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51 This is what the Lord says:

“I will soon cause a destroying wind to blow
    against Babylon and the Babylonian people.
I will send foreign people to destroy Babylon
    like a wind that blows chaff away.
    They will destroy the land.
Armies will surround the city
    when the day of disaster comes upon her.

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51 This is what the Lord says:

“See, I will stir(A) up the spirit of a destroyer
    against Babylon(B) and the people of Leb Kamai.[a]
I will send foreigners(C) to Babylon
    to winnow(D) her and to devastate her land;
they will oppose her on every side
    in the day(E) of her disaster.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:1 Leb Kamai is a cryptogram for Chaldea, that is, Babylonia.