Isaiah 48:20

New International Reader's Version

People of Israel, leave Babylon! Hurry up and get away from the Babylonians! Here is what I want you to announce. Make it known with shouts of joy. Send the news out from one end of the earth to the other. Say, “The Lord has set free his servant Jacob.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:23

Who is like your people Israel? God, we are the one nation on earth you have saved. You have set us free for yourself. Your name has become famous. You have done great and wonderful things. You have driven out nations and their gods to make room for your people. You saved us when you set us free from Egypt.

Ezra 2:1

Nebuchadnezzar had taken many Jews away from the land of Judah. He had forced them to go to Babylon as prisoners. Now they returned to Jerusalem and Judah. All of them went back to their own towns. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.

Psalm 126:1

Our enemies took us away from Zion. But when the Lord brought us home, it seemed like a dream to us.

Isaiah 12:1

In days to come, the people of Israel will sing, “Lord, we will praise you. You were angry with us. But now your anger has turned away from us. And you have brought us comfort.

Isaiah 12:4

In days to come, the people of Israel will sing, “Give praise to the Lord. Make his name known. Tell the nations what he has done. Announce how honored he is.

Isaiah 24:14

Those who are left alive will shout for joy. People from the west will praise the Lord because he is the King.

Isaiah 26:1

At that time a song will be sung in the land of Judah. It will say, “We have a strong city. God’s saving power surrounds it like walls and towers.

Isaiah 42:10

Sing a new song to the Lord. Sing praise to him from one end of the earth to the other. Sing, you who sail out on the ocean. Sing, all you creatures in it. Sing, you islands. Sing, all you who live there.

Isaiah 43:1

Family of Jacob, the Lord created you. People of Israel, he formed you. He says, “Do not be afraid. I will set you free. I will send for you by name. You belong to me.

Isaiah 44:22

I will sweep your sins away as if they were a cloud. I will blow them away as if they were the morning mist. Return to me. Then I will set you free.”

Isaiah 48:6

You have heard me tell you these things. Think about all of them. Won’t you admit they have taken place? “From now on I will tell you about new things that will happen. I have not made them known to you before.

Isaiah 49:13

Shout for joy, you heavens! Be glad, you earth! Burst into song, you mountains! The Lord will comfort his people. He will show his tender love to those who are suffering.

Isaiah 49:6

Here is what the Lord says to me. “It is not enough for you as my servant to bring the tribes of Jacob back to their land. It is not enough for you to bring back the people of Israel I have kept alive. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles. Then you will make it possible for the whole world to be saved.”

Isaiah 51:14

You prisoners who are so afraid will soon be set free. You will not die in your prison cells. You will not go without food.

Isaiah 52:10

The Lord will use the power of his holy arm to save his people. All the nations will see him do it. Everyone from one end of the earth to the other will see it.

Isaiah 52:11

You who carry the objects that belong to the Lord’s temple, leave Babylon! Leave it! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything that isn’t pure and “clean.” Come out of Babylon and be pure.

Isaiah 52:9

Burst into songs of joy together, you broken-down buildings in Jerusalem. The Lord has comforted his people. He has set Jerusalem free.

Isaiah 62:11

The Lord has announced a message from one end of the earth to the other. He has said, “Tell the people of Zion, ‘Look! Your Savior is coming! He is bringing his people back as his reward. He has won the battle over their enemies.’ ”

Isaiah 63:9

When they suffered, he suffered with them. He sent his angel to save them. He set them free because he is loving and kind. He lifted them up and carried them. He did it again and again in days long ago.

Jeremiah 31:10

“Listen to my message, you nations. Announce it on shores far away. Say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather them. He will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’

Jeremiah 31:11

I will set the people of Jacob free. I will save them from those who are stronger than they are.

Jeremiah 31:21

The Lord says, “Put up road signs. Set up stones to show the way. Look carefully for the highway. Look for the road you will take. Return, people of Israel. Return to your towns.

Jeremiah 50:2

“Announce this message among the nations. Lift up a banner. Let the nations hear the message. Do not keep anything back. Say, ‘Babylon will be captured. The god named Bel will be put to shame. The god named Marduk will be filled with terror. Babylon’s gods will be put to shame. The gods its people made will be filled with terror.’

Jeremiah 50:28

Listen to those who have escaped. Listen to those who have returned from Babylon. They are announcing in Zion how I have paid Babylon back. I have paid it back for destroying my temple.

Jeremiah 50:8

“People of Judah, run away from Babylon. Leave the land of Babylon. Be like the goats that lead the flock.

Jeremiah 51:45

“Come out of there, my people! Run for your lives! Run away from my great anger.

Jeremiah 51:48

So heaven and earth and everything in them will shout for joy. They will be glad because of what will happen to Babylon. Armies will attack it from the north. And they will destroy it,” announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:6

“People of Judah, run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of the sins of its people. It is time for me to pay them back. I will punish them for what they have done.

Zechariah 10:8

I will signal for my people to come, and I will gather them in. I will set them free. There will be as many of them as before.

Zechariah 2:10

“ ‘People of Zion, shout and be glad! I am coming to live among you,’ announces the Lord.

Deuteronomy 30:4

Suppose you have been forced to go away to the farthest land on earth. The Lord your God will bring you back even from there.

Revelation 18:20

“You heavens, be glad for this! You people of God, be glad! You apostles and prophets, be glad! God has judged her with the judgment she gave to you.”

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven. It said, “ ‘Come out of her, my people.’ (Jeremiah 51:45) Then you will not take part in her sins. You will not suffer from any of her plagues.