Jeremiah 51:32-34

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And that the fords [across the Euphrates] have been blocked and [the ferries] seized,
And they have set the [great] marshes on fire,
And the men of war are terrified.

³³For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

“The Daughter of Babylon is like a ^[a]threshing floor
At the time it is being trampled and prepared;
Yet in a little while the time of harvest will come for her.”

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“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured ^[b]me, he has crushed me,
He has set me down like an empty vessel.
Like a monster he has swallowed me up,
He has filled his belly with my delicacies;
He has spit me out and washed me away.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 51:33 At harvest time the threshing floor had to be firmly trampled before the grain or seeds could be extracted with the flail. A flail consisted of a handle to which was attached a freely swinging stick or bar. In the Bible, the harvest is often used as metaphor for judgment.
Jeremiah 51:34 The Jewish captives.