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ThusH3541 saidH559 the LORD;H3068 Behold,H2005 I will raiseH5782 up againstH5921 Babylon,H894 and againstH413 them that dwellH3427 in the middleH3820 of them that riseH6965 up against me, a destroyingH7843 wind;H7307
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And will sendH7971 to BabylonH894 fanners,H2114 that shall fanH2219 her, and shall emptyH1238 her land:H776 for in the dayH3117 of troubleH7451 they shall be againstH5921 her roundH5439 about.
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AgainstH413 him that bendsH1869 let the archerH1869 bendH1869 his bow,H7198 and againstH413 him that liftsH5927 himself up in his brigandine:H5630 and spareH2550 you not her youngH970 men; destroyH2763 you utterly allH3605 her host.H6635
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Thus the slainH2491 shall fallH5307 in the landH776 of the Chaldeans,H3778 and they that are thrustH1856 throughH1856 in her streets.H2351
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For IsraelH3478 has not been forsaken,H488 nor JudahH3063 of his God,H430 of the LORDH3068 of hosts;H6635 thoughH3588 their landH776 was filledH4390 with sinH817 against the HolyH6918 One of Israel.H3478
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FleeH5127 out of the middleH8432 of Babylon,H894 and deliverH4422 every manH376 his soul:H5315 be not cutH1826 off in her iniquity;H5771 for thisH1931 is the timeH6256 of the LORD'sH3068 vengeance;H5360 he will renderH7999 to her a recompense.H1576
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BabylonH894 has been a goldenH2091 cupH3563 in the LORD'sH3068 hand,H3027 that made allH3605 the earthH776 drunken:H7937 the nationsH1471 have drunkenH8354 of her wine;H3196 thereforeH5921 H3651 the nationsH1471 are mad.H1984
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BabylonH894 is suddenlyH6597 fallenH5307 and destroyed:H7665 howlH3213 for her; takeH3947 balmH6875 for her pain,H4341 ifH194 so be she may be healed.H7495
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We would have healedH7495 Babylon,H894 but she is not healed:H7495 forsakeH5800 her, and let us goH3212 everyH376 oneH376 into his own country:H776 for her judgmentH4941 reachesH5060 to heaven,H8064 and is liftedH5375 up even to the skies.H7834
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The LORDH3068 has broughtH3318 forthH3318 our righteousness:H6666 come,H935 and let us declareH5608 in ZionH6726 the workH4639 of the LORDH3068 our God.H430
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Make brightH1305 the arrows;H2671 gatherH4390 the shields:H7982 the LORDH3068 has raisedH5782 up the spiritH7307 of the kingsH4428 of the Medes:H4074 for his deviceH4209 is againstH5921 Babylon,H894 to destroyH7843 it; becauseH3588 it is the vengeanceH5360 of the LORD,H3068 the vengeanceH5360 of his temple.H1964
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SetH5375 up the standardH5251 on the wallsH2346 of Babylon,H894 make the watchH4929 strong,H2388 setH6965 up the watchmen,H8104 prepareH3559 the ambushes:H693 for the LORDH3068 has bothH1571 devisedH2161 and doneH6213 that whichH834 he spokeH1696 againstH413 the inhabitantsH3427 of Babylon.H894
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O you that dwellH7931 on manyH7227 waters,H4325 abundantH7227 in treasures,H214 your endH7093 is come,H935 and the measureH520 of your covetousness.H1215
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The LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 has swornH7650 by himself,H5315 saying, SurelyH3588 H518 I will fillH4390 you with men,H120 as with caterpillars;H3218 and they shall liftH6030 up a shoutH1959 againstH5921 you.
