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46 Don’t be distracted or frightened
    by the rumors you hear in the land.
        Sometimes you hear one thing
        and another time something else:
    rumors of violence and uprisings.
47 The time is coming
    when I will deal with Babylon’s idols;
    the whole land will be disgraced,
        and her wounded will fall in her midst.
48 Then all creation will rejoice over Babylon,
    because out of the north
    destroying armies will come to attack her,
        declares the Lord.

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46 Do not lose heart(A) or be afraid(B)
    when rumors(C) are heard in the land;
one rumor comes this year, another the next,
    rumors of violence in the land
    and of ruler against ruler.
47 For the time will surely come
    when I will punish the idols(D) of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced(E)
    and her slain will all lie fallen within her.(F)
48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout(G) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north(H)
    destroyers(I) will attack her,”
declares the Lord.

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