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1. There's more. GOD says more: "Watch this: I'm whipping up A death-dealing hurricane against Babylon--'Hurricane Persia'-- against all who live in that perverse land.
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1. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Behold H2009 , I will raise up H5782 against H5921 Babylon H894 , and against H413 them that dwell H3427 in the midst H3820 of them that rise up H6965 against me , a destroying H7843 wind H7307 ;
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2. I'm sending a cleanup crew into Babylon. They'll clean the place out from top to bottom. When they get through there'll be nothing left of her worth taking or talking about. They won't miss a thing. A total and final Doomsday!
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2. And will send H7971 unto Babylon H894 fanners H2114 , that shall fan H2219 her , and shall empty H1238 H853 her land H776 : for H3588 in the day H3117 of trouble H7451 they shall be H1961 against H5921 her round about H4480 H5439 .
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3. Fighters will fight with everything they've got. It's no holds barred. They will spare nothing and no one. It's final and wholesale destruction--the end!
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3. Against H413 him that bendeth H1869 let the archer H1869 bend H1869 his bow H7198 , and against H413 him that lifteth himself up H5927 in his brigandine H5630 : and spare H2550 ye not H408 her young men H970 ; destroy ye utterly H2763 all H3605 her host H6635 .
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4. Babylon littered with the wounded, streets piled with corpses.
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4. Thus the slain H2491 shall fall H5307 in the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778 , and they that are thrust through H1856 in her streets H2351 .
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5. It turns out that Israel and Judah are not widowed after all. As their God, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, I am still alive and well, committed to them even though They filled their land with sin against Israel's most Holy God.
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5. For H3588 Israel H3478 hath not H3808 been forsaken H488 , nor Judah H3063 of his God H4480 H430 , of the LORD H4480 H3068 of hosts H6635 ; though H3588 their land H776 was filled H4390 with sin H817 against the Holy One H4480 H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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6. "Get out of Babylon as fast as you can. Run for your lives! Save your necks! Don't linger and lose your lives to my vengeance on her as I pay her back for her sins.
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6. Flee H5127 out of the midst H4480 H8432 of Babylon H894 , and deliver H4422 every man H376 his soul H5315 : be not H408 cut off H1826 in her iniquity H5771 ; for H3588 this H1931 is the time H6256 of the LORD H3068 's vengeance H5360 ; he will render H7999 unto her a recompense H1576 .
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7. Babylon was a fancy gold chalice held in my hand, Filled with the wine of my anger to make the whole world drunk. The nations drank the wine and they've all gone crazy.
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7. Babylon H894 hath been a golden H2091 cup H3563 in the LORD H3068 's hand H3027 , that made all H3605 the earth H776 drunken H7937 : the nations H1471 have drunken H8354 of her wine H4480 H3196 ; therefore H5921 H3651 the nations H1471 are mad H1984 .
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8. Babylon herself will stagger and crash, senseless in a drunken stupor--tragic! Get anointing balm for her wound. Maybe she can be cured."
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8. Babylon H894 is suddenly H6597 fallen H5307 and destroyed H7665 : howl H3213 for H5921 her; take H3947 balm H6875 for her pain H4341 , if so be H194 she may be healed H7495 .
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9. "We did our best, but she can't be helped. Babylon is past fixing. Give her up to her fate. Go home. The judgment on her will be vast, a skyscraper-memorial of vengeance.
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9. We would have healed H7495 H853 Babylon H894 , but she is not H3808 healed H7495 : forsake H5800 her , and let us go H1980 every one H376 into his own country H776 : for H3588 her judgment H4941 reacheth H5060 unto H413 heaven H8064 , and is lifted up H5375 even to H5704 the skies H7834 .
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10. "GOD has set everything right for us. Come! Let's tell the good news Back home in Zion. Let's tell what our GOD did to set things right.
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10. The LORD H3068 hath brought forth H3318 H853 our righteousness H6666 : come H935 , and let us declare H5608 in Zion H6726 H853 the work H4639 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 .
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11. "Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! GOD has stirred up the kings of the Medes, infecting them with war fever: 'Destroy Babylon!' GOD's on the warpath. He's out to avenge his Temple.
