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42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
    its roaring waves cover her.
43 Babylon’s towns are ruined and empty.
    It has become a dry, desert land,
a land where no one lives.
    People do not even travel through Babylon.
44 I will punish the god Bel in Babylon.
    I will make him spit out what he has swallowed.
Nations will no longer come to Babylon;
    even the wall around the city will fall.

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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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