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52 “Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh,
    “that I will execute judgment on her engraved images;
    and through all her land the wounded will groan.
53 Though Babylon should mount up to the sky,
    and though she should fortify the height of her strength,
    yet destroyers will come to her from me,” says Yahweh.

54 “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
    and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

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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