26 Come against her from the most distant places.[a]
Open her granaries;
pile her up like mounds of grain
and completely destroy her.
Leave her no survivors.
27 Put all her young bulls to the sword;
let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, because their day has come,
the time of their punishment.(A)

The Humiliation of Babylon

28 “There is a voice of fugitives and those who escape
from the land of Babylon
announcing in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
the vengeance for His temple.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:26 Lit from the end

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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