Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
11 The Lord has stirred up the kings of Media, because he intends to destroy Babylonia. That is how he will take revenge for the destruction of his Temple. The attacking officers command, "Sharpen your arrows! Get your shields ready!
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“Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields! The LORD has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is to destroy Babylon. The LORD will take vengeance, vengeance for his temple.
12 Give the signal to attack Babylon's walls. Strengthen the guard! Post the sentries! Place troops in ambush!" The Lord has done what he said he would do to the people of Babylonia.
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Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon! Reinforce the guard, station the watchmen, prepare an ambush! The LORD will carry out his purpose, his decree against the people of Babylon.
13 That country has many rivers and rich treasures, but its time is up, and its thread of life is cut.
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You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be destroyed.
14 The Lord Almighty has sworn by his own life that he will bring many men to attack Babylonia like a swarm of locusts, and they will shout with victory.
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The LORD Almighty has sworn by himself: I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.
15 The Lord made the earth by his power; by his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.
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“He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
16 At his command the waters above the sky roar; he brings clouds from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash in the rain and sends the wind from his storeroom.
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When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
17 At the sight of this, people feel stupid and senseless; those who make idols are disillusioned because the gods they make are false and lifeless.
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“Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
18 They are worthless and should be despised; they will be destroyed when the Lord comes to deal with them.
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They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.
19 The God of Jacob is not like them; he is the one who made everything, and he has chosen Israel to be his very own people. The Lord Almighty is his name.
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He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including the people of his inheritance— the LORD Almighty is his name.
20 The Lord says, "Babylonia, you are my hammer, my weapon of war. I used you to crush nations and kingdoms,
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“You are my war club, my weapon for battle— with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms,
21 to shatter horses and riders, to shatter chariots and their drivers,
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with you I shatter horse and rider, with you I shatter chariot and driver,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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