Let (A)destruction come upon him (B)when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
    let him fall into it—to his destruction!

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may ruin overtake them by surprise—(A)
    may the net they hid entangle them,
    may they fall into the pit,(B) to their ruin.

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41 “How (A)Babylon[a] is taken,
    (B)the praise of the whole earth (C)seized!
How Babylon has become
    a horror among the nations!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:41 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon

41 “How Sheshak[a](A) will be captured,(B)
    the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate(C) Babylon will be
    among the nations!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.