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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.
44 I’ll punish Bel[a] in Babylon,
    and I’ll make what he has swallowed
        come out of his mouth.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
    Even the wall of Babylon will fall.

45 “Come out of her, my people,
    flee for your lives from the Lord’s anger!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:44 Bel was another name for Marduk, the sun god of Babylon.

43 Her towns will be desolate,
    a dry and desert(A) land,
a land where no one lives,
    through which no one travels.(B)
44 I will punish Bel(C) in Babylon
    and make him spew out(D) what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
    And the wall(E) of Babylon will fall.

45 “Come out(F) of her, my people!
    Run(G) for your lives!
    Run from the fierce anger(H) of the Lord.

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