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22 “The noise of battle can be heard all over the country;
    it is the noise of much destruction.
23 Babylon was the hammer of the whole earth,
    but how broken and shattered that hammer is now.
It is truly the most ruined
    of all the nations.
24 Babylon, I set a trap for you,
    and you were caught before you knew it.
You fought against the Lord,
    so you were found and taken prisoner.

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22 The noise(A) of battle is in the land,
    the noise of great destruction!
23 How broken and shattered
    is the hammer(B) of the whole earth!(C)
How desolate(D) is Babylon
    among the nations!
24 I set a trap(E) for you, Babylon,
    and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured(F)
    because you opposed(G) the Lord.

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