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26 Come against her from every quarter and from the utmost border. Open her granaries and storehouses; pile up [their contents] like heaps of rubbish. Burn and destroy her utterly; let nothing be left of her.

27 Slay all her bullocks (her choice youths, the strength of her army); let them go down to the slaughter! Woe to [the Chaldeans]! For their day has come, the time of their visitation (their inspection and punishment).

28 Listen! The voice of those [Jews] who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance [of the Lord upon the Chaldeans] for [the plundering and destruction of] His temple.

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26 Come against her from afar.(A)
    Break open her granaries;
    pile her up like heaps of grain.(B)
Completely destroy(C) her
    and leave her no remnant.
27 Kill all her young bulls;(D)
    let them go down to the slaughter!(E)
Woe to them! For their day(F) has come,
    the time(G) for them to be punished.
28 Listen to the fugitives(H) and refugees from Babylon
    declaring in Zion(I)
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance,(J)
    vengeance for his temple.(K)

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