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11. Make bright H1305 the arrows H2671 ; gather H4390 the shields H7982 : the LORD H3068 hath raised up H5782 H853 the spirit H7307 of the kings H4428 of the Medes H4074 : for H3588 his device H4209 is against H5921 Babylon H894 , to destroy H7843 it; because H3588 it H1931 is the vengeance H5360 of the LORD H3068 , the vengeance H5360 of his temple H1964 .
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12. Give the signal to attack Babylon's walls. Station guards around the clock. Bring in reinforcements. Set men in ambush. GOD will do what he planned, what he said he'd do to the people of Babylon.
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12. Set up H5375 the standard H5251 upon H413 the walls H2346 of Babylon H894 , make the watch H4929 strong H2388 , set up H6965 the watchmen H8104 , prepare H3559 the ambushes H693 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath both H1571 devised H2161 and H1571 done H6213 H853 that which H834 he spoke H1696 against H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Babylon H894 .
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13. You have more water than you need, you have more money than you need-- But your life is over, your lifeline cut."
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13. O thou that dwellest H7931 upon H5921 many H7227 waters H4325 , abundant H7227 in treasures H214 , thine end H7093 is come H935 , and the measure H520 of thy covetousness H1215 .
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14. GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies has solemnly sworn: "I'll fill this place with soldiers. They'll swarm through here like locusts chanting victory songs over you."
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14. The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 hath sworn H7650 by himself H5315 , saying , Surely H3588 H518 I will fill H4390 thee with men H120 , as with caterpillars H3218 ; and they shall lift up H6030 a shout H1959 against H5921 thee.
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15. By his power he made earth. His wisdom gave shape to the world. He crafted the cosmos.
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15. He hath made H6213 the earth H776 by his power H3581 , he hath established H3559 the world H8398 by his wisdom H2451 , and hath stretched out H5186 the heaven H8064 by his understanding H8394 .
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16. He thunders and rain pours down. He sends the clouds soaring. He embellishes the storm with lightnings, launches the wind from his warehouse.
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16. When he uttereth H5414 his voice H6963 , there is a multitude H1995 of waters H4325 in the heavens H8064 ; and he causeth the vapors H5387 to ascend H5927 from the ends H4480 H7097 of the earth H776 : he maketh H6213 lightnings H1300 with rain H4306 , and bringeth forth H3318 the wind H7307 out of his treasures H4480 H214 .
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17. Stick-god worshipers look mighty foolish! god-makers embarrassed by their handmade gods! Their gods are frauds, dead sticks-- deadwood gods, tasteless jokes.
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17. Every H3605 man H120 is brutish H1197 by his knowledge H4480 H1847 ; every H3605 founder H6884 is confounded H3001 by the graven image H4480 H6459 : for H3588 his molten image H5262 is falsehood H8267 , and there is no H3808 breath H7307 in them.
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18. They're nothing but stale smoke. When the smoke clears, they're gone.
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18. They H1992 are vanity H1892 , the work H4639 of errors H8595 : in the time H6256 of their visitation H6486 they shall perish H6 .
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19. But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing; he put the whole universe together, With special attention to Israel. His name? GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies!
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19. The portion H2506 of Jacob H3290 is not H3808 like them H428 ; for H3588 he H1931 is the former H3335 of all things H3605 : and Israel is the rod H7626 of his inheritance H5159 : the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 .
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20. God says, "You, Babylon, are my hammer, my weapon of war. I'll use you to smash godless nations, use you to knock kingdoms to bits.
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20. Thou H859 art my battle axe H4661 and weapons H3627 of war H4421 : for with thee will I break in pieces H5310 the nations H1471 , and with thee will I destroy H7843 kingdoms H4467 ;
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21. I'll use you to smash horse and rider, use you to smash chariot and driver.
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21. And with thee will I break in pieces H5310 the horse H5483 and his rider H7392 ; and with thee will I break in pieces H5310 the chariot H7393 and his rider H7392 ;
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22. I'll use you to smash man and woman, use you to smash the old man and the boy. I'll use you to smash the young man and young woman,
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22. With thee also will I break in pieces H5310 man H376 and woman H802 ; and with thee will I break in pieces H5310 old H2205 and young H5288 ; and with thee will I break in pieces H5310 the young man H970 and the maid H1330 ;
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23. use you to smash shepherd and sheep. I'll use you to smash farmer and yoked oxen, use you to smash governors and senators.
