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And by thee I will scatter youth and maid; and by thee I will scatter man and woman.
23
And by thee I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by thee I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by thee I will scatter leaders and the captains.
24
And I will recompense to Babylon and to all the Chaldeans that dwell all their mischiefs that they have done to Sion before your eyes, saith the Lord.
25
Behold, I am against thee, the ruined mountain, that destroys the whole earth; and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will roll thee down upon the rocks, and will make thee as a burnt mountain.
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And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation: for thou shalt be a desolation for ever, saith the Lord.
27
Lift up a standard in the land, sound the trumpet among the nations, consecrate the nations against her, raise up kings against her by me, and for the people of Achanaz; set against her engines of war; bring up against her horses as a multitude of locusts.
28
Bring up nations against her, the king of the Medes and of the whole earth, his rulers, and all his captains.
29
The earth has quaked and been troubled, because the purpose of the Lord has risen up against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, and uninhabitable.
30
The warrior of Babylon has failed to fight; they shall sit there in the siege; their power is broken; they are become like women; her tabernacles have been set on fire; her bars are broken.
31
One shall rush, running to meet runner, and one with tidings to meet with tidings, to bring tidings to the king of Babylon, that his city is taken.
32
At the end of his passages they were taken, and his cisterns they have burnt with fire, and his warriors are going forth.