21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
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“Attack the land of Merathaim and those who live in Pekod. Pursue, kill and completely destroy them,” declares the LORD. “Do everything I have commanded you.
22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
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The noise of battle is in the land, the noise of great destruction!
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
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How broken and shattered is the hammer of the whole earth! How desolate is Babylon among the nations!