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23. I will also break in pieces H5310 with thee the shepherd H7462 and his flock H5739 ; and with thee will I break in pieces H5310 the husbandman H406 and his yoke of oxen H6776 ; and with thee will I break in pieces H5310 captains H6346 and rulers H5461 .
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24. "Judeans, you'll see it with your own eyes. I'll pay Babylon and all the Chaldeans back for all the evil they did in Zion." GOD's Decree.
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24. And I will render H7999 unto Babylon H894 and to all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Chaldea H3778 H853 all H3605 their evil H7451 that H834 they have done H6213 in Zion H6726 in your sight H5869 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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25. "I'm your enemy, Babylon, Mount Destroyer, you ravager of the whole earth. I'll reach out, I'll take you in my hand, and I'll crush you till there's no mountain left. I'll turn you into a gravel pit--
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25. Behold H2009 , I am against H413 thee , O destroying H4889 mountain H2022 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , which destroyest H7843 H853 all H3605 the earth H776 : and I will stretch out H5186 H853 mine hand H3027 upon H5921 thee , and roll thee down H1556 from H4480 the rocks H5553 , and will make H5414 thee a burnt H8316 mountain H2022 .
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26. no more cornerstones cut from you, No more foundation stones quarried from you! Nothing left of you but gravel." GOD's Decree.
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26. And they shall not H3808 take H3947 of H4480 thee a stone H68 for a corner H6438 , nor a stone H68 for foundations H4146 ; but H3588 thou shalt be H1961 desolate H8077 forever H5769 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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27. "Raise the signal in the land, blow the shofar-trumpet for the nations. Consecrate the nations for holy work against her. Call kingdoms into service against her. Enlist Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a field marshal against her, and round up horses, locust hordes of horses!
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27. Set ye up H5375 a standard H5251 in the land H776 , blow H8628 the trumpet H7782 among the nations H1471 , prepare H6942 the nations H1471 against H5921 her , call together H8085 against H5921 her the kingdoms H4467 of Ararat H780 , Minni H4508 , and Ashchenaz H813 ; appoint H6485 a captain H2951 against H5921 her ; cause the horses H5483 to come up H5927 as the rough H5569 caterpillars H3218 .
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28. Consecrate the nations for holy work against her-- the king of the Medes, his leaders and people.
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28. Prepare H6942 against H5921 her the nations H1471 with H853 the kings H4428 of the Medes H4074 , H853 the captains H6346 thereof , and all H3605 the rulers H5461 thereof , and all H3605 the land H776 of his dominion H4475 .
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29. "The very land trembles in terror, writhes in pain, terrorized by my plans against Babylon, Plans to turn the country of Babylon into a lifeless moonscape--a wasteland.
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29. And the land H776 shall tremble H7493 and sorrow H2342 : for H3588 every purpose H4284 of the LORD H3068 shall be performed H6965 against H5921 Babylon H894 , to make H7760 H853 the land H776 of Babylon H894 a desolation H8047 without H4480 H369 an inhabitant H3427 .
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30. Babylon's soldiers have quit fighting. They hide out in ruins and caves-- Cowards who've given up without a fight, exposed as cowering milksops. Babylon's houses are going up in flames, the city gates torn off their hinges.
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30. The mighty men H1368 of Babylon H894 have forborne H2308 to fight H3898 , they have remained H3427 in their holds H4679 : their might H1369 hath failed H5405 ; they became H1961 as women H802 : they have burned H3341 her dwelling places H4908 ; her bars H1280 are broken H7665 .
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31. Runner after runner comes racing in, each on the heels of the last, Bringing reports to the king of Babylon that his city is a lost cause.
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31. One post H7323 shall run H7323 to meet H7125 another H7323 , and one messenger H5046 to meet H7125 another H5046 , to show H5046 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 that H3588 his city H5892 is taken H3920 at one end H4480 H7097 ,
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32. The fords of the rivers are all taken. Wildfire rages through the swamp grass. Soldiers desert left and right.
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32. And that the passages H4569 are stopped H8610 , and the reeds H98 they have burned H8313 with fire H784 , and the men H376 of war H4421 are frightened H926 .
