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47 That is why the days are coming when I will punish Babylon’s idols.
    The whole country will be put to shame,
        and all its soldiers will lie dead.
48 Then heaven and earth and everything in them will rejoice over Babylon,
    because destroyers from the north will attack it,”
        declares Yahweh.

49 Because the people of Babylon have killed many Israelites
    and because they have killed many people throughout the earth,
        Babylon 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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