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24 
“I set a trap for you and you also were caught, O Babylon,
And you did not know it;
You have been found and also seized
Because you have struggled against the Lord.”
25 
The Lord has opened His armory
And has brought out [the nations who unknowingly are] the weapons of His indignation (wrath),
For it is a work of the Lord God of hosts
In the land of the Chaldeans.
26 
Come against her from the farthest border.
Open her storehouses;
Pile it up like heaps of rubbish.
Burn and destroy her completely;
Let nothing be left of her.

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24 I set a trap(A) for you, Babylon,
    and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured(B)
    because you opposed(C) the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened his arsenal
    and brought out the weapons(D) of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
    in the land of the Babylonians.(E)
26 Come against her from afar.(F)
    Break open her granaries;
    pile her up like heaps of grain.(G)
Completely destroy(H) her
    and leave her no remnant.

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