44
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.
42
They shall destroy cities and walls, mountains and hills, trees of the forests, and grass of the meadows, and their grain.
43
They shall go on steadily to Babylon and blot it out.
44
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.
45
And those who survive shall serve those who have destroyed it.
46
And you, Asia, who share in the splendor of Babylon and the glory of her person—
[b].
Other ancient authorities add [until they destroy it to its foundations]
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