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33. I, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, said it would happen: 'Daughter Babylon is a threshing floor at threshing time. Soon, oh very soon, her harvest will come and then the chaff will fly!'
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33. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 ; The daughter H1323 of Babylon H894 is like a threshingfloor H1637 , it is time H6256 to thresh H1869 her: yet H5750 a little while H4592 , and the time H6256 of her harvest H7105 shall come H935 .
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34. "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon chewed up my people and spit out the bones. He wiped his dish clean, pushed back his chair, and belched--a huge gluttonous belch.
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34. Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 hath devoured H398 me , he hath crushed H2000 me , he hath made H3322 me an empty H7385 vessel H3627 , he hath swallowed me up H1104 like a dragon H8577 , he hath filled H4390 his belly H3770 with my delicacies H4480 H5730 , he hath cast me out H1740 .
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35. Lady Zion says, 'The brutality done to me be done to Babylon!' And Jerusalem says, 'The blood spilled from me be charged to the Chaldeans!'
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35. The violence H2555 done to me and to my flesh H7607 be upon H5921 Babylon H894 , shall the inhabitant H3427 of Zion H6726 say H559 ; and my blood H1818 upon H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Chaldea H3778 , shall Jerusalem H3389 say H559 .
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36. Then I, GOD, step in and say, 'I'm on your side, taking up your cause. I'm your Avenger. You'll get your revenge. I'll dry up her rivers, plug up her springs.
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36. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Behold H2009 , I will plead H7378 H853 thy cause H7379 , and take vengeance for thee H5358 H853 H5360 ; and I will dry up H2717 H853 her sea H3220 , and make H853 her springs H4726 dry H3001 .
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37. Babylon will be a pile of rubble, scavenged by stray dogs and cats, A dumping ground for garbage, a godforsaken ghost town.'
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37. And Babylon H894 shall become H1961 heaps H1530 , a dwelling place H4583 for dragons H8577 , an astonishment H8047 , and a hissing H8322 , without H4480 H369 an inhabitant H3427 .
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38. "The Babylonians will be like lions and their cubs, ravenous, roaring for food.
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38. They shall roar H7580 together H3162 like lions H3715 : they shall yell H5286 as lions H738 ' whelps H1484 .
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39. I'll fix them a meal, all right--a banquet, in fact. They'll drink themselves falling-down drunk. Dead drunk, they'll sleep--and sleep, and sleep . . . and they'll never wake up." GOD's Decree.
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39. In their heat H2527 I will make H7896 H853 their feasts H4960 , and I will make them drunken H7937 , that H4616 they may rejoice H5937 , and sleep H3462 a perpetual H5769 sleep H8142 , and not H3808 wake H6974 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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40. "I'll haul these 'lions' off to the slaughterhouse like the lambs, rams, and goats, never to be heard of again.
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40. I will bring them down H3381 like lambs H3733 to the slaughter H2873 , like rams H352 with H5973 he goats H6260 .
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41. "Babylon is finished-- the pride of the whole earth is flat on her face. What a comedown for Babylon, to end up inglorious in the sewer!
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41. How H349 is Sheshach H8347 taken H3920 ! and how is the praise H8416 of the whole H3605 earth H776 surprised H8610 ! how H349 is Babylon H894 become H1961 an astonishment H8047 among the nations H1471 !
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42. Babylon drowned in chaos, battered by waves of enemy soldiers.
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42. The sea H3220 is come up H5927 upon H5921 Babylon H894 : she is covered H3680 with the multitude H1995 of the waves H1530 thereof.
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43. Her towns stink with decay and rot, the land empty and bare and sterile. No one lives in these towns anymore. Travelers give them a wide berth.
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43. Her cities H5892 are H1961 a desolation H8047 , a dry H6723 land H776 , and a wilderness H6160 , a land H776 wherein H2004 no H3605 H3808 man H376 dwelleth H3427 , neither H3808 doth any son H1121 of man H120 pass H5674 thereby H2004 .
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44. I'll bring doom on the glutton god-Bel in Babylon. I'll make him vomit up all he gulped down. No more visitors stream into this place, admiring and gawking at the wonders of Babylon. The wonders of Babylon are no more.
