15 (A)Raise a shout against her all around;
    she has surrendered;
her bulwarks have fallen;
    (B)her walls are thrown down.
For (C)this is the vengeance of the Lord:
    take vengeance on her;
    (D)do to her as she has done.
16 Cut off from Babylon the sower,
    and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest;
(E)because of the sword of the oppressor,
    (F)every one shall turn to his own people,
    and every one shall flee to his own land.

17 (G)“Israel is a hunted sheep (H)driven away by lions. (I)First the king of Assyria (J)devoured him, and now at last (K)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (L)has gnawed his bones.

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