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Jeremiah 51:1-5
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51 This is what the Lord says:
“I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon
    and the people of Babylonia.[a]
2 Foreigners will come and winnow her,
    blowing her away as chaff.
They will come from every side
    to rise against her in her day of trouble.
3 Don’t let the archers put on their armor
    or draw their bows.
Don’t spare even her best soldiers!
    Let her army be completely destroyed.[b]
4 They will fall dead in the land of the Babylonians,[c]
    slashed to death in her streets.
5 For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
    has not abandoned Israel and Judah.
He is still their God,
    even though their land was filled with sin
    against the Holy One of Israel.”

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Footnotes

  1. 51:1 Hebrew of Leb-kamai, a code name for Babylonia.
  2. 51:3 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
  3. 51:4 Or Chaldeans; also in 51:54.
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Jeremiah 51:1-5
Living Bible

51 The Lord says: I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon, against that whole land of the Chaldeans, and destroy it. 2 Winnowers shall come and winnow her and blow her away; they shall come from every side to rise against her in her day of trouble. 3 The arrows of the enemy shall strike down the bowmen of Babylon and pierce her warriors in their coats of mail. No one shall be spared; both young and old alike shall be destroyed. 4 They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, slashed to death in her streets. 5 For the Lord Almighty has not forsaken Israel and Judah. He is still their God, but the land of the Chaldeans[a] is filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:5 the land of the Chaldeans, implied.
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