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15 Raise a battle cry against her on every side.
    She has surrendered,[a] her pillars have fallen,
        her walls are thrown down.
For this is the vengeance of the Lord.
    Take vengeance on her;
        as she has done, do to her.
16 Eliminate from Babylon the one who plants seeds
    and the one who uses the sickle at harvest time.
Because of the oppressor’s sword, let each one turn
    toward his own people and flee to his own land.”

Hope for Israel

17 “Israel is a scattered flock, driven out by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria, and then afterward[b] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon gnawed[c] his bones.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:15 Lit. she has given her hand
  2. Jeremiah 50:17 The Heb. lacks afterward
  3. Jeremiah 50:17 The Heb. lacks gnawed