16 He said to the woman:

I will intensify your labor pains;
you will bear children in anguish.(A)
Your desire(B) will be for your husband,
yet he will rule over you.

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Downfall of the King of Babylon

When the Lord gives you rest from your pain,(A) torment, and the hard labor(B) you were forced to do,

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19 And the women said,[a] “When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it apart from our husbands’ knowledge(A) that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:19 LXX, Syr; MT omits And the women said

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