26 Come to her from the [a]farthest border;
(A)Open up her barns,
Pile her up like heaps of grain
And [b](B)completely destroy her,
Let nothing be left to her.
27 (C)Put all her bulls to the sword;
Let them (D)go down to the slaughter!
Woe be upon them, for their (E)day has come,
The time of their punishment.

28 There is a (F)sound of fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon,
To declare in Zion the (G)vengeance of the Lord our God,
Vengeance for His (H)temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:26 Lit end
  2. Jeremiah 50:26 Lit put under the ban

26 Come against her from afar.(A)
    Break open her granaries;
    pile her up like heaps of grain.(B)
Completely destroy(C) her
    and leave her no remnant.
27 Kill all her young bulls;(D)
    let them go down to the slaughter!(E)
Woe to them! For their day(F) has come,
    the time(G) for them to be punished.
28 Listen to the fugitives(H) and refugees from Babylon
    declaring in Zion(I)
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance,(J)
    vengeance for his temple.(K)

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