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Give them an order for their masters: "This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Say this to your masters,
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'I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please.
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Now I have handed all these countries over to my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made wild animals serve him.
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All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until Babylon is defeated. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.
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"'Suppose nations or kingdoms won't serve or surrender to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will punish those nations by wars, famines, and plagues, until I have put an end to them by Nebuchadnezzar's power, declares the LORD.