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Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroyingwind;
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Against him that bendeth let the archerbend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
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Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'Svengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
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Babylon hath been a goldencup in the LORD'Shand, that made all the earthdrunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
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We would have healedBabylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgmentreacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
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Make bright the arrows;gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.