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34 “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has defeated and destroyed us.
    In the past he took our people away,
    and we became like an empty jar.
He was like a giant snake that swallowed us.
    He filled his stomach with our best things.
    Then he spit us out.
35 Babylon did terrible things to hurt us.
    Now let those things happen to Babylon,”
    say the people of Jerusalem.
“The people of Babylon killed our people.
    Now let them be punished for what they did,” says Jerusalem.

36 So this is what the Lord says:

“I will soon defend you, Judah,
    and make sure that Babylon is punished.
I will dry up Babylon’s sea
    and make her springs become dry.

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34 “Nebuchadnezzar(A) king of Babylon has devoured(B) us,(C)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed(D) us out.
35 May the violence(E) done to our flesh[a] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.(F)

36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“See, I will defend your cause(G)
    and avenge(H) you;
I will dry up(I) her sea
    and make her springs dry.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:35 Or done to us and to our children