15 Raise your battle cry against her on every side!
She has (A)given [a]herself up, her towers have fallen,
Her (B)walls have been torn down.
For this is the (C)vengeance of the Lord:
Take vengeance on her;
(D)As she has done to others, so do to her.

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  1. Jeremiah 50:15 Lit her hand

15 Shout(A) against her on every side!
    She surrenders, her towers fall,
    her walls(B) are torn down.
Since this is the vengeance(C) of the Lord,
    take vengeance on her;
    do to her(D) as she has done to others.(E)

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24 “But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of (A)Chaldea for (B)all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes,” declares the Lord.

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24 “Before your eyes I will repay(A) Babylon(B) and all who live in Babylonia[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35

35 May the (A)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.

36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“Behold, I am going to (B)plead your case
And (C)take vengeance for you;
And (D)I will dry up her [b]sea
And make her fountain dry.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:35 Lit inhabitress
  2. Jeremiah 51:36 Or broad river

35 May the violence(A) done to our flesh[a] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.(B)

36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“See, I will defend your cause(C)
    and avenge(D) you;
I will dry up(E) her sea
    and make her springs dry.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:35 Or done to us and to our children

49 (A)Indeed, Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel,
As (B)the slain of all the earth have also fallen for Babylon.

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49 “Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
    just as the slain in all the earth
    have fallen because of Babylon.(A)

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(A)Pay her back even as she has paid, and [a]give back to her double according to her deeds; in the (B)cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.

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  1. Revelation 18:6 Lit double to her

Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(A) double(B) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(C)

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