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40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams with he goats.

41 How is Sheshach taken!
and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised!
how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon:
she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

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40 “I will bring them down
    like lambs to the slaughter,
    like rams and goats.(A)

41 “How Sheshak[a](B) will be captured,(C)
    the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate(D) Babylon will be
    among the nations!
42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
    its roaring waves(E) will cover her.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.