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32 The fords have been captured,
the marshes[a] are on fire,
and the soldiers are in a panic.
33 This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says.
The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor when it is trampled.
In just a little while, the time of her harvest will come.

34 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured us.[b]
He has crushed us
and made us like an empty jar.
Like a monster, he has swallowed us,
filled his stomach with our tastiest parts,
and spit out the rest.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:32 Or fortresses
  2. Jeremiah 51:34 Hebrew variant me. The same variant occurs throughout verse 34.