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37 A sword against her[a] horses and against her[b] chariots
    and against all the foreign troops in her midst,
    so that they may become women!
A sword against her treasures,
    that they may be plundered!(A)
38 A drought against her waters,
    that they may be dried up!
For it is a land of images,
    and they go mad over idols.(B)

39 Therefore wild animals shall live with hyenas in Babylon,[c] and ostriches shall inhabit her; she shall never again be peopled or inhabited for all generations.(C)

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  1. 50.37 Syr: Heb his
  2. 50.37 Syr: Heb his
  3. 50.39 Heb lacks in Babylon

37 A sword against her horses and chariots(A)
    and all the foreigners in her ranks!
    They will become weaklings.(B)
A sword against her treasures!(C)
    They will be plundered.
38 A drought on[a] her waters!(D)
    They will dry(E) up.
For it is a land of idols,(F)
    idols that will go mad with terror.

39 “So desert creatures(G) and hyenas will live there,
    and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
    or lived in from generation to generation.(H)

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  1. Jeremiah 50:38 Or A sword against