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Babylonia, Asia, Egypt, and Syria, you are doomed!
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Put on your clothes of mourning, your sackcloth and goat's hair. Cry and wail for your children because the time for your destruction is near.
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I am sending war on you, and no one can stop it.
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I am sending fire on you, and no one can put it out.
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I am sending disasters on you, and no one can stop them from coming.
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Can anyone stop a hungry lion in the forest or put out a fire that is burning in straw
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or turn back an arrow shot by a strong archer?
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When the Lord God sends disaster, no one can hold it back.
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No one can escape the blazing anger of the Lord.
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When he sends lightning, no one can keep from trembling; and when it thunders, everyone is afraid.