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1. The word which the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet:
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1. The word H1697 that H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 against H413 Babylon H894 and against H413 the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778 by H3027 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 .
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2. "Declare among the nations and proclaim, set up a banner and proclaim, conceal it not, and say: `Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.'
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2. Declare H5046 ye among the nations H1471 , and publish H8085 , and set up H5375 a standard H5251 ; publish H8085 , and conceal H3582 not H408 : say H559 , Babylon H894 is taken H3920 , Bel H1078 is confounded H3001 , Merodach H4781 is broken in pieces H2844 ; her idols H6091 are confounded H3001 , her images H1544 are broken in pieces H2865 .
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3. "For out of the north a nation has come up against her, which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; both man and beast shall flee away.
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3. For H3588 out of the north H4480 H6828 there cometh up H5927 a nation H1471 against H5921 her, which H1931 shall make H7896 H853 her land H776 desolate H8047 , and none H3808 shall H1961 dwell H3427 therein : they shall remove H5110 , they shall depart H1980 , both man H4480 H120 and beast H929 .
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4. "In those days and in that time, says the LORD, the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, weeping as they come; and they shall seek the LORD their God.
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4. In those H1992 days H3117 , and in that H1931 time H6256 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , the children H1121 of Israel H3478 shall come H935 , they H1992 and the children H1121 of Judah H3063 together H3162 , going H1980 and weeping H1058 : they shall go H1980 , and seek H1245 the LORD H3068 their God H430 .
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5. They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, saying, `Come, let us join ourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant which will never be forgotten.'
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5. They shall ask H7592 the way H1870 to Zion H6726 with their faces H6440 thitherward H2008 , saying , Come H935 , and let us join ourselves H3867 to H413 the LORD H3068 in a perpetual H5769 covenant H1285 that shall not H3808 be forgotten H7911 .
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6. "My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their fold.
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6. My people H5971 hath been H1961 lost H6 sheep H6629 : their shepherds H7462 have caused them to go astray H8582 , they have turned them away H7725 on the mountains H2022 : they have gone H1980 from mountain H4480 H2022 to H413 hill H1389 , they have forgotten H7911 their resting place H7258 .
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7. All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, `We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true habitation, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'
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7. All H3605 that found H4672 them have devoured H398 them : and their adversaries H6862 said H559 , We offend H816 not H3808 , because H8478 H834 they have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 , the habitation H5116 of justice H6664 , even the LORD H3068 , the hope H4723 of their fathers H1 .
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8. "Flee from the midst of Babylon, and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as he-goats before the flock.
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8. Remove H5110 out of the midst H4480 H8432 of Babylon H894 , and go forth H3318 out of the land H4480 H776 of the Chaldeans H3778 , and be H1961 as the he goats H6260 before H6440 the flocks H6629 .
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9. 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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9. For H3588 , lo H2009 , I H595 will raise H5782 and cause to come up H5927 against H5921 Babylon H894 an assembly H6951 of great H1419 nations H1471 from the north H6828 country H4480 H776 : and they shall set themselves in array H6186 against her ; from thence H4480 H8033 she shall be taken H3920 : their arrows H2671 shall be as of a mighty H1368 expert H7919 man; none H3808 shall return H7725 in vain H7387 .
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10. Chaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated, says the LORD.
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10. And Chaldea H3778 shall be H1961 a spoil H7997 : all H3605 that spoil H7998 her shall be satisfied H7646 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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11. "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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11. Because H3588 ye were glad H8055 , because H3588 ye rejoiced H5937 , O ye destroyers H8154 of mine heritage H5159 , because H3588 ye are grown fat H6335 as the heifer H5697 at grass H1877 , and bellow H6670 as bulls H47 ;
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12. 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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12. Your mother H517 shall be sore H3966 confounded H954 ; she that bore H3205 you shall be ashamed H2659 : behold H2009 , the hindmost H319 of the nations H1471 shall be a wilderness H4057 , a dry land H6723 , and a desert H6160 .
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13. 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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13. Because of the wrath H4480 H7110 of the LORD H3068 it shall not H3808 be inhabited H3427 , but it shall be H1961 wholly H3605 desolate H8077 : every one H3605 that goeth H5674 by H5921 Babylon H894 shall be astonished H8074 , and hiss H8319 at H5921 all H3605 her plagues H4347 .
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14. 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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14. Put yourselves in array H6186 against H5921 Babylon H894 round about H5439 : all H3605 ye that bend H1869 the bow H7198 , shoot H3034 at H413 her, spare H2550 no H408 arrows H2671 : for H3588 she hath sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 .
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15. 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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15. Shout H7321 against H5921 her round about H5439 : she hath given H5414 her hand H3027 : her foundations H803 are fallen H5307 , her walls H2346 are thrown down H2040 : for H3588 it H1931 is the vengeance H5360 of the LORD H3068 : take vengeance H5358 upon her; as H834 she hath done H6213 , do H6213 unto her.
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16. 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.
