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38 A sword[a] against the water supplies
    so that they dry up.
It is truly the land of idols,
    idols about which they have gone utterly mad!
39 Therefore, Babylon will become a ghost town,
    a place for desert animals,
        hyenas, and ravenous birds.[b]
No one will live there again;
    no one will make it their home.
40 Just as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors,
        declares the Lord,
    so no one will live in Babylon
        or settle there again.

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  1. Jeremiah 50:38 Or A drought
  2. Jeremiah 50:39 Heb uncertain

38 A drought on[a] her waters!(A)
    They will dry(B) up.
For it is a land of idols,(C)
    idols that will go mad with terror.

39 “So desert creatures(D) and hyenas will live there,
    and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
    or lived in from generation to generation.(E)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah(F)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.(G)

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  1. Jeremiah 50:38 Or A sword against