50 You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.” 51 “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.” 52 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.
Jeremiah 51:50–52
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