44
They shall come to her and surround her; they shall pour out the tempest and all its wrath upon her; then the dust and smoke shall go up to heaven, and all who are about her shall wail over her.
42
And they shall destroy cities and walls, mountains and hills, trees of the forests, and grass of the meadows, and their grain.
43
And they shall go on steadily to Babylon, and shall destroy her.
44
They shall come to her and surround her; they shall pour out the tempest and all its wrath upon her; then the dust and smoke shall go up to heaven, and all who are about her shall wail over her.
45
And those who survive shall serve those who have destroyed her.
46
And you, Asia, who share in the glamour of Babylon and the glory of her person --
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