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18 If only you had listened to my commandments,
    your prosperity would have been like a river
    and your success like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants would have been as numerous as the sand
    and your offspring like its countless grains.
Their name would never be erased
    or blotted out from my sight.
20 Go forth from Babylon! Flee from Chaldea!
    Proclaim this with shouts of joy
    and make it known.
Send the message to the ends of the earth and say,
    “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.”

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18 If only you had paid attention(A) to my commands,
    your peace(B) would have been like a river,(C)
    your well-being(D) like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants(E) would have been like the sand,(F)
    your children like its numberless grains;(G)
their name would never be blotted out(H)
    nor destroyed from before me.”

20 Leave Babylon,
    flee(I) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(J)
    and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(K)
    say, “The Lord has redeemed(L) his servant Jacob.”

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