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23 Babylon was called
    ‘The Hammer of the Whole Earth.’
But now the ‘Hammer’ is shattered.
    Babylon is the most ruined of 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 captured.
25 The Lord has opened up his storeroom
    and brought out the weapons of his anger.
The Lord God All-Powerful brought out those weapons,
    because he has work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

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23 How broken and shattered
    is the hammer(A) of the whole earth!(B)
How desolate(C) is Babylon
    among the nations!
24 I set a trap(D) for you, Babylon,
    and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured(E)
    because you opposed(F) the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened his arsenal
    and brought out the weapons(G) of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
    in the land of the Babylonians.(H)

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