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46 Do this[a] now, so your heart does not grow faint,
    and so you don’t become frightened
        because of the rumors[b] that are heard in the land—
a rumor comes one year[c] and then after it
    another rumor[d] comes the next year[e]
about violence in the land
    and one ruler against another ruler.[f]
47 Therefore, look, days are coming
    when I’ll punish the idols of Babylon.
Her entire land will be put to shame,
    and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 Then the heavens and the earth
    and all that are in them
        will shout for joy about Babylon
because the destroyers will come
    out of the north against her,”
        declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. And
  2. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. rumor
  3. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. in a year
  4. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. a rumor
  5. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. in a year
  6. Jeremiah 51:46 Lit. a ruler against a ruler

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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