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Jeremiah 51:1-2
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

51 Thus says the Lord:

I am going to stir up a destructive wind[a]
    against Babylon
    and against the inhabitants of Leb-qamai;[b]
2 and I will send winnowers to Babylon,
    and they shall winnow her.
They shall empty her land
    when they come against her from every side
    on the day of trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:1 Or stir up the spirit of a destroyer
  2. Jeremiah 51:1 Leb-qamai is a cryptogram for Kasdim, Chaldea
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Jeremiah 51:1-2
New International Version

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]
2 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.
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