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21 Prepare to kill his children.
    Kill them because their father is guilty.
They will never again take control of the earth.
    They will never again fill the world with their cities.

22 The Lord of heaven’s armies says this:
    “I will fight against those people.
I will destroy Babylon and its people.
    I will destroy its people and their descendants,” says the Lord.
23 “I will make Babylon fit only for owls.
    It will become a swamp.
I will sweep Babylon as with a broom of destruction,”
    says the Lord of heaven’s armies.

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21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children(A)
    for the sins of their ancestors;(B)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

22 “I will rise up(C) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name(D) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,(E)
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls(F)
    and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,(G)
    declares the Lord Almighty.(H)

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