Jer 50:8, 51:6, 45 | JFB | STEP | 8. ( , ; ; , ; ). Immediately avail yourselves of the opportunity of escape. be as ... he-goats before ... flocks-- Let each try to be foremost in returning, animating the weak, as he-goats lead the flock; such were the companions of Ezra ( , ).

‏ Jeremiah 50:8

8. (Jr 51:6, 45; Is 48:20; Zec 2:6, 7; Re 18:4). Immediately avail yourselves of the opportunity of escape.

be as ... he-goats before ... flocks--Let each try to be foremost in returning, animating the weak, as he-goats lead the flock; such were the companions of Ezra (Ezr 1:5, 6).

‏ Jeremiah 51:6

6. Warning to the Israelite captives to flee from Babylon, lest they should be involved in the punishment of her "iniquity." So as to spiritual Babylon and her captives (Re 18:4).

‏ Jeremiah 51:45

45-46. (See on Jr 51:6).