduk will be afraid. Babylon’s gods will be put to shame, and her idols will be afraid!’

Jeremiah 50:28

Listen to the people running to escape the country of Babylon! They are telling Jerusalem how the Lord our God is punishing Babylon as it deserves for destroying his Temple.

Jeremiah 50:8

“Run away from Babylon, and leave the land of the Babylonians. Be like the goats that lead the flock.

Jeremiah 51:45

“Come out of Babylon, my people! Run for your lives! Run from the Lord’s great anger.

Jeremiah 51:48

Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy about Babylon. They will shout because the army comes from the north to destroy Babylon,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:6

“Run away from Babylon and save your lives! Don’t stay and be killed because of Babylon’s sins. It is time for the Lord to punish Babylon; he will give Babylon the punishment she deserves.

Zechariah 10:8

I will call my people and gather them together. I will save them, and they will grow in number as they grew in number before.

Zechariah 2:10

“Shout and be glad, Jerusalem. I am coming, and I will live among you,” says the Lord.

Deuteronomy 30:4

He may send you to the ends of the earth, but he will gather you and bring you back from there,

Revelation 18:20

Be happy because of this, heaven! Be happy, God’s holy people and apostles and prophets! God has punished her because of what she did to you.”

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying: “Come out of that city, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive the disasters that will come to her.