34 “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has (A)devoured me and crushed me,
He has set me down like an (B)empty vessel;
He has (C)swallowed me like a monster,
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
He has washed me away.
35 “May the (D)violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The [a]inhabitant of Zion will say;
And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
Jerusalem will say.

36 Therefore thus says the Lord,

“Behold, I am going to (E)plead your case
And (F)exact full vengeance for you;
And (G)I will dry up her [b]sea
And make her fountain dry.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:35 Lit inhabitress
  2. Jeremiah 51:36 Or broad river