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44. And I will punish H6485 H5921 Bel H1078 in Babylon H894 , and I will bring forth H3318 out of his mouth H4480 H6310 H853 that which he hath swallowed up H1105 : and the nations H1471 shall not H3808 flow together H5102 any more H5750 unto H413 him: yea H1571 , the wall H2346 of Babylon H894 shall fall H5307 .
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45. Run for your lives, my dear people! Run, and don't look back! Get out of this place while you can, this place torched by GOD's raging anger.
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45. My people H5971 , go H3318 ye out of the midst H4480 H8432 of her , and deliver H4422 ye every man H376 H853 his soul H5315 from the fierce H4480 H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068 .
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46. Don't lose hope. Don't ever give up when the rumors pour in hot and heavy. One year it's this, the next year it's that-- rumors of violence, rumors of war.
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46. And lest H6435 your heart H3824 faint H7401 , and ye fear H3372 for the rumor H8052 that shall be heard H8085 in the land H776 ; a rumor H8052 shall both come H935 one year H8141 , and after H310 that in another year H8141 shall come a rumor H8052 , and violence H2555 in the land H776 , ruler H4910 against H5921 ruler H4910 .
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47. Trust me, the time is coming when I'll put the no-gods of Babylon in their place. I'll show up the whole country as a sickening fraud, with dead bodies strewn all over the place.
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47. Therefore H3651 , behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , that I will do judgment H6485 upon H5921 the graven images H6456 of Babylon H894 : and her whole H3605 land H776 shall be confounded H954 , and all H3605 her slain H2491 shall fall H5307 in the midst H8432 of her.
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48. Heaven and earth, angels and people, will throw a victory party over Babylon When the avenging armies from the north descend on her." GOD's Decree!
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48. Then the heaven H8064 and the earth H776 , and all H3605 that H834 is therein , shall sing H7442 for H5921 Babylon H894 : for H3588 the spoilers H7703 shall come H935 unto her from the north H4480 H6828 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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49. "Babylon must fall-- compensation for the war dead in Israel. Babylonians will be killed because of all that Babylonian killing.
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49. As H1571 Babylon H894 hath caused the slain H2491 of Israel H3478 to fall H5307 , so H1571 at Babylon H894 shall fall H5307 the slain H2491 of all H3605 the earth H776 .
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50. But you exiles who have escaped a Babylonian death, get out! And fast! Remember GOD in your long and distant exile. Keep Jerusalem alive in your memory."
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50. Ye that have escaped H6412 the sword H4480 H2719 , go away H1980 , stand not still H408 H5975 : remember H2142 H853 the LORD H3068 afar off H7350 , and let Jerusalem H3389 come H5927 into H5921 your mind H3824 .
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51. How we've been humiliated, taunted and abused, kicked around for so long that we hardly know who we are! And we hardly know what to think-- our old Sanctuary, GOD's house, desecrated by strangers.
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51. We are confounded H954 , because H3588 we have heard H8085 reproach H2781 : shame H3639 hath covered H3680 our faces H6440 : for H3588 strangers H2114 are come H935 into H5921 the sanctuaries H4720 of the LORD H3068 's house H1004 .
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52. "I know, but trust me: The time is coming" --GOD's Decree-- "When I will bring doom on her no-god idols, and all over this land her wounded will groan.
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52. Wherefore H3651 , behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that I will do judgment H6485 upon H5921 her graven images H6456 : and through all H3605 her land H776 the wounded H2491 shall groan H602 .
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53. Even if Babylon climbed a ladder to the moon and pulled up the ladder so that no one could get to her, That wouldn't stop me. I'd make sure my avengers would reach her." GOD's Decree.
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53. Though H3588 Babylon H894 should mount up H5927 to heaven H8064 , and though H3588 she should fortify H1219 the height H4791 of her strength H5797 , yet from H4480 H854 me shall spoilers H7703 come H935 unto her, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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54. "But now listen! Do you hear it? A cry out of Babylon! An unearthly wail out of Chaldea!
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54. A sound H6963 of a cry H2201 cometh from Babylon H4480 H894 , and great H1419 destruction H7667 from the land H4480 H776 of the Chaldeans H3778 :
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55. GOD is taking his wrecking bar to Babylon. We'll be hearing the last of her noise-- Death throes like the crashing of waves, death rattles like the roar of cataracts.
