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24 Babylonia challenged me,
    the Lord God All-Powerful,
but that nation doesn't know
it is caught in a trap
    that I set.
25 I've brought out my weapons,
and with them I will put a curse
    on Babylonia.

26 Come from far away,
    you enemies of Babylon!
Pile up the grain
    from its storehouses,
and destroy it completely,
    along with everything else.

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24 I set a trap(A) for you, Babylon,
    and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured(B)
    because you opposed(C) the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened his arsenal
    and brought out the weapons(D) of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
    in the land of the Babylonians.(E)
26 Come against her from afar.(F)
    Break open her granaries;
    pile her up like heaps of grain.(G)
Completely destroy(H) her
    and leave her no remnant.

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