32 The fords also have been seized,
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.

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

“The daughter of Babylon is like a (A)threshing floor
At the time [a]it is stamped firm;
Yet in a little while the time of (B)harvest will come for her.”

34 “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has (C)devoured me and crushed me,
He has set me down like an (D)empty vessel;
He has (E)swallowed me like a monster,
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
He has washed me away.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:33 Lit of treading it