Jeremiah 51:1-2

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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]
²and 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.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 51:1 Or stir up the spirit of a destroyer
Jeremiah 51:1 Leb-qamai is a cryptogram for Kasdim, Chaldea

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