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47 I will punish the gods of Babylon.
    That time will certainly come.
Then the whole land will be full of shame.
    Its people will lie down and die there.
48 So heaven and earth and everything in them will shout for joy.
    They will be glad because of what will happen to Babylon.
Armies will attack it from the north.
    And they will destroy it,”
    announces the Lord.

49 “Babylon’s people have killed my people Israel.
    They have also killed people all over the earth.
    So now Babylon itself must fall.

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47 For the time will surely come
    when I will punish the idols(A) of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced(B)
    and her slain will all lie fallen within her.(C)
48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout(D) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north(E)
    destroyers(F) will attack her,”
declares the Lord.

49 “Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
    just as the slain in all the earth
    have fallen because of Babylon.(G)

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