33 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
(A)The daughter of Babylon is like (B)a threshing floor
    at the time when it is trodden;
yet a little while
    and (C)the time of her harvest will come.”

34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon (D)has devoured me;
    he has crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel;
    (E)he has swallowed me like (F)a monster;
he has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
    he has rinsed me out.[a]
35 The violence done to me and to my kinsmen be upon Babylon,”
    let the inhabitant of Zion say.
“My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
    let Jerusalem say.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:34 Or he has expelled me

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

“Daughter Babylon(A) is like a threshing floor(B)
    at the time it is trampled;
    the time to harvest(C) her will soon come.(D)

34 “Nebuchadnezzar(E) king of Babylon has devoured(F) us,(G)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed(H) us out.
35 May the violence(I) done to our flesh[a] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.(J)

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  1. Jeremiah 51:35 Or done to us and to our children