48 Then (A)heaven and earth and everything that is in them
Will shout for joy over Babylon,
Because (B)the destroyers will come to her from the north,”
Declares the Lord.

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48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout(A) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north(B)
    destroyers(C) will attack her,”
declares the Lord.

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53 Though Babylon (A)ascends to the heavens,
And though she fortifies [a]her lofty stronghold,
Destroyers will come from (B)Me to her,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:53 Lit the height of her strength

53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens(A)
    and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
    I will send destroyers(B) against her,”
declares the Lord.

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Since you have (A)looted many nations,
All the rest of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence [a]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:8 Lit of the land

Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.(A)
For you have shed human blood;(B)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(C)

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