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46 Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful
    at the report heard in the land,
when a report comes in one year
    and afterward a report in another year,
and violence is in the land,
    and ruler is against ruler.

47 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming
    when I will punish the images of Babylon;
her whole land shall be put to shame,
    and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
48 Then the heavens and the earth,
    and all that is in them,
shall sing for joy over Babylon;
    for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north,
                says the Lord.

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46 Do not lose heart(A) or be afraid(B)
    when rumors(C) are heard in the land;
one rumor comes this year, another the next,
    rumors of violence in the land
    and of ruler against ruler.
47 For the time will surely come
    when I will punish the idols(D) of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced(E)
    and her slain will all lie fallen within her.(F)
48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout(G) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north(H)
    destroyers(I) will attack her,”
declares the Lord.

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