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Great and mighty clouds, full of wrath and tempest, shall rise and destroy all the earth and its inhabitants, and shall pour out upon every high and lofty place a terrible tempest,
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fire and hail and flying swords and floods of water, so that all the fields and all the streams shall be filled with the abundance of those waters.
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They shall destroy cities and walls, mountains and hills, trees of the forests, and grass of the meadows, and their grain.
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They shall go on steadily to Babylon and blot it out.
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They shall come to it and surround it; they shall pour out on it the tempest and all its fury; then the dust and smoke shall reach the sky, and all who are around it shall mourn for it.
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And those who survive shall serve those who have destroyed it.
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And you, Asia, who share in the splendor of Babylon and the glory of her person—
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woe to you, miserable wretch! For you have made yourself like her; you have decked out your daughters for prostitution to please and glory in your lovers, who have always lusted after you.
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You have imitated that hateful one in all her deeds and devices. Therefore God says,
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I will send evils upon you: widowhood, poverty, famine, sword, and pestilence, bringing ruin to your houses, bringing destruction and death.
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And the glory of your strength shall wither like a flower when the heat shall rise that is sent upon you.