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Babylon has suddenly fallen and been broken.
    Cry for her!
Get balm for her pain,
    and maybe she can be healed.

“Foreigners in Babylon say, ‘We tried to heal Babylon,
    but she cannot be healed.
So let us leave her and each go to his own country.
    Babylon’s punishment is as high as the sky;
    it reaches to the clouds.’

10 “The people of Judah say, ‘The Lord has shown us to be right.
    Come, let us tell in Jerusalem
    what the Lord our God has done.’

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Babylon will suddenly fall(A) and be broken.
    Wail over her!
Get balm(B) for her pain;
    perhaps she can be healed.

“‘We would have healed Babylon,
    but she cannot be healed;
let us leave(C) her and each go to our own land,
    for her judgment(D) reaches to the skies,
    it rises as high as the heavens.’

10 “‘The Lord has vindicated(E) us;
    come, let us tell in Zion
    what the Lord our God has done.’(F)

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