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50 You who have escaped being killed with swords,
    leave Babylon! Don’t wait!
    Remember the Lord in the faraway land
    and think about Jerusalem.”

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

52 So the Lord says, “The time is coming soon
    when I will punish the idols of Babylon.
Wounded people will cry with pain
    all over that land.

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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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