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40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
    like rams and goats.
41 Babylon has been seized and conquered,
    she who was the pride of the entire world.
What an object of horror
    has Babylon become among the nations.
42 The sea has surged over Babylon,
    covering her with its roaring waves.

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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.