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48 Then all creation will rejoice over Babylon,
    because out of the north
    destroying armies will come to attack her,
        declares the Lord.
49 Babylon must fall
    for the dead in Israel,
        as the dead of all the earth
        have fallen to Babylon.

50 You survivors of war,
    leave now; don’t delay!
Remember the Lord,
    from a faraway land.
Keep Jerusalem alive in your hearts.

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48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout(A) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north(B)
    destroyers(C) 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.(D)
50 You who have escaped the sword,
    leave(E) and do not linger!
Remember(F) the Lord in a distant land,(G)
    and call to mind Jerusalem.”

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