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48 Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them
    will rejoice over Babylon.
The destroyers will attack her from the north, 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.

A Message to the Israelites in Babylon
The Lord or the Prophet[a]

50 You who have escaped the sword, go!
Do not delay!
Remember the Lord from afar,
and think of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:50 Because of the unannounced changes of speaker, the headings mark the speaker of each section.

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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