52 Wherefore behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will visit her graven images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

53 Though Babel should mount up to [a]heaven, and though she should defend her strength on high, yet from me shall her destroyers come, saith the Lord.

54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babel, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,

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  1. Jeremiah 51:53 For the walls were two hundred foot high.

52 “But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will punish her idols,(A)
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.(B)
53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens(C)
    and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
    I will send destroyers(D) against her,”
declares the Lord.

54 “The sound of a cry(E) comes from Babylon,
    the sound of great destruction(F)
    from the land of the Babylonians.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:54 Or Chaldeans