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O daughter of Babylon, you (A)devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who (B)repays you
With [a]the recompense with which you have recompensed us.

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  1. Psalm 137:8 Lit your

42 They (A)seize their bow and [a]javelin;
They are (B)cruel and have no compassion.
Their (C)voice roars like the sea;
And they ride on (D)horses,
(E)Arranged like a man for the battle
Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

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  1. Jeremiah 50:42 Or scimitar

33 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel:

“The daughter of Babylon is like a (A)threshing floor
At the time [a]it is stamped firm;
Yet in a little while the time of (B)harvest will come for her.”

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  1. Jeremiah 51:33 Lit of treading it

“Woe, Zion! (A)Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.”

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