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50 You people escaped the swords.
    You must hurry and leave Babylon.
    Don’t wait!
You are in a faraway land,
    but remember the Lord where you are and remember Jerusalem.”

51 “We people of Judah are ashamed.
    We have been insulted,
because strangers have gone into
    the holy places of the Lord’s Temple.”

52 The Lord says, “The time is coming,
    when I will punish the idols of Babylon.
At that time wounded people will cry
    with pain everywhere in that country.

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50 You who have escaped the sword,
    leave(A) and do not linger!
Remember(B) the Lord in a distant land,(C)
    and call to mind Jerusalem.”

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

52 “But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will punish her idols,(F)
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.(G)

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