52 ‘But days are coming,’ declares the Lord,
    ‘when I will punish her idols,
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.
53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens
    and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
    I will send destroyers against her,’
declares the Lord.

54 ‘The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
    the sound of great destruction
    from the land of the Babylonians.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:54 Or Chaldeans