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22 I use you to smash men and women.
    I use you to smash old men and young men.
    I use you to smash young men and young women.
23 I use you to smash shepherds and flocks.
    I use you to smash farmers and oxen.
    I use you to smash governors and officers.

24 “But I will pay Babylon back, and I will pay back all the Babylonians for all the evil things they did to Jerusalem,” says the Lord.

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22 with you I shatter man and woman,
    with you I shatter old man and youth,
    with you I shatter young man and young woman,(A)
23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
    with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
    with you I shatter governors and officials.(B)

24 “Before your eyes I will repay(C) Babylon(D) and all who live in Babylonia[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35