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55. Because H3588 the LORD H3068 hath spoiled H7703 H853 Babylon H894 , and destroyed H6 out of H4480 her the great H1419 voice H6963 ; when her waves H1530 do roar H1993 like great H7227 waters H4325 , a noise H7588 of their voice H6963 is uttered H5414 :
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56. The avenging destroyer is about to enter Babylon: Her soldiers are taken, her weapons are trashed. Indeed, GOD is a God who evens things out. All end up with their just deserts.
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56. Because H3588 the spoiler H7703 is come H935 upon H5921 her, even upon H5921 Babylon H894 , and her mighty men H1368 are taken H3920 , every one of their bows H7198 is broken H2865 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 God H410 of recompenses H1578 shall surely requite H7999 H7999 .
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57. "I'll get them drunk, the whole lot of them-- princes, sages, governors, soldiers. Dead drunk, they'll sleep--and sleep and sleep . . . and never wake up." The King's Decree. His name? GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies!
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57. And I will make drunk H7937 her princes H8269 , and her wise H2450 men , her captains H6346 , and her rulers H5461 , and her mighty men H1368 : and they shall sleep H3462 a perpetual H5769 sleep H8142 , and not H3808 wake H6974 , saith H5002 the King H4428 , whose name H8034 is the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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58. GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies speaks: "The city walls of Babylon--those massive walls!-- will be flattened. And those city gates--huge gates!-- will be set on fire. The harder you work at this empty life, the less you are. Nothing comes of ambition like this but ashes."
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58. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; The broad H7342 walls H2346 of Babylon H894 shall be utterly broken H6209 H6209 , and her high H1364 gates H8179 shall be burned H3341 with fire H784 ; and the people H5971 shall labor H3021 in vain H7385 , and the folk H3816 in the fire H784 , and they shall be weary H3286 .
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59. Jeremiah the prophet gave a job to Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when Seraiah went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon. It was in the fourth year of Zedekiah's reign. Seraiah was in charge of travel arrangements.
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59. The word H1697 which H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 commanded H6680 H853 Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374 , the son H1121 of Maaseiah H4271 , when he went H1980 with H854 Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 into Babylon H894 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of his reign H4427 . And this Seraiah H8304 was a quiet H4496 prince H8269 .
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60. Jeremiah had written down in a little booklet all the bad things that would come down on Babylon.
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60. So Jeremiah H3414 wrote H3789 in H413 a H259 book H5612 H853 all H3605 the evil H7451 that H834 should come H935 upon H413 Babylon H894 , even H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 that are written H3789 against H413 Babylon H894 .
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61. He told Seraiah, "When you get to Babylon, read this out in public.
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61. And Jeremiah H3414 said H559 to H413 Seraiah H8304 , When thou comest H935 to Babylon H894 , and shalt see H7200 , and shalt read H7121 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 ;
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62. Read, 'You, O GOD, said that you would destroy this place so that nothing could live here, neither human nor animal--a wasteland to top all wastelands, an eternal nothing.'
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62. Then shalt thou say H559 , O LORD H3068 , thou H859 hast spoken H1696 against H413 this H2088 place H4725 , to cut it off H3772 , that none H1115 shall H1961 remain H3427 in it , neither man H4480 H120 nor H5704 beast H929 , but H3588 that it shall be H1961 desolate H8077 forever H5769 .
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63. "When you've finished reading the page, tie a stone to it, throw it into the River Euphrates, and watch it sink.
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63. And it shall be H1961 , when thou hast made an end H3615 of reading H7121 H853 this H2088 book H5612 , that thou shalt bind H7194 a stone H68 to H5921 it , and cast H7993 it into H413 the midst H8432 of Euphrates H6578 :
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64. Then say, 'That's how Babylon will sink to the bottom and stay there after the disaster I'm going to bring upon her.'"
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64. And thou shalt say H559 , Thus H3602 shall Babylon H894 sink H8257 , and shall not H3808 rise H6965 from H4480 H6440 the evil H7451 that H834 I H595 will bring H935 upon H5921 her : and they shall be weary H3286 . Thus H5704 far H2008 are the words H1697 of Jeremiah H3414 .
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