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31 “Proud Babylonians, I am against you,”
    announces the Lord.
The Lord who rules over all says,
    “Your day to be judged has come.
    It is time for you to be punished.
32 You proud people will trip and fall.
    No one will help you up.
I will start a fire in your towns.
    It will burn up everyone around you.”

33 The Lord who rules over all says,

“The people of Israel are being treated badly.
    So are the people of Judah.
Those who have captured them are holding them.
    They refuse to let them go.

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31 “See, I am against(A) you, you arrogant one,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
“for your day(B) has come,
    the time for you to be punished.
32 The arrogant(C) one will stumble and fall(D)
    and no one will help her up;(E)
I will kindle a fire(F) in her towns
    that will consume all who are around her.”

33 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“The people of Israel are oppressed,(G)
    and the people of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast,
    refusing to let them go.(H)

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