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33 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; the time to harvest her will soon come."
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33 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; the time to harvest her will soon come."
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34 "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made us an empty jar. Like a serpent he has swallowed us and filled his stomach with our delicacies, and then has spewed us out.
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34 "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made us an empty jar. Like a serpent he has swallowed us and filled his stomach with our delicacies, and then has spewed us out.
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35 May the violence done to our flesh be upon Babylon," say the inhabitants of Zion. "May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia," says Jerusalem.
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35 May the violence done to our flesh be upon Babylon," say the inhabitants of Zion. "May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia," says Jerusalem.
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36 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
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36 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
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37 Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.
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37 Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.
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38 Her people all roar like young lions, they growl like lion cubs.
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38 Her people all roar like young lions, they growl like lion cubs.
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39 But while they are aroused, I will set out a feast for them and make them drunk, so that they shout with laughter-- then sleep forever and not awake," declares the LORD.
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39 But while they are aroused, I will set out a feast for them and make them drunk, so that they shout with laughter-- then sleep forever and not awake," declares the LORD.
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40 "I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats.
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40 "I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats.
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41 "How Sheshach will be captured, the boast of the whole earth seized! What a horror Babylon will be among the nations!
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41 "How Sheshach will be captured, the boast of the whole earth seized! What a horror Babylon will be among the nations!
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42 The sea will rise over Babylon; its roaring waves will cover her.
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42 The sea will rise over Babylon; its roaring waves will cover her.
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43 Her towns will be desolate, a dry and desert land, a land where no one lives, through which no man travels.
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43 Her towns will be desolate, a dry and desert land, a land where no one lives, through which no man travels.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
