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32 and the [a]passages are seized, and the [b]reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

33 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her. 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured [c]me, he hath crushed [d]me, he hath made [e]me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed [f]me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast [g]me out.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:32 Or, fords
  2. Jeremiah 51:32 Or, marshes. Hebrew pools.
  3. Jeremiah 51:34 Another reading is, us.
  4. Jeremiah 51:34 Another reading is, us.
  5. Jeremiah 51:34 Another reading is, us.
  6. Jeremiah 51:34 Another reading is, us.
  7. Jeremiah 51:34 Another reading is, us.

32 the river crossings seized,
    the marshes set on fire,(A)
    and the soldiers terrified.(B)

33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

“Daughter Babylon(C) is like a threshing floor(D)
    at the time it is trampled;
    the time to harvest(E) her will soon come.(F)

34 “Nebuchadnezzar(G) king of Babylon has devoured(H) us,(I)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed(J) us out.

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