Jeremiah:50:21-46
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Go up against the land of Merathaim ,
even against it ,
and against the inhabitants of Pekod :
waste and utterly destroy after them ,
saith the LORD ,
and do according to all that I have commanded thee .
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A sound of battle is in the land ,
and of great destruction .
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How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken !
how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations !
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I have laid a snare for thee ,
and thou art also taken ,
O Babylon ,
and thou wast not aware :
thou art found ,
and also caught ,
because thou hast striven against the LORD .
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The LORD hath opened his armoury ,
and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation za #
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for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans .
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Come against her from the utmost border ,
open her storehouses ma #
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cast her up as heaps ,
and destroy her utterly :
let nothing of her be left sh @#
eriyth #.
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Slay all her bullocks ;
let them go down to the slaughter :
woe unto them !
for their day is come ,
the time of their visitation .
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The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon ,
to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God ,
the vengeance of his temple .
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Call together the archers against Babylon :
all ye that bend the bow ,
camp against it round about ;
let none thereof escape :
recompense her according to her work po #
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according to all that she hath done ,
do unto her :
for she hath been proud against the LORD ,
against the Holy One of Israel Yisra #
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Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets ,
and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day ,
saith the LORD .
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Behold ,
I am against thee ,
O thou most proud ,
saith the Lord GOD of hosts :
for thy day is come ,
the time that I will visit thee .
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And the most proud shall stumble and fall ,
and none shall raise him up :
and I will kindle a fire in his cities ,
and it shall devour all round about him .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together :
and all that took them captives held them fast ;
they refused to let them go .
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Their Redeemer is strong ;
the LORD of hosts is his name :
he shall throughly plead their cause ,
that he may give rest to the land ,
and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon .
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A sword is upon the Chaldeans ,
saith the LORD ,
and upon the inhabitants of Babylon ,
and upon her princes ,
and upon her wise men .
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A sword is upon the liars ;
and they shall dote :
a sword is upon her mighty men ;
and they shall be dismayed .
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A sword is upon their horses ,
and upon their chariots ,
and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her ;
and they shall become as women :
a sword is upon her treasures ;
and they shall be robbed .
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A drought is upon her waters ;
and they shall be dried up :
for it is the land of graven images ,
and they are mad upon their idols .
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Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there ,
and the owls bath #
shall dwell therein :
and it shall be no more inhabited for ever ;
neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation .
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As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof ,
saith the LORD ;
so shall no man abide there ,
neither shall any son of man dwell therein .
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Behold ,
a people shall come from the north ,
and a great nation ,
and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth .
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They shall hold the bow and the lance :
they are cruel ,
and will not shew mercy :
their voice shall roar like the sea ,
and they shall ride upon horses ,
every one put in array ,
like a man to the battle ,
against thee ,
O daughter of Babylon .
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The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them ,
and his hands waxed feeble :
anguish took hold of him ,
and pangs as of a woman in travail .
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Behold ,
he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong :
but I will make #
them suddenly run away (
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from her :
and who is a chosen man ,
that I may appoint over her ?
for who is like me ?
and who will appoint me the time ?
and who is that shepherd that will stand before me ?
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Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD ,
that he hath taken against Babylon ;
and his purposes ,
that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans :
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out :
surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them .
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At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved ,
and the cry is heard among the nations .