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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]
43 Her cities will become an object of horror,
    a dry land and a desert,
a land in which no one lives,
    and through which no human being passes.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
  2. Jeremiah 51:42 Lit. its many waves

41 “How Sheshak[a](A) will be captured,(B)
    the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate(C) Babylon will be
    among the nations!
42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
    its roaring waves(D) will cover her.
43 Her towns will be desolate,
    a dry and desert(E) land,
a land where no one lives,
    through which no one travels.(F)

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Footnotes

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