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And Babylon is fallen suddenly, and is broken to pieces: lament for her; take balm for her deadly wound, if by any means she may be healed.
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We tried to heal Babylon, but she was not healed: let us forsake her, and depart every one to his own country: for her judgment has reached to the heaven, it has mounted up to the stars.
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The Lord has brought forth his judgment: come, and let us declare in Sion the works of the Lord our God.
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Prepare the arrows; fill the quivers: the Lord has stirred up the spirit of the king of the Medes: for his wrath is against Babylon, to destroy it utterly; for it is the Lord's vengeance, it is the vengeance of his people.
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Lift up a standard on the walls of Babylon, prepare the quivers, rouse the guards, prepare the weapons: for the Lord has taken in hand, and will execute what he has spoken against the inhabitants of Babylon,
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dwelling on many waters, and amidst the abundance of her treasures; thine end is come verily into thy bowels.
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For the Lord has sworn by his arm, I will fill thee with men as with locusts; and they that come down shall cry against thee.
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The Lord made the earth by his power, preparing the world by his wisdom, by his understanding he stretched out the heaven.
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At voice he makes a sound of water in the heaven, and brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth; he makes lightnings for rain, and brings light out of his treasures.
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Every man has completely lost understanding; every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven : for they have cast false , there is no breath in them.
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They are vain works, objects of scorn; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.