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11 O you who plundered my heritage,
    although you rejoice and exult,
although you playfully frolic
    like heifers on the grass
    and neigh like stallions,
12 your mother[a] will be cruelly put to shame;
    she who bore you will be completely disgraced.
She is now the least of the nations,
    a desert, a parched land, a wilderness.
13 Because of the wrath of the Lord
    she will not be inhabited
    but will be totally desolate.
Everyone who passes by Babylon will be appalled
    and stunned at the enormity of her wounds.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:12 Mother: the Babylonian nation.

11 “Because you rejoice and are glad,
    you who pillage my inheritance,(A)
because you frolic like a heifer(B) threshing grain
    and neigh like stallions,
12 your mother will be greatly ashamed;
    she who gave you birth will be disgraced.(C)
She will be the least of the nations—
    a wilderness, a dry land, a desert.(D)
13 Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited
    but will be completely desolate.(E)
All who pass Babylon will be appalled;(F)
    they will scoff(G) because of all her wounds.(H)

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