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16. Cut off H3772 the sower H2232 from Babylon H4480 H894 , and him that handleth H8610 the sickle H4038 in the time H6256 of harvest H7105 : for fear H4480 H6440 of the oppressing H3238 sword H2719 they shall turn H6437 every one H376 to H413 his people H5971 , and they shall flee H5127 every one H376 to his own land H776 .
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17. "Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
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17. Israel H3478 is a scattered H6340 sheep H7716 ; the lions H738 have driven him away H5080 : first H7223 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 hath devoured H398 him ; and last H314 this H2088 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 hath broken his bones H6105 .
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18. Therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, as I punished the king of Assyria.
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18. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 ; Behold H2009 , I will punish H6485 H413 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 and his land H776 , as H834 I have punished H6485 H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 .
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19. I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and in Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
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19. And I will bring H7725 H853 Israel H3478 again to H413 his habitation H5116 , and he shall feed H7462 on Carmel H3760 and Bashan H1316 , and his soul H5315 shall be satisfied H7646 upon mount H2022 Ephraim H669 and Gilead H1568 .
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20. In those days and in that time, says the LORD, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none; and sin in Judah, and none shall be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
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20. In those H1992 days H3117 , and in that H1931 time H6256 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , H853 the iniquity H5771 of Israel H3478 shall be sought for H1245 , and there shall be none H369 ; and the sins H2403 of Judah H3063 , and they shall not H3808 be found H4672 : for H3588 I will pardon H5545 them whom H834 I reserve H7604 .
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21. "Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Slay, and utterly destroy after them, says the LORD, and do all that I have commanded you.
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21. Go up H5927 against H5921 the land H776 of Merathaim H4850 , even against H5921 it , and against H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Pekod H6489 : waste H2717 and utterly destroy H2763 after H310 them, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and do H6213 according to all H3605 that H834 I have commanded H6680 thee.
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22. The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!
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22. A sound H6963 of battle H4421 is in the land H776 , and of great H1419 destruction H7667 .
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23. How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
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23. How H349 is the hammer H6360 of the whole H3605 earth H776 cut asunder H1438 and broken H7665 ! how H349 is Babylon H894 become H1961 a desolation H8047 among the nations H1471 !
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24. I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and caught, because you strove against the LORD.
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24. I have laid a snare H3369 for thee , and thou art also H1571 taken H3920 , O Babylon H894 , and thou H859 wast not H3808 aware H3045 : thou art found H4672 , and also H1571 caught H8610 , because H3588 thou hast striven H1624 against the LORD H3068 .
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25. The LORD has opened his armory, and brought out the weapons of his wrath, for the Lord GOD of hosts has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.
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25. The LORD H3068 hath opened H6605 H853 his armory H214 , and hath brought forth H3318 H853 the weapons H3627 of his indignation H2195 : for H3588 this H1931 is the work H4399 of the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635 in the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778 .
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26. Come against her from every quarter; open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain, and destroy her utterly; let nothing be left of her.
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26. Come H935 against her from the utmost border H4480 H7093 , open H6605 her storehouses H3965 : cast her up H5549 as heaps H6194 , and destroy H2763 her utterly : let nothing H408 of her be H1961 left H7611 .
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27. Slay all her bulls, let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
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27. Slay H2717 all H3605 her bullocks H6499 ; let them go down H3381 to the slaughter H2874 : woe H1945 unto H5921 them! for H3588 their day H3117 is come H935 , the time H6256 of their visitation H6486 .
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28. "Hark! they flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, vengeance for his temple.
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28. The voice H6963 of them that flee H5127 and escape H6412 out of the land H4480 H776 of Babylon H894 , to declare H5046 in Zion H6726 H853 the vengeance H5360 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 , the vengeance H5360 of his temple H1964 .
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29. "Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp round about her; let no one escape. Requite her according to her deeds, do to her according to all that she has done; for she has proudly defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
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29. Call together H8085 the archers H7228 against H413 Babylon H894 : all H3605 ye that bend H1869 the bow H7198 , camp H2583 against H5921 it round about H5439 ; let H1961 none H408 thereof escape H6413 : recompense H7999 her according to her work H6467 ; according to all H3605 that H834 she hath done H6213 , do H6213 unto her: for H3588 she hath been proud H2102 against H413 the LORD H3068 , against H413 the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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30. Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, says the LORD.
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30. Therefore H3651 shall her young men H970 fall H5307 in the streets H7339 , and all H3605 her men H376 of war H4421 shall be cut off H1826 in that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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31. "Behold, I am against you, O proud one, says the Lord GOD of hosts; for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
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31. Behold H2009 , I am against H413 thee, O thou most proud H2087 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635 : for H3588 thy day H3117 is come H935 , the time H6256 that I will visit H6485 thee.
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32. The proud one shall stumble and fall, with none to raise him up, and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all that is round about him.
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32. And the most proud H2087 shall stumble H3782 and fall H5307 , and none H369 shall raise him up H6965 : and I will kindle H3341 a fire H784 in his cities H5892 , and it shall devour H398 all H3605 round about H5439 him.
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33. "Thus says the LORD of hosts: The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them; all who took them captive have held them fast, they refuse to let them go.
