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32 and the passages have been seized,
    and they have burned the reeds with fire,
    and the men of war are terrified.

33 For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor,
it is time to thresh her;
yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come.

34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
    has devoured me and crushed me;
    he has made me an empty vessel.
He has swallowed me up like a dragon;
    he has filled his belly with my delicacies,
    he has cast me out.

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32 the river crossings seized,
    the marshes set on fire,(A)
    and the soldiers terrified.(B)

33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

“Daughter Babylon(C) is like a threshing floor(D)
    at the time it is trampled;
    the time to harvest(E) her will soon come.(F)

34 “Nebuchadnezzar(G) king of Babylon has devoured(H) us,(I)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed(J) us out.

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