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“Announce this message among the nations.
    Lift up a banner.
Let the nations hear the message.
    Do not keep anything back.
Say, ‘Babylon will be captured.
    The god named Bel will be put to shame.
    The god named Marduk will be filled with terror.
Babylon’s gods will be put to shame.
    The gods its people made will be filled with terror.’
A nation from the north will attack it.
    That nation will destroy Babylon.
No one will live there.
    People and animals alike will run away.

“The days are coming,”
    announces the Lord.
“At that time the people of Israel and Judah will gather together.
    They will come in tears to me.
    I am the Lord their God.

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“Announce and proclaim(A) among the nations,
    lift up a banner(B) and proclaim it;
    keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;(C)
    Bel(D) will be put to shame,(E)
    Marduk(F) filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
    and her idols(G) filled with terror.’
A nation from the north(H) will attack her
    and lay waste her land.
No one will live(I) in it;
    both people and animals(J) will flee away.

“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(K)
    will go in tears(L) to seek(M) the Lord their God.

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