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4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased!
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4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!
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5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,
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5 The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
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6 that smote the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
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6 which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
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7 The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing.
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7 All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing.
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8 The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no hewer comes up against us.'
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8 Even the pine trees and the cedars of Lebanon exult over you and say, "Now that you have been laid low, no woodsman comes to cut us down."
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9 Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come, it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.
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9 The grave below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you-- all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones-- all those who were kings over the nations.
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10 All of them will speak and say to you: 'You too have become as weak as we! You have become like us!'
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10 They will all respond, they will say to you, "You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us."
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11 Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are the bed beneath you, and worms are your covering.
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11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.
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12 "How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!
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12 How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
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13 You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far north;
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13 You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.
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14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will make myself like the Most High.'
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14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."
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15 But you are brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the Pit.
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15 But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit.
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16 Those who see you will stare at you, and ponder over you: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,
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16 Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,
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17 who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?'
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17 the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?"
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18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb;
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18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
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19 but you are cast out, away from your sepulchre, like a loathed untimely birth, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the Pit, like a dead body trodden under foot.
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19 But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
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20 You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. "May the descendants of evildoers nevermore be named!
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20 you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.
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21 Prepare slaughter for his sons because of the guilt of their fathers, lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities."
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21 Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the sins of their forefathers; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.
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22 "I will rise up against them," says the LORD of hosts, "and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, offspring and posterity, says the LORD.
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22 "I will rise up against them," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD.
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23 And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the LORD of hosts."
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23 "I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD Almighty.
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