Jeremiah 51:1-2

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51 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer
    against Babylon,
    against the inhabitants of Chalde′a;^[a]
²and I will send to Babylon winnowers,
    and they shall winnow her,
and they shall empty her land,
    when they come against her from every side
    on the day of trouble.

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Jeremiah 51:1 Heb Leb-qamai, a cipher for Chaldea

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