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Those you owe money to will suddenly rise up.
They will wake up
    and make you tremble with fear.
Then they will take away
    everything you have.
You have robbed many nations.
    So the nations that are left will rob you.
You have spilled human blood.
    You have destroyed lands and cities
    and everyone in them.

“How terrible it will be for the Babylonians!
    They build their kingdom with money
    that they gained by cheating others.
They have tried to make the kingdom
    as secure as possible.
    After all, they did not want to be destroyed.

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Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
    Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
    Then you will become their prey.(A)
Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.(B)
For you have shed human blood;(C)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(D)

“Woe to him who builds(E) his house by unjust gain,(F)
    setting his nest(G) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!

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