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23 I use you to smash shepherds and flocks.
    I use you to smash farmers and oxen.
    I use you to smash governors and officers.

24 “But I will pay back Babylon and all the Babylonians for all the evil things they did to Jerusalem in your sight,” says the Lord.

25 The Lord says,

“Babylon, you are a destroying mountain,
    and I am against you.
    You have destroyed the whole land.
I will put my hand out against you.
    I will roll you off the cliffs,
    and I will make you a burned-out mountain.

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23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
    with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
    with you I shatter governors and officials.(A)

24 “Before your eyes I will repay(B) Babylon(C) and all who live in Babylonia[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.

25 “I am against(D) you, you destroying mountain,
    you who destroy the whole earth,”(E)
declares the Lord.
“I will stretch out my hand(F) against you,
    roll you off the cliffs,
    and make you a burned-out mountain.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35