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51 Thus says the Lord:
I am going to stir up a destructive wind[a]
    against Babylon
    and against the inhabitants of Leb-qamai,[b](A)

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  1. 51.1 Or stir up the spirit of a destroyer
  2. 51.1 That is, Chaldea

51 This is what the Lord says:

“See, I will stir(A) up the spirit of a destroyer
    against Babylon(B) and the people of Leb Kamai.[a]

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  1. Jeremiah 51:1 Leb Kamai is a cryptogram for Chaldea, that is, Babylonia.

and I will send winnowers to Babylon,
    and they shall winnow her.
They shall empty her land
    when they come against her from every side
    on the day of trouble.(A)

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I will send foreigners(A) to Babylon
    to winnow(B) her and to devastate her land;
they will oppose her on every side
    in the day(C) of her disaster.

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