What Does Jeremiah 51:6 Mean?

“Flee out”

to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)

“of the midst”

a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center

“of Babylon”

babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire

“and deliver”

properly, to be smooth, i.e., (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth youn

“every man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“his soul”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

“be not cut off”

to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish

“in her iniquity”

perversity, i.e., (moral) evil

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for this is the time”

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc

“vengeance”

avengement, whether the act of the passion

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“of the LORD'S”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“unto her a recompence”

treatment, i.e., an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“he will render”

to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate