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42 The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the [a]multitude of the waves thereof. 43 Her cities are become [b]a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby. 44 And I will [c]execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:42 Or, tumult
  2. Jeremiah 51:43 Or, an astonishment
  3. Jeremiah 51:44 Hebrew visit upon.

42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
    its roaring waves(A) will cover her.
43 Her towns will be desolate,
    a dry and desert(B) land,
a land where no one lives,
    through which no one travels.(C)
44 I will punish Bel(D) in Babylon
    and make him spew out(E) what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
    And the wall(F) of Babylon will fall.

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