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34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me.
    He has crushed me.
    He has made me an empty vessel.
He has, like a monster, swallowed me up.
    He has filled his mouth with my delicacies.
    He has cast me out.
35 May the violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon!”
    the inhabitant of Zion will say; and,
“May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
    will Jerusalem say.

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Judah’s Complaint against Babylon

34 “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me
    and crushed me.
He set me down
    like an empty vessel.
He swallowed me like a monster,
    and filled his belly with my delicacies.
        Then he washed me away.
35 May the violence done to me
    and my flesh be on Babylon,”
        says the inhabitant of Zion.
“May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
    says Jerusalem.

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34 “Nebuchadnezzar(A) king of Babylon has devoured(B) us,(C)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed(D) us out.
35 May the violence(E) done to our flesh[a] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:35 Or done to us and to our children