Daughter of Babylon, you [a](A)devastated one,
Blessed will be one who (B)repays you
With [b]the retribution with which you have repaid us.

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  1. Psalm 137:8 Or devastator
  2. Psalm 137:8 Lit your requital

Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(A)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.

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O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

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O daughter of Babylon, (A)who are to be destroyed,
Happy the one (B)who repays you as you have served us!

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29 “Summon [a]many against Babylon,
All those who [b]bend the bow:
Encamp against her on every side,
Let there be no escape[c].
Repay her according to her work;
(A)According to all that she has done, so do to her;
For she has become (B)arrogant against the Lord,
Against the Holy One of Israel.

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  1. Jeremiah 50:29 Another reading is archers
  2. Jeremiah 50:29 Lit step on (in order to string)
  3. Jeremiah 50:29 Some mss add to her

29 “Summon archers against Babylon,
    all those who draw the bow.(A)
Encamp all around her;
    let no one escape.(B)
Repay(C) her for her deeds;(D)
    do to her as she has done.
For she has defied(E) the Lord,
    the Holy One(F) of Israel.

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29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

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29 “Call together the archers against Babylon.
All you who bend the bow, encamp against it all around;
Let none of them [a]escape.
(A)Repay her according to her work;
According to all she has done, do to her;
(B)For she has been proud against the Lord,
Against the Holy One of Israel.

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  1. Jeremiah 50:29 Qr., some Heb. mss., LXX, Tg. add to her