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40 I will lead them away to die,
like sheep, lambs, and goats
    being led to the butcher.
41 All nations now praise Babylon,[a]
but when it is captured,
    those same nations
    will be horrified.
42 Babylon's enemies will rise
like ocean waves
    and flood the city.

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Footnotes

  1. 51.41 Babylon: The Hebrew text has “Sheshach,” a secret way of writing the name “Babylon.”

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