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All those who found them have devoured them.
    And their foes have said, ‘We are not guilty,
because[a] they have sinned against Yahweh, the true pasture,[b]
    even Yahweh, the hope of their ancestors.’[c]
Flee from the midst of Babylon,
    and from the land of the Chaldeans.
Go out and be like he-goats
    before[d] the flock.
For look, I am going to stir up,
    and I am going to bring against Babylon
a contingent of great nations
    from the land of the north.
And they will draw up a battle formation against her,
    from there she will be captured.
Their arrows are like a warrior who has achieved success,
    he does not return without success.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:7 Literally “under that”
  2. Jeremiah 50:7 Literally “settlement of righteousness”
  3. Jeremiah 50:7 Or “fathers”
  4. Jeremiah 50:8 Literally “to the face of”

Whoever found them devoured(A) them;
    their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,(B)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
    the Lord, the hope(C) of their ancestors.’

“Flee(D) out of Babylon;(E)
    leave the land of the Babylonians,
    and be like the goats that lead the flock.
For I will stir(F) up and bring against Babylon
    an alliance of great nations(G) from the land of the north.(H)
They will take up their positions against her,
    and from the north she will be captured.(I)
Their arrows(J) will be like skilled warriors
    who do not return empty-handed.

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