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47 For the time is surely coming when I will punish this great city and all her idols; her dead shall lie in the streets. 48 Heaven and earth shall rejoice, for out of the north shall come destroying armies against Babylon, says the Lord. 49 Just as Babylon killed the people of Israel, so must she be killed.

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47 For the time will surely come
    when I will punish the idols(A) of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced(B)
    and her slain will all lie fallen within her.(C)
48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout(D) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north(E)
    destroyers(F) will attack her,”
declares the Lord.

49 “Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
    just as the slain in all the earth
    have fallen because of Babylon.(G)

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