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21 Prepare a place of slaughter for his children
    for the iniquity of their fathers;
they must not rise nor possess the land,
    nor fill the face of the world with cities.

22 For I will rise up against them,
    says the Lord of Hosts,
and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant,
    and son, and nephew,
    says the Lord.
23 I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog
    and pools of water,
and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,
    says the Lord of Hosts.

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21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children(A)
    for the sins of their ancestors;(B)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

22 “I will rise up(C) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name(D) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,(E)
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls(F)
    and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,(G)
    declares the Lord Almighty.(H)

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