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he who gives with
his voice a multitude of waters from heaven, then he causes the clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings with the rain and brings forth the wind out of his treasures.
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Every man has become carnal and is without knowledge; let every founder be ashamed of the graven image: for his molten image
is falsehood, and
there is no breath in them.
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They
are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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The portion of Jacob
is not like them; for he
is the Former of all things; and
Israel is the rod of his inheritance; the LORD of the hosts
is his name.
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Thou
art my hammer, O weapons of war: for with thee I will break in pieces the Gentiles, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms;
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and with thee I will break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee I will break in pieces the chariots and their riders;
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with thee also I will break in pieces men and women; and with thee I will break in pieces old and young; and with thee I will break in pieces young men and virgins;
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I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee I will break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee I will break in pieces dukes and princes.
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And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, said the LORD.
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Behold, I
am against thee, O destroying mountain, said the LORD, which destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee and roll thee down from the rocks and will make thee a burnt mountain.
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And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, said the LORD.