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37 A sword against its horses and chariots,
    and the mercenaries[a] in its midst
        so that they lose courage.[b]
A sword against its treasures
    so that they are looted.
38 A sword[c] against the water supplies
    so that they dry up.
It is truly the land of idols,
    idols about which they have gone utterly mad!
39 Therefore, Babylon will become a ghost town,
    a place for desert animals,
        hyenas, and ravenous birds.[d]
No one will live there again;
    no one will make it their home.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:37 Or foreigners
  2. Jeremiah 50:37 Or become like women
  3. Jeremiah 50:38 Or A drought
  4. Jeremiah 50:39 Heb uncertain

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