Jeremiah 51:6
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 51:11 repeats the vengeance theme — God stirs up the Medes to destroy Babylon as repayment for His temple.
Jeremiah 51:9 echoes this command to forsake Babylon and flee, reinforcing the urgency of escape.
Jeremiah 51:45 repeats the flee command, specifically addressing 'my people' — underlining that God's own must leave Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:56 describes the destroyer and repayment on Babylon, elaborating the vengeance announced in 51:6.
Jeremiah 50:31 pronounces God's punishment on 'the proud one' (Babylon) — the same 'day' of vengeance.
Jeremiah 50:15 directly calls Babylon's fall 'the vengeance of the Lord' — same judgment, same wording.
Jeremiah 25:14 restates God's repayment to Babylon, directly linking to the vengeance declared here.
In Jeremiah 50:8, the same command to flee Babylon is repeated, emphasizing urgency and the need to separate from the doomed city.
Jeremiah 48:6 uses the exact same urgent command 'Flee! Save yourselves!' against Moab, mirroring the warning to Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:28 shows the result of fleeing: the escapees declare God's vengeance on Babylon for His temple.
Jeremiah 31:21 calls for setting road markers to return from exile, paralleling the call to flee Babylon in 51:6 as a two-sided call to leave.
Jeremiah 27:7 predicts Babylon's eventual subjugation — the same 'time of his own land' when God's vengeance falls.
Jeremiah 46:10 calls a battle 'the day of vengeance' but against Egypt, not Babylon — same concept, different target.
Genesis 19:15-17 depicts angels urging Lot to flee Sodom before destruction, a precursor to the command to flee Babylon.
Zechariah 2:7 directly commands escape to Zion, reinforcing the imperative to leave Babylon and seek safety.
Revelation 16:19 recalls Babylon's judgment as the cup of God's wrath — a typological reuse of Jeremiah's prophecy.
Revelation 18:4 applies the same call to flee Babylon symbolically, warning believers to separate from end-times corruption to avoid plagues.
Revelation 18:5 says God remembers Babylon's sins — echoing this call to flee because of God's repayment.
Revelation 18:6 echoes this call for divine repayment to Babylon, intensifying the theme of judgment.
Isaiah 48:20 echoes the call to flee Babylon and adds a proclamation of redemption, linking escape with joyful testimony.
Numbers 16:26 has Moses telling Israel to separate from Korah's tents to avoid being swept away, mirroring the call to flee Babylon's judgment.
Isaiah 63:4 affirms the day of vengeance, directly aligning with the 'time for vengeance' declared in 51:6.
Isaiah 52:11 directly commands departure from Babylon with purity, strongly paralleling the flee call in 51:6.
Matthew 3:7 has John the Baptist ask 'Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?' directly mirroring Jeremiah's call to flee God's vengeance.
Luke 21:22 calls these 'days of vengeance' for Jerusalem, using the same phrase as Jeremiah's 'time of the LORD's vengeance' against Babylon.
2 Corinthians 6:17 commands 'come out from among them and be separate,' applying Jeremiah's call to flee Babylon to the church's separation from sin.
Genesis 19:14 parallels the urgent warning to flee Sodom before destruction, a typological precursor to fleeing Babylon.
Revelation 18:8 depicts Babylon's plagues and judgment in a single day, fulfilling the pattern of divine vengeance announced in Jeremiah against historical Babylon.
Isaiah 13:4 describes the army gathering for Babylon's judgment, complementing the call to flee in 51:6.
Zechariah 2:6 also calls to flee from the land of the north, but attributes the scattering to God, offering a different reason for departure.
Isaiah 52:2 calls Jerusalem to arise from captivity, while 51:6 calls to flee Babylon—both involve liberation from Babylon.