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39 While they are ·stirred [heated] up,
    I will give ·a feast for [drinks to] them
    and make them drunk.
They will shout and laugh.
    And they will sleep forever and never wake up!” says the Lord.
40 “I will take them [C people of Babylon] to be ·killed [slaughtered].
    They will be like lambs,
like sheep and goats [11:19; 12:3].

41 “How ·Babylon [L Sheshach; C an alternate name for Babylon; 25:26] has been ·defeated [captured]!
    The pride of the whole earth has been ·taken captive [seized].
·People from other nations are shocked at what happened to Babylon,
    and the things they see make them afraid [L How Babylon has become a horror among the nations].

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