Zechariah 2:7 - Easy To Read Version You people from Zion now live in Babylon.\par Escape! Run away from that city!”\par The Lord All-Powerful said \{these things\}.\par He sent me to the nations\par that stole things from you.\par He sent me to bring \{you\} honor!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Ho! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon! American Standard Version (1901) Ho Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. Common English Bible Look out, Zion. Flee, you who dwell with Daughter Babylon! Catholic Public Domain Version O Zion, flee, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O Sion, flee, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon: |
So the two men brought Lot and his family out of the city. After they were out, one of the men said, “Now run to save your life! Don’t look back at the city. And don’t stop any place in the valley. Run until you are in the mountains. If you stop, then you will be destroyed with the city!”
“Fall down in the dirt\par and sit there!\par Virgin daughter of the Chaldeans, {\cf2\super [409]} \par sit on the ground!\par You are not the ruler now!\par People will not think that you are\par a tender, delicate young lady anymore.\par
My people, leave Babylon!\par My people, run from the Chaldeans!\par Tell this news with joy to the people!\par Spread this news to the faraway places\par on earth!\par Tell the people,\par “The Lord rescued his servant Jacob!\par
You people should leave Babylon!\par Leave that place!\par \{Priests,\} you carry the things\par that are used in worship.\par So make yourselves pure.\par Don’t touch anything that is not pure.\par
Shake off the dust!\par Put on your wonderful clothes!\par Jerusalem, Daughter of Zion, {\cf2\super [422]} \par you were a prisoner.\par But now, free yourself from the chains\par that are around your neck!\par
“Run away from Babylon.\par Leave the land of the Babylonian people.\par Be like the goats that lead the flock.\par
Come out of the city of Babylon, my people.\par Run to save your lives.\par Run from the Lord’s great anger.\par
Run away from Babylon.\par Run to save your lives!\par Don’t stay and be killed\par because of Babylon’s sins!\par It is time for the Lord to punish\par the people of Babylon\par for the bad things they did.\par Babylon will get the punishment\par that she should have.\par
Daughter of Zion, {\cf2\super [54]} feel the pain.\par Give birth to your “baby.”\par You must go out of this city (Jerusalem).\par You will live in the field.\par I mean, you will go to Babylon.\par But you will be saved from that place.\par The Lord will go there and rescue you.\par He will take you away from your enemies.\par
Moses warned the people, “Move away from the tents of these evil men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them! If you do, then you will be destroyed because of their sins.”
The people of Israel heard the cries of the men being destroyed. So they all ran in different directions and said, “The earth will kill us, too!”
Peter warned them with many other words; he begged them, “Save yourselves from the evil of the people that live now!”