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16 Cut off the sower from Babylon,
    and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest.
For fear of the oppressing sword
    everyone will turn to his people,
    and everyone will flee to his own land.

17 Israel is a scattered flock.
    The lions have driven him away.
First the king of Assyria
    devoured him;
and this last one who has broken his bones
    is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

18 Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

I will punish the king of Babylon and his land,
    as I have punished the king of Assyria.

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