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Jeremiah 50:21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Jeremiah 50:21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 Attack the land of Merathaim,
and those who live in Pekod;[a]
Slaughter and put them under the ban—oracle of the Lord—
do all I have commanded you.
Footnotes
- 50:21 Merathaim…Pekod: “twice bitter,” “punishment,” symbolic terms for Babylon that recall the names of regions in the country.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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