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15 Raise a war cry against her on all sides.
    She has surrendered.[a]
Her towers have fallen,
    her walls are ruined.
For this is the vengeance of Yahweh.
    Take revenge on her.
As she has done to others,
    so do to her.
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon,
    and the one who uses the sickle in the time of harvest.
Because of[b] the sword of the oppressor
    each one will turn to their people,
    and each one will flee to their land.
17 Israel is a sheep scattered,
    lions drove them away.
The first who devoured it was the king of Assyria,
    and now at the end Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, gnawed its bones.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:15 Literally “She has given her hand”
  2. Jeremiah 50:16 Literally “From the face of”