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48 (A)Everything on earth and in the sky will shout for joy when Babylonia falls to the people who come from the north to destroy it. 49 (B)Babylonia caused the death of people all over the world, and now Babylonia will fall because it caused the death of so many Israelites. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

God's Message to the Israelites in Babylonia

50 The Lord says to his people in Babylonia: “You have escaped death! Now go! Don't wait! Though you are far from home, think about me, your Lord, and remember Jerusalem.

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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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