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53 Though Babylon goes up to the heavens,
    and though she fortifies the high place of her strength,
    from me destroyers will come to her,” declares[a] Yahweh.
54 The sound of a cry for help from Babylon,
    and a great collapse from the land of the Chaldeans.
55 For Yahweh is devastating Babylon,
    and he obliterates her loud noise[b] from her.
Their waves roar like mighty waters,
    the roar of their voices[c] resounds.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:53 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 51:55 Or “voice”
  3. Jeremiah 51:55 Hebrew “voice”