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38 Bring a drought on its land
    and dry up its rivers.
Babylonia is a land of terrifying idols
    that have made fools of the people.

39 (A)“And so Babylon will be haunted by demons and evil spirits,[a] and by unclean birds. Never again will people live there, not for all time to come. 40 (B)The same thing will happen to Babylon that happened to Sodom and Gomorrah, when I destroyed them and the nearby towns. No one will ever live there again. I, the Lord, have spoken.

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  1. Jeremiah 50:39 demons and evil spirits; or wildcats and jackals.

38 A drought on[a] her waters!(A)
    They will dry(B) up.
For it is a land of idols,(C)
    idols that will go mad with terror.

39 “So desert creatures(D) and hyenas will live there,
    and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
    or lived in from generation to generation.(E)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah(F)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.(G)

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  1. Jeremiah 50:38 Or A sword against