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

53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord.

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

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52 Therefore[a] look, days are coming,” declares[b] Yahweh,
    “and I will punish her images,
    and the fatally wounded will sigh through all her land.
53 Though Babylon goes up to the heavens,
    and though she fortifies the high place of her strength,
    from me destroyers will come to her,” declares[c] Yahweh.
54 The sound of a cry for help from Babylon,
    and a great collapse from the land of the Chaldeans.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:52 Literally “To thus”
  2. Jeremiah 51:52 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Jeremiah 51:53 Literally “a declaration of”