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13 (A) People of Babylon, you live
along the Euphrates River
    and are surrounded by canals.
You are rich,
but now the time has come
    for you to die.[a]
14 I, the Lord All-Powerful,
    swear by my own life
that enemy soldiers
will fill your streets
    like a swarm of locusts.[b]
They will shout
    and celebrate their victory.

A Hymn of Praise

(Jeremiah 10.12-16)

15 God used his wisdom and power
to create the earth
    and spread out the heavens.

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Footnotes

  1. 51.13 for you to die: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 51.14 locusts: See the note at 46.22.

13 You who live by many waters(A)
    and are rich in treasures,(B)
your end has come,
    the time for you to be destroyed.(C)
14 The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself:(D)
    I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts,(E)
    and they will shout(F) in triumph over you.

15 “He made the earth by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom(G)
    and stretched(H) out the heavens by his understanding.(I)

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