15 Raise your battle cry against her on every side!
She has (A)given [a]herself up, her towers have fallen,
Her (B)walls have been torn down.
For this is the (C)vengeance of the Lord:
Take vengeance on her;
(D)As she has done to others, so do to her.
16 Eliminate the (E)sower from Babylon
And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest;
From [b]the (F)sword of the oppressor
(G)Each of them will turn back to his own people
And each of them will flee to his own land.

17 “Israel is a (H)scattered [c]flock, the (I)lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the (J)king of Assyria, and this last one who has gnawed his bones is (K)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:15 Lit her hand
  2. Jeremiah 50:16 Or the oppressing sword
  3. Jeremiah 50:17 Lit sheep

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