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23 I use you to destroy shepherds and their flocks.
    I use you to destroy farmers and their oxen.
    I use you to destroy governors and officials.

24 “Judah, I will pay Babylon back. You will see it with your own eyes. I will pay back all those who live in Babylon. I will pay them back for all the wrong things they have done in Zion,” announces the Lord.

25 “Babylon, I am against you.
    Your kingdom is like a destroying mountain.
    You have destroyed the whole earth,”
    announces the Lord.
“I will reach out my hand against you.
    I will roll you off the cliffs.
    I will make you like a mountain that has been burned up.

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23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
    with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
    with you I shatter governors and officials.(A)

24 “Before your eyes I will repay(B) Babylon(C) and all who live in Babylonia[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.

25 “I am against(D) you, you destroying mountain,
    you who destroy the whole earth,”(E)
declares the Lord.
“I will stretch out my hand(F) against you,
    roll you off the cliffs,
    and make you a burned-out mountain.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35