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19 You would have had many children,
    as many as the grains of sand.
They would never have died out
    nor been destroyed.”

20 My people, leave Babylon!
    Run from the Babylonians!
Tell this news with shouts of joy to the people;
    spread it everywhere on earth.
Say, “The Lord has saved his servants, the people of Jacob.”
21 They did not become thirsty when he led them through the deserts.
    He made water flow from a rock for them.
He split the rock,
    and water flowed out.

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19 Your descendants(A) would have been like the sand,(B)
    your children like its numberless grains;(C)
their name would never be blotted out(D)
    nor destroyed from before me.”

20 Leave Babylon,
    flee(E) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(F)
    and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(G)
    say, “The Lord has redeemed(H) his servant Jacob.”
21 They did not thirst(I) when he led them through the deserts;
    he made water flow(J) for them from the rock;
he split the rock
    and water gushed out.(K)

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