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The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself: Surely I will fill you with troops like a swarm of locusts, and they shall raise a shout of victory over you.
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It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
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When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and he brings out the wind from his storehouses.
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Everyone is stupid and without knowledge; goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols; for their images are false, and there is no breath in them.
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They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
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Not like these is the Lord, the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.
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You are my war club, my weapon of battle: with you I smash nations; with you I destroy kingdoms;
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with you I smash the horse and its rider; with you I smash the chariot and the charioteer;
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with you I smash man and woman; with you I smash the old man and the boy; with you I smash the young man and the girl;
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with you I smash shepherds and their flocks; with you I smash farmers and their teams; with you I smash governors and deputies.
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I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the wrong that they have done in Zion, says the Lord.