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Jeremiah 51:40-42
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40 “I’ll bring them down like lambs for the slaughter,
    like rams with male goats.

41 “How Sheshak[a] will be captured,
    and the prince of all the earth seized!
How Babylon will become an object of horror
    among the nations!
42 The sea will come up against Babylon,
    and she will be covered by wave upon wave.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
  2. Jeremiah 51:42 Lit. its many waves
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Jeremiah 51:40-42
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40 “I will bring them down
    like lambs to the slaughter,
    like rams and goats.(A)

41 “How Sheshak[a](B) will be captured,(C)
    the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate(D) Babylon will be
    among the nations!
42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
    its roaring waves(E) will cover her.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
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