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Therefore behold the days come, and I will visit the idols of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
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And the heavens and the earth, and all things that are in them shall give praise for Babylon: for spoilers shall come to her from the north, saith the Lord.
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And as Babylon caused that there should fall slain in Israel: so of Babylon there shall fall slain in all the earth.
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You that have escaped the sword, come away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
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We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: because strangers are come upon the sanctuaries of the house of the Lord.
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Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will visit her graven things, and in all her land the wounded shall groan:
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If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord.
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The noise of a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
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Because the Lord hath laid Babylon waste, and destroyed out of her the great voice: and their wave shall roar like many waters: their voice hath made a noise:
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Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and their bow is weakened, because the Lord, who is a strong revenger, will surely repay.
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And I will make her princes drunk, and her wise men, and her captains, and her rulers, and her valiant men: and they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, and shall awake no more, saith the king whose name is Lord of hosts.