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15 Though (A)he may flourish among his brothers,
    (B)the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
    rising from the wilderness,
(C)and his fountain shall dry up;
    his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip (D)his treasury
    of every precious thing.

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15     even though he thrives(A) among his brothers.
An east wind(B) from the Lord will come,
    blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
    and his well dry up.(C)
His storehouse will be plundered(D)
    of all its treasures.

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11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from (A)the bare heights in the desert towards the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse,

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11 At that time this people and Jerusalem will be told, “A scorching wind(A) from the barren heights in the desert blows toward my people, but not to winnow or cleanse;

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The Utter Destruction of Babylon

51 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will stir up (A)the spirit of a destroyer
    against Babylon,
    against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:1 A code name for Chaldea

51 This is what the Lord says:

“See, I will stir(A) up the spirit of a destroyer
    against Babylon(B) and the people of Leb Kamai.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:1 Leb Kamai is a cryptogram for Chaldea, that is, Babylonia.

Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! (A)The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

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Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork,(A) and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

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