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. (Jer 51:6, 45; Isa 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 Jer 51:6).