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33. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; The children H1121 of Israel H3478 and the children H1121 of Judah H3063 were oppressed H6231 together H3162 : and all H3605 that took them captives H7617 held them fast H2388 ; they refused H3985 to let them go H7971 .
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34. Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
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34. Their Redeemer H1350 is strong H2389 ; the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 : he shall throughly plead H7378 H7378 H853 their cause H7379 , that H4616 he may give rest H7280 H853 to the land H776 , and disquiet H7264 the inhabitants H3427 of Babylon H894 .
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35. "A sword upon the Chaldeans, says the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes and her wise men!
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35. A sword H2719 is upon H5921 the Chaldeans H3778 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and upon H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Babylon H894 , and upon H413 her princes H8269 , and upon H413 her wise H2450 men .
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36. A sword upon the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword upon her warriors, that they may be destroyed!
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36. A sword H2719 is upon H413 the liars H907 ; and they shall dote H2973 : a sword H2719 is upon H413 her mighty men H1368 ; and they shall be dismayed H2865 .
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37. A sword upon her horses and upon her chariots, and upon all the foreign troops in her midst, that they may become women! A sword upon all her treasures, that they may be plundered!
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37. A sword H2719 is upon H413 their horses H5483 , and upon H413 their chariots H7393 , and upon H413 all H3605 the mingled people H6154 that H834 are in the midst H8432 of her ; and they shall become H1961 as women H802 : a sword H2719 is upon H413 her treasures H214 ; and they shall be robbed H962 .
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38. A drought upon her waters, that they may be dried up! For it is a land of images, and they are mad over idols.
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38. A drought H2721 is upon H413 her waters H4325 ; and they shall be dried up H3001 : for H3588 it is the land H776 of graven images H6456 , and they H1931 are mad H1984 upon their idols H367 .
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39. "Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon, and ostriches shall dwell in her; she shall be peopled no more for ever, nor inhabited for all generations.
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39. Therefore H3651 the wild beasts of the desert H6728 with H854 the wild beasts of the islands H338 shall dwell H3427 there , and the owls H1323 H3284 shall dwell H3427 therein : and it shall be no H3808 more H5750 inhabited H3427 forever H5331 ; neither H3808 shall it be dwelt in H7931 from H5704 generation H1755 to generation H1755 .
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40. As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbor cities, says the LORD, so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.
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40. As God H430 overthrew H4114 H853 Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017 and the neighbor H7934 cities thereof, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 ; so shall no H3808 man H376 abide H3427 there H8033 , neither H3808 shall any son H1121 of man H120 dwell H1481 therein.
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41. "Behold, a people comes from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
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41. Behold H2009 , a people H5971 shall come H935 from the north H4480 H6828 , and a great H1419 nation H1471 , and many H7227 kings H4428 shall be raised up H5782 from the coasts H4480 H3411 of the earth H776 .
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42. They lay hold of bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy. The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea; they ride upon horses, arrayed as a man for battle against you, O daughter of Babylon!
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42. They shall hold H2388 the bow H7198 and the lance H3591 : they H1992 are cruel H394 , and will not H3808 show mercy H7355 : their voice H6963 shall roar H1993 like the sea H3220 , and they shall ride H7392 upon H5921 horses H5483 , every one put in array H6186 , like a man H376 to the battle H4421 , against H5921 thee , O daughter H1323 of Babylon H894 .
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43. "The king of Babylon heard the report of them, and his hands fell helpless; anguish seized him, pain as of a woman in travail.
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43. The king H4428 of Babylon H894 hath heard H8085 H853 the report H8088 of them , and his hands H3027 waxed feeble H7503 : anguish H6869 took hold H2388 of him, and pangs H2427 as of a woman in travail H3205 .
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44. "Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a strong sheepfold, I will suddenly make them run away from her; and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
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44. Behold H2009 , he shall come up H5927 like a lion H738 from the swelling H4480 H1347 of Jordan H3383 unto H413 the habitation H5116 of the strong H386 : but H3588 I will make them suddenly H7280 run away H7323 from H4480 H5921 her : and who H4310 is a chosen H977 man, that I may appoint H6485 over H413 her? for H3588 who H4310 is like me H3644 ? and who H4310 will appoint me the time H3259 ? and who H4310 is that H2088 shepherd H7462 that H834 will stand H5975 before H6440 me?
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45. Therefore hear the plan which the LORD has made against Babylon, and the purposes which he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
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45. Therefore H3651 hear H8085 ye the counsel H6098 of the LORD H3068 , that H834 he hath taken H3289 against H413 Babylon H894 ; and his purposes H4284 , that H834 he hath purposed H2803 against H413 the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778 : Surely H518 H3808 the least H6810 of the flock H6629 shall draw them out H5498 : surely H518 H3808 he shall make their habitation H5116 desolate H8074 with H5921 them.
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46. At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations."
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46. At the noise H4480 H6963 of the taking H8610 of Babylon H894 the earth H776 is moved H7493 , and the cry H2201 is heard H8085 among the nations H1471 .
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