34 “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me;
he has crushed me.
He has set me aside like an empty dish;
he has swallowed me like a sea monster;(A)
he filled his belly with my delicacies;
he has vomited me out.[a]
35 Let the violence done to me and my family be done to Babylon,”
says the inhabitant of Zion.
“Let my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
says Jerusalem.

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  1. 51:34 Lit has rinsed me off

34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has (A)devoured me, he has crushed me,
He has set me down like an (B)empty vessel;
He has (C)swallowed me like a monster,
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
He has washed me away.
35 May the (D)violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The [a]inhabitant of Zion will say;
And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
Jerusalem will say.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:35 Lit inhabitress