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The time is coming when I will deal with Babylon's idols; the whole land will be disgraced, and her wounded will fall in her midst.
48
Then all creation will rejoice over Babylon, because out of the north destroying armies will come to attack her, declares the LORD.
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Babylon must fall for the dead in Israel, as the dead of all the earth have fallen to Babylon.
50
You survivors of war, leave now; don't delay! Remember the LORD, from a faraway land. Keep Jerusalem alive in your hearts.
51
We're humiliated by their taunts; we're disgraced that strangers have violated the sacred places of the LORD's temple.
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The time is coming, declares the LORD, when I will deal with her idols, and the wounded in her land will groan.
53
Even if Babylon scales the heavens and strengthens its towering defenses, the destroying armies will still come against her, at my command, declares the LORD.
54
Listen to the cries for help from Babylon, signs of massive devastation in the land, declares the LORD.
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The LORD is destroying Babylon and silencing her outcry, whose roar is like the crushing waves, a deafening crash.
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He certainly comes against her; the destroyer comes against Babylon. Her warriors are captured; their bows are broken. The LORD is an exacting God who repays in full.
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I'll make her leaders and sages drunk, her governors, officials, and warriors as well. They will sleep forever, never to get up, declares the king, whose name is the LORD of heavenly forces.