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21 To the land of Merathaim,
    go up against her,
and against the inhabitants of Pekod,
    massacre and destroy them,” declares[a] Yahweh,
“and do according to all that I have commanded you.
22 The sound of battle is in the land,
    and great destruction.
23 How the blacksmith’s hammer of all the earth is cut down and broken!
    How Babylon has become as a horror among the nations!

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  1. Jeremiah 50:21 Literally “a declaration of”

21 “Attack the land of Merathaim
    and those who live in Pekod.(A)
Pursue, kill and completely destroy[a] them,”
declares the Lord.
    “Do everything I have commanded you.
22 The noise(B) of battle is in the land,
    the noise of great destruction!
23 How broken and shattered
    is the hammer(C) of the whole earth!(D)
How desolate(E) is Babylon
    among the nations!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.