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14 Arrange your battle lines against Babylon on every side,
All you who [a]bend the bow;
Shoot at her, do not be sparing with your arrows,
For she has (A)sinned against Yahweh.
15 Raise a loud shout against her on every side!
She has (B)given [b]herself up, her pillars have fallen,
Her (C)walls have been pulled down.
For this is the (D)vengeance of Yahweh:
Take vengeance on her;
(E)As she has done to others, so do to her.
16 Cut off the (F)sower from Babylon
And the one who seizes the sickle at the time of harvest;
From before [c]the (G)sword of the oppressor
(H)They will each turn back to his own people,
And they will each flee to his own land.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:14 Lit tread (in order to string)
  2. Jeremiah 50:15 Lit her hand
  3. Jeremiah 50:16 Or the oppressing sword

14 (A)Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
    (B)all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her, spare no arrows,
    (C)for she has sinned against the Lord.
15 (D)Raise a shout against her all around;
    she has surrendered;
her bulwarks have fallen;
    (E)her walls are thrown down.
For (F)this is the vengeance of the Lord:
    take vengeance on her;
    (G)do to her as she has done.
16 Cut off from Babylon the sower,
    and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest;
(H)because of the sword of the oppressor,
    (I)every one shall turn to his own people,
    and every one shall flee to his own land.

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