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Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon ;
make the watch strong ;
set up watchmen ;
prepare the ambushes ;
for the LORD has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon .
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O you who dwell by many waters ,
rich in treasures ,
your end has come ,
the thread of your life is cut .
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The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself :
Surely I will fill you with men ,
as many as locusts ,
and they shall raise the shout of victory over you .
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It is he who made the earth by his power ,
who established the world by his wisdom ,
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens .
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When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens ,
and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth .
He makes lightnings for the rain ,
and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses .
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Every man is stupid and without knowledge ;
every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols ;
for his images are false ,
and there is no breath in them .
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They are worthless ,
a work of delusion ;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish .
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Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob ,
for he is the one who formed all things ,
and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance ;
the LORD of hosts is his name .
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You are my hammer and weapon of war :
with you I break nations in pieces ;
with you I destroy kingdoms ;
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with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider ;
with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer ;
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with you I break in pieces man and woman ;
with you I break in pieces the old man and the youth ;
with you I break in pieces the young man and the maiden ;
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with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock ;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team ;
with you I break in pieces governors and commanders .
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I will requite Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chalde '
a before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion ,
says the LORD .
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Behold ,
I am against you ,
O destroying mountain ,
says the LORD ,
which destroys the whole earth ;
I will stretch out my hand against you ,
and roll you down from the crags ,
and make you a burnt mountain .
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No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation ,
but you shall be a perpetual waste ,
says the LORD .
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Set up a standard on the earth ,
blow the trumpet among the nations ;
prepare the nations for war against her ,
summon against her the kingdoms ,
Ar '
arat ,
Minni ,
and Ash '
kenaz ;
appoint a marshal against her ,
bring up horses like bristling locusts .
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Prepare the nations for war against her ,
the kings of the Medes ,
with their governors and deputies ,
and every land under their dominion .
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The land trembles and writhes in pain ,
for the LORD '
s purposes against Babylon stand ,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation ,
without inhabitant .
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The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting ,
they remain in their strongholds ;
their strength has failed ,
they have become women ;
her dwellings are on fire ,
her bars are broken .
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One runner runs to meet another ,
and one messenger to meet another ,
to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every side ;