13 You who (A)live by many waters,
Abundant in (B)treasures,
Your end has come,
The [a]measure of your [b](C)end.
14 The (D)Lord of armies has sworn by Himself:
“I will certainly fill you with a [c]population like (E)locusts,
And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you.”

15 It is (F)He who made the earth by His power,
Who established the world by His wisdom,
And by His understanding He (G)stretched out the heavens.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:13 Lit cubit
  2. Jeremiah 51:13 Lit being cut off
  3. Jeremiah 51:14 Or mankind

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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