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He has madeH6213 the earthH776 by his power,H3581 he has establishedH3559 the worldH8398 by his wisdom,H2451 and has stretchedH5186 out the heavenH8064 by his understanding.H8394
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When he uttersH5414 his voice,H6963 there is a multitudeH527 of watersH4325 in the heavens;H8064 and he causes the vaporsH5387 to ascendH5927 from the endsH7097 of the earth:H776 he makesH6213 lightningH1300 with rain,H4306 and bringsH3318 forthH3318 the windH7307 out of his treasures.H214
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EveryH3605 manH120 is brutishH1197 by his knowledge;H1847 everyH3605 founderH6884 is confoundedH3001 by the gravenH6459 image:H6459 for his moltenH5262 image is falsehood,H8267 and there is noH3808 breathH7307 in them.
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They are vanity,H1892 the workH4639 of errors:H8595 in the timeH6256 of their visitationH6486 they shall perish.H6
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The portionH2506 of JacobH3290 is not like them; for he is the formerH3335 of allH3605 things: and Israel is the rodH7626 of his inheritance:H5159 the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 is his name.H8034
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You are my battleH4661 axH4661 and weaponsH3627 of war:H4421 for with you will I breakH5310 in pieces the nations,H1471 and with you will I destroyH7843 kingdoms;H4467
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And with you will I breakH5310 in pieces the horseH5483 and his rider;H7392 and with you will I breakH5310 in pieces the chariotH7393 and his rider;H7392
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With you also will I breakH5310 in pieces manH376 and woman;H802 and with you will I breakH5310 in pieces oldH2205 and young;H5288 and with you will I breakH5310 in pieces the youngH970 man and the maid;H1330
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I will also breakH5310 in pieces with you the shepherdH7462 and his flock;H5739 and with you will I breakH5310 in pieces the farmerH406 and his yokeH6776 of oxen; and with you will I breakH5310 in pieces captainsH6346 and rulers.H5461
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And I will renderH7999 to BabylonH894 and to allH3605 the inhabitantsH3427 of ChaldeaH3778 allH3605 their evilH7451 that they have doneH6213 in ZionH6726 in your sight,H5869 saidH5002 the LORD.H3068
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Behold,H2005 I am againstH413 you, O destroyingH4889 mountain,H2022 saidH5002 the LORD,H3068 which destroyH7843 allH3605 the earth:H776 and I will stretchH5186 out my handH3027 on you, and rollH1556 you down from the rocks,H5553 and will makeH5414 you a burntH8316 mountain.H2022
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And they shall not takeH3947 of you a stoneH68 for a corner,H6438 nor a stoneH68 for foundations;H4146 but you shall be desolateH8077 for ever,H5769 saidH5002 the LORD.H3068
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SetH5375 you up a standardH5251 in the land,H776 blowH8628 the trumpetH7782 among the nations,H1471 prepareH6942 the nationsH1471 againstH5921 her, callH8085 together againstH5921 her the kingdomsH4467 of Ararat,H780 Minni,H4508 and Ashchenaz;H813 appointH6485 a captainH2951 againstH5921 her; cause the horsesH5483 to comeH5927 up as the roughH5569 caterpillars.H3218
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PrepareH6942 againstH5921 her the nationsH1471 with the kingsH4428 of the Medes,H4074 the captainsH6346 thereof, and allH3605 the rulersH5461 thereof, and allH3605 the landH776 of his dominion.H4475
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And the landH776 shall trembleH7493 and sorrow:H2342 for every purposeH4284 of the LORDH3068 shall be performedH6965 againstH5921 Babylon,H894 to makeH7760 the landH776 of BabylonH894 a desolationH8047 withoutH369 an inhabitant.H3427
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The mightyH1368 men of BabylonH894 have declinedH2308 to fight,H3898 they have remainedH3427 in their holds:H4679 their mightH1369 has failed;H5405 they becameH1961 as women:H802 they have burnedH3341 her dwelling places;H4908 her barsH1280 are broken.H7665
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One postH7323 shall runH7323 to meetH7125 another, and one messengerH5046 to meetH7125 another, to showH5046 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 that his cityH5892 is takenH3920 at one end,H7097
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And that the passagesH4569 are stopped,H8610 and the reedsH98 they have burnedH8313 with fire,H784 and the menH582 of warH4421 are affrighted.H926
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For thusH3541 saidH559 the LORDH3068 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel;H3478 The daughterH1323 of BabylonH894 is like a threshing floor,H1637 it is timeH6256 to threshH1869 her: yetH5750 a littleH4592 while, and the timeH6256 of her harvestH7105 shall come.H935
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NebuchadrezzarH5019 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 has devouredH398 me, he has crushedH2000 me, he has madeH3322 me an emptyH7385 vessel,H3627 he has swallowedH1104 me up like a dragon,H8577 he has filledH4390 his bellyH3770 with my delicates,H5730 he has castH1740 me out.
