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24 I set a trap for you [C Babylon],
    and you were caught before you knew it.
You ·fought against [challenged] the Lord,
    so you were found and ·taken prisoner [captured].
25 The Lord has opened up his storeroom
    and brought out the weapons of his anger,
because the Lord God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; T of hosts] has work to do
    in the land of the ·Babylonians [L Chaldeans].
26 Come against it [C Babylon] from far away.
    Break open her storehouses of grain.
    Pile them up [C dead bodies] like heaps of grain.
·Completely destroy Babylon [L Annihilate it]
    and ·do not leave anyone alive [L let there be no remnant].

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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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