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48 (A) when an army attacks
from the north
    and brings destruction.
Then the earth and the heavens
and everything in them
    will celebrate.
49 (B) Babylon must be overthrown,
    because it slaughtered
the people of Israel
    and of many other nations.

50 My people, you escaped death
    when Jerusalem fell.
Now you live far from home,
but you should trust me
    and think about Jerusalem.
Leave Babylon! Don't stay!

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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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