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35 “A sword is on the Chaldeans,” says Yahweh,
    “and on the inhabitants of Babylon,
    on her princes,
    and on her wise men.
36 A sword is on the boasters,
    and they will become fools.
A sword is on her mighty men,
    and they will be dismayed.
37 A sword is on their horses,
    on their chariots,
    and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her;
    and they will become as women.
A sword is on her treasures,
    and they will be robbed.
38 A drought is on her waters,
    and they will be dried up;
for it is a land of engraved images,
    and they are mad over idols.
39 Therefore the wild animals of the desert
    with the wolves will dwell there.
The ostriches will dwell therein;
    and it will be inhabited no more forever;
    neither will it be lived in from generation to generation.
40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says Yahweh,
    “so no man will dwell there,
    neither will any son of man live therein.

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35 “A sword(A) against the Babylonians!”(B)
    declares the Lord
“against those who live in Babylon
    and against her officials and wise(C) men!
36 A sword against her false prophets!
    They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!(D)
    They will be filled with terror.(E)
37 A sword against her horses and chariots(F)
    and all the foreigners in her ranks!
    They will become weaklings.(G)
A sword against her treasures!(H)
    They will be plundered.
38 A drought on[a] her waters!(I)
    They will dry(J) up.
For it is a land of idols,(K)
    idols that will go mad with terror.

39 “So desert creatures(L) and hyenas will live there,
    and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
    or lived in from generation to generation.(M)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah(N)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.(O)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:38 Or A sword against