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41 How Sheshach[a] is taken;
    the pride of the whole earth seized!
How Babylon has become
    an object of horror among the nations!(A)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
    she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.(B)
43 Her cities have become an object of horror,
    a land of drought and a desert,
a land in which no one lives
    and through which no mortal passes.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 51.41 That is, Babylon

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.