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12 (A)Lift up a standard against the walls of Babylon;
Make strong the watch;
Raise up [a]watchmen;
Establish men in ambush!
For Yahweh has both (B)purposed and performed
What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 O you who (C)dwell by abundant waters,
Abundant in (D)treasures,
Your end has come,
The [b]measure of your [c](E)end.
14 (F)Yahweh of hosts has sworn by Himself:
“Surely I will fill you with a [d]population like (G)locusts,
And they will cry out with [e]shouts of victory over you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:12 Or sentries
  2. Jeremiah 51:13 Lit cubit
  3. Jeremiah 51:13 Lit being cut off
  4. Jeremiah 51:14 Or mankind
  5. Jeremiah 51:14 Something like the song of grape treaders