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49 As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all [her] land.

50 You who have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still! [Seriously and earnestly] remember the Lord from afar [Babylon], and let [desolate] Jerusalem come into your mind.

51 We are confounded and ashamed, for we have heard reproach; confusion and shame have covered our faces, for strangers have come into the [most] sacred parts of the sanctuary of the Lord [even those forbidden for entrance by all but the high priest or the appointed priests].

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49 “Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
    just as the slain in all the earth
    have fallen because of Babylon.(A)
50 You who have escaped the sword,
    leave(B) and do not linger!
Remember(C) the Lord in a distant land,(D)
    and call to mind Jerusalem.”

51 “We are disgraced,(E)
    for we have been insulted
    and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
    the holy places of the Lord’s house.”(F)

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