34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon (A)has devoured me;
    he has crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel;
    (B)he has swallowed me like (C)a monster;
he has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
    he has rinsed me out.[a]

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  1. Jeremiah 51:34 Or he has expelled me

34 “Nebuchadnezzar(A) king of Babylon has devoured(B) us,(C)
    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(D) us out.

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(A)Cyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord that (B)Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods. Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in the charge of (C)Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to (D)Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

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Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god.[a](A) Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar(B) the prince of Judah.

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  1. Ezra 1:7 Or gods