Go forth, ye ransom’d people, flee

Verse 1
Go forth ye ransom’d people, flee
Out of your dire captivity,
Who slaves in Babylon remain:
(That Babel of the carnal will,
Confusion worse confounded still
By jarring tongues, and janglings vain!)

Verse 2
With gospel-songs triumphant tell
The glorious liberty ye feel,
Your joys throughout the earth proclaim,
The cause of all your joys repeat,
Th’ exploits of love divinely great,
The wonders wrought by Jesu’s name.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.”—[Isa.] xlviii. 20. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 425.
Publishing: Public Domain