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31 One messenger follows another.
    Messenger follows messenger.
They announce to the king of Babylon
    that his whole city has been captured.
32 The river crossings have been captured.
    The swamplands are burning.
    All of Babylon’s soldiers are terribly afraid.”

33 This is what the Lord of heaven’s armies, the God of Israel, says:

“The city of Babylon is like a threshing floor,
    where people crush the grain at harvest time.
    The time to harvest Babylon is coming soon.”

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31 One courier(A) follows another
    and messenger follows messenger
to announce to the king of Babylon
    that his entire city is captured,(B)
32 the river crossings seized,
    the marshes set on fire,(C)
    and the soldiers terrified.(D)

33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

“Daughter Babylon(E) is like a threshing floor(F)
    at the time it is trampled;
    the time to harvest(G) her will soon come.(H)

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