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The violenceH2555 done to me and to my fleshH7607 be on Babylon,H894 shall the inhabitantH3427 of ZionH6726 say;H559 and my bloodH1818 on the inhabitantsH3427 of Chaldea,H3778 shall JerusalemH3389 say.H559
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ThereforeH3651 thusH3541 saidH559 the LORD;H3068 Behold,H2005 I will pleadH7378 your cause,H7379 and take vengeanceH5360 for you; and I will dryH2717 up her sea,H3220 and make her springsH4726 dry.H3001
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And BabylonH894 shall becomeH1961 heaps,H1530 a dwelling placeH4583 for dragons,H8577 an astonishment,H8047 and an hissing,H8322 withoutH369 an inhabitant.H3427
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They shall roarH7580 togetherH3162 like lions:H3715 they shall yellH5286 as lions'H738 whelps.H1484
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In their heatH2527 I will makeH7896 their feasts,H4960 and I will make them drunken,H7937 that they may rejoice,H5937 and sleepH3462 a perpetualH5769 sleep,H8142 and not wake,H6974 saidH5002 the LORD.H3068
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I will bringH3381 them downH3381 like lambsH3733 to the slaughter,H2873 like ramsH352 with he goats.H6260
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HowH349 is SheshachH8347 taken!H3920 and how is the praiseH8416 of the wholeH3605 earthH776 surprised!H8610 howH349 is BabylonH894 becomeH1961 an astonishmentH8047 among the nations!H1471
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The seaH3220 is comeH5927 up on Babylon:H894 she is coveredH3680 with the multitudeH527 of the wavesH1530 thereof.
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Her citiesH5892 are a desolation,H8047 a dryH6723 land,H776 and a wilderness,H6160 a landH776 whereinH834 noH3808 manH376 dwells,H3427 neitherH3808 does any sonH1121 of manH120 passH5674 thereby.H2004
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And I will punishH6485 BelH1078 in Babylon,H894 and I will bringH3318 forthH3318 out of his mouthH6310 that which he has swallowedH1105 up: and the nationsH1471 shall not flowH5102 together any moreH5750 to him: yes,H1571 the wallH2346 of BabylonH894 shall fall.H5307
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My people,H5971 goH3318 you out of the middleH8432 of her, and deliverH4422 you every manH376 his soulH5315 from the fierceH2740 angerH639 of the LORD.H3068
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And lestH6435 your heartH3824 faint,H7401 and you fearH3372 for the rumorH8052 that shall be heardH8085 in the land;H776 a rumorH8052 shall both comeH935 one year,H8141 and afterH310 that in another yearH8141 shall come a rumor,H8052 and violenceH2555 in the land,H776 rulerH4910 againstH5921 ruler.H4910
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Therefore,H3651 behold,H2009 the daysH3117 come,H935 that I will do judgmentH6485 on the gravenH6456 images of Babylon:H894 and her wholeH3605 landH776 shall be confounded,H954 and allH3605 her slainH2491 shall fallH5307 in the middleH8432 of her.
