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"You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I
1break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;
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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;
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with you I break in pieces man and woman; with you I break in pieces
2the old man and the youth; with you I break in pieces
3the 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
4governors and commanders.
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5"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.
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"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,
6and make you a burnt mountain.
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No
7stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be
8a perpetual waste, declares the LORD.
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9"Set up a standard on the earth;
10blow the trumpet among the nations;
11prepare
12the nations for war against her; summon against her
13the kingdoms,
14Ararat, Minni, and
15Ashkenaz; appoint a
16marshal against her;
17bring up horses like bristling locusts.
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18Prepare
19the nations for war against her, the kings of
20the Medes,
21with their governors
22and deputies, and every
23land under their dominion.
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24The land trembles and writhes in pain,
25for the LORD's purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
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The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting; they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed;
26they have become women;
27her dwellings are on fire;
28her bars are broken.