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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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The Doom of Babylon

24 I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the wrong that they have done in Zion, says the Lord.(A)

25 I am against you, O destroying mountain,
            says the Lord,
    that destroys the whole earth;
I will stretch out my hand against you
    and roll you down from the crags
    and make you a burned-out mountain.(B)
26 No stone shall be taken from you for a corner
    and no stone for a foundation,
but you shall be a perpetual waste,
    says the Lord.(C)

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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