Intertextuality Pair

Revelation 18:4 → Jeremiah 51:45

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 18:4BSB

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

Earlier text

Jeremiah 51:45BSB

Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
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Significance

Jeremiah 51:45 commands, "Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD." Revelation 18:4 echoes this nearly verbatim: "Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues." The verbal correspondence is unmistakable — both use the imperative "come out" (exelthate / tse'u) addressed to "my people" (laos mou / ammi) in the context of Babylon's imminent destruction. Jeremiah called the exiles to physically leave Babylon before its fall; John calls the church to spiritual separation from the world-system before eschatological judgment. This allusion participates in the exodus-from-Babylon motif that runs through Isaiah 48:20, Jeremiah 50:8, and 51:6, 45, showing that the new exodus is also an exodus from Babylon.

Found via
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type
Allusion
Connection Method(s)
Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme

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