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Then the heavenH8064 and the earth,H776 and allH3605 that is therein, shall singH7442 for Babylon:H894 for the spoilersH7703 shall comeH935 to her from the north,H6828 saidH5002 the LORD.H3068
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As BabylonH894 has caused the slainH2491 of IsraelH3478 to fall,H5307 so at BabylonH894 shall fallH5307 the slainH2491 of allH3605 the earth.H776
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You that have escapedH6412 the sword,H2719 goH1980 away, standH5975 not still:H5975 rememberH2142 the LORDH3068 afarH7350 off, and let JerusalemH3389 comeH5927 intoH5921 your mind.H3824
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We are confounded,H954 becauseH3588 we have heardH8085 reproach:H2781 shameH3639 has coveredH3680 our faces:H6440 for strangersH2114 are comeH935 intoH5921 the sanctuariesH4720 of the LORD'sH3068 house.H1004
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Why,H3651 behold,H2009 the daysH3117 come,H935 saidH5002 the LORD,H3068 that I will do judgmentH6485 on her gravenH6456 images: and through allH3605 her landH776 the woundedH2491 shall groan.H602
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ThoughH3588 BabylonH894 should mountH5927 up to heaven,H8064 and thoughH3588 she should fortifyH1219 the heightH4791 of her strength,H5797 yet from me shall spoilersH7703 comeH935 to her, saidH5002 the LORD.H3068
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A soundH6963 of a cryH2201 comes from Babylon,H894 and greatH1419 destructionH7667 from the landH776 of the Chaldeans:H3778
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BecauseH3588 the LORDH3068 has spoiledH7703 Babylon,H894 and destroyedH6 out of her the greatH1419 voice;H6963 when her wavesH1530 do roarH1993 like greatH7227 waters,H4325 a noiseH7588 of their voiceH6963 is uttered:H5414
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BecauseH3588 the spoilerH7703 is comeH935 on her, even on Babylon,H894 and her mightyH1368 men are taken,H3920 every one of their bowsH7198 is broken:H2865 for the LORDH3068 GodH410 of recompensesH1578 shall surely requite.H7999
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And I will make drunkH7937 her princes,H8269 and her wiseH2450 men, her captains,H6346 and her rulers,H5461 and her mightyH1368 men: and they shall sleepH3462 a perpetualH5769 sleep,H8142 and not wake,H6974 saidH5002 the King,H4428 whose nameH8034 is the LORDH3068 of hosts.H6635
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ThusH3541 saidH559 the LORDH3068 of hosts;H6635 The broadH7342 wallsH2346 of BabylonH894 shall be utterly broken,H6209 and her highH1364 gatesH8179 shall be burnedH3341 with fire;H784 and the peopleH5971 shall laborH3021 in vain,H7385 and the folkH3816 in the fire,H784 and they shall be weary.H3286
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The wordH1697 whichH834 JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030 commandedH6680 SeraiahH8304 the sonH1121 of Neriah,H5374 the sonH1121 of Maaseiah,H4271 when he wentH3212 with ZedekiahH6667 the kingH4428 of JudahH3063 into BabylonH894 in the fourthH7243 yearH8141 of his reign.H4427 And this SeraiahH8304 was a quietH4496 prince.H8269
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So JeremiahH3414 wroteH3789 in a bookH5612 allH3605 the evilH7451 that should comeH935 on Babylon,H894 evenH853 allH3605 theseH428 wordsH1697 that are writtenH3789 againstH413 Babylon.H894
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And JeremiahH3414 saidH559 to Seraiah,H8304 When you comeH935 to Babylon,H894 and shall see,H7200 and shall readH7121 allH3605 theseH428 words;H1697
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Then shall you say,H559 O LORD,H3068 you have spokenH1696 againstH413 thisH2088 place,H4725 to cutH3772 it off, that noneH1115 shall remainH3427 in it, neitherH1115 manH120 nor beast,H929 but that it shall be desolateH8077 for ever.H5769
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And it shall be, when you have made an endH3615 of readingH7121 thisH2088 book,H5612 that you shall bindH7194 a stoneH68 to it, and castH7993 it intoH413 the middleH8432 of Euphrates:H6578
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And you shall say,H559 ThusH3602 shall BabylonH894 sink,H8257 and shall not riseH6965 from the evilH7451 that I will bringH935 on her: and they shall be weary.H3286 ThusH2008 farH2008 are the wordsH1697 of Jeremiah.H3414
