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For behold ,
I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a company of great nations ,
from the north country ;
and they shall array themselves against her ;
from there she shall be taken .
Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed .
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Chalde '
a shall be plundered ;
all who plunder her shall be sated ,
says the LORD .
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Though you rejoice ,
though you exult ,
O plunderers of my heritage ,
though you are wanton as a heifer at grass ,
and neigh like stallions ,
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your mother shall be utterly shamed ,
and she who bore you shall be disgraced .
Lo ,
she shall be the last of the nations ,
a wilderness dry and desert .
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Because of the wrath of the LORD she shall not be inhabited ,
but shall be an utter desolation ;
every one who passes by Babylon shall be appalled ,
and hiss because of all her wounds .
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Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about ,
all you that bend the bow ;
shoot at her ,
spare no arrows ,
for she has sinned against the LORD .
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Raise a shout against her round about ,
she has surrendered ;
her bulwarks have fallen ,
her walls are thrown down .
For this is the vengeance of the LORD :
take vengeance on her ,
do to her as she has done .
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Cut off from Babylon the sower ,
and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest ;
because of the sword of the oppressor ,
every one shall turn to his own people ,
and every one shall flee to his own land .