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24 “I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says Yahweh.

25 “Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says Yahweh,
    “which destroys all the earth.
I will stretch out my hand on you,
    roll you down from the rocks,
    and will make you a burned mountain.
26 They won’t take a cornerstone from you,
    nor a stone for foundations;
    but you will be desolate forever,” says Yahweh.

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24 “I will repay Babylon
    and the people of Babylonia[a]
for all the wrong they have done
    to my people in Jerusalem,” says the Lord.

25 “Look, O mighty mountain, destroyer of the earth!
    I am your enemy,” says the Lord.
“I will raise my fist against you,
    to knock you down from the heights.
When I am finished,
    you will be nothing but a heap of burnt rubble.
26 You will be desolate forever.
    Even your stones will never again be used for building.
You will be completely wiped out,”
    says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in 51:35.

24 “Before your eyes I will repay(A) Babylon(B) and all who live in Babylonia[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.

25 “I am against(C) you, you destroying mountain,
    you who destroy the whole earth,”(D)
declares the Lord.
“I will stretch out my hand(E) against you,
    roll you off the cliffs,
    and make you a burned-out mountain.(F)
26 No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone,
    nor any stone for a foundation,
    for you will be desolate(G) forever,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35