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(A)Foreigners living there said, ‘We tried to help Babylonia, but it was too late. Let's leave now and go back home. God has punished Babylonia with all his might and has destroyed it completely.’”

10 The Lord says, “My people shout, ‘The Lord has shown that we are in the right. Let's go and tell the people in Jerusalem what the Lord our God has done.’”

11 The Lord has stirred up the kings of Media, because he intends to destroy Babylonia. That is how he will take revenge for the destruction of his Temple.

The attacking officers command, “Sharpen your arrows! Get your shields ready!

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“‘We would have healed Babylon,
    but she cannot be healed;
let us leave(A) her and each go to our own land,
    for her judgment(B) reaches to the skies,
    it rises as high as the heavens.’

10 “‘The Lord has vindicated(C) us;
    come, let us tell in Zion
    what the Lord our God has done.’(D)

11 “Sharpen the arrows,(E)
    take up the shields!(F)
The Lord has stirred up the kings(G) of the Medes,(H)
    because his purpose(I) is to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will take vengeance,(J)
    vengeance for his temple.(K)

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