Jeremiah 50:16
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16 Cut off from Babylon the sower
and the wielder of the sickle in time of harvest;
because of the destroying sword,
all of them shall return to their own people,
and all of them shall flee to their own land.(A)
Isaiah 13:14
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14 Like a gazelle on the run
or like sheep with no one to gather them,
all will turn back to their own people,
and all will flee to their own lands.(A)
Jeremiah 51:9
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9 We tried to heal Babylon,
but she could not be healed.
Forsake her, and let each of us go
to our own country,
for her judgment has reached up to heaven
and has been lifted up even to the skies.(A)
Jeremiah 46:16
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16 Your multitude stumbled[a] and fell,
and one said to another,
“Come, let us go back to our own people
and to the land of our birth,
because of the destroying sword.”(A)
Footnotes
- 46.16 Gk: Heb the stumblers multiplied
Joel 1:11
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11 Be dismayed, you farmers;
wail, you vinedressers,
over the wheat and the barley,
for the crops of the field are ruined.(A)
Amos 5:16
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16 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord:
In all the squares there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, “Alas! Alas!”
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and those skilled in lamentation to wailing;(A)
Jeremiah 51:23
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23 with you I smash shepherds and their flocks;
with you I smash farmers and their teams;
with you I smash governors and deputies.
Jeremiah 25:38
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38 Like a lion he has left his den,
for their land has become a waste
because of the cruel anger
and because of his fierce anger.
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