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Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon, against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,
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and I will send to Babylon winnowers, and they shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land, when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble.
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Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not stand up in his armor. Spare not her young men; devote to destruction all her army.
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They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and wounded in her streets.
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For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the LORD of hosts, but the land of the Chaldeans is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.