19 But you are cast out(A) of your tomb
    like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,(B)
    with those pierced by the sword,(C)
    those who descend to the stones of the pit.(D)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,

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25 The Lord has opened his arsenal
    and brought out the weapons(A) of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
    in the land of the Babylonians.(B)

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Let not the archer string his bow,(A)
    nor let him put on his armor.(B)
Do not spare her young men;
    completely destroy[a] her army.
They will fall(C) down slain in Babylon,[b]
    fatally wounded in her streets.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  2. Jeremiah 51:4 Or Chaldea

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