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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;
22
with you I break in pieces man and woman; with you I break in pieces
1the old man and the youth; with you I break in pieces
2the young man and the young woman;
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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
3governors and commanders.
24
4“I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.
25
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, declares the Lord, which destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags,
5and make you a burnt mountain.
26
No
6stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be
7a perpetual waste, declares the Lord.
27
8“Set up a standard on the earth;
9blow the trumpet among the nations;
10prepare
11the nations for war against her; summon against her
12the kingdoms,
13Ararat, Minni, and
14Ashkenaz; appoint a
15marshal against her;
16bring up horses like bristling locusts.
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17Prepare
18the nations for war against her, the kings of
19the Medes,
20with their governors
21and deputies, and every
22land under their dominion.
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23The land trembles and writhes in pain,
24for the Lord’s purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
30
The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting; they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed;
25they have become women;
26her dwellings are on fire;
27her bars are broken.
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One
28runner runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every side;