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Against
him that
bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against
him that
lifteth himself
up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
4
Thus the
slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and
they that are
thrust through in her streets.
5
For
Israel
hath
not
been
forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the L
ORD
of hosts; though their land was
filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
6
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every
man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this
is
the time of the L
ORD
’S vengeance; he will
render unto her a recompence.
7
Babylon
hath been
a golden cup in the L
ORD
’S hand, that made all
the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
8
Babylon
is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed.
9
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into
his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up
even
to the skies.
10
The
L
ORD
hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the L
ORD
our God.
11
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the L
ORD
hath raised up the spirit of the
kings of the Medes: for his device
is
against Babylon, to destroy it; because it
is
the vengeance of
the L
ORD
, the vengeance of his temple.
12
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the
watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the L
ORD
hath both devised and done
that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13
O thou that dwellest upon many waters,
abundant in treasures, thine end is come,
and
the measure of thy covetousness.
14
The L
ORD
of hosts
hath sworn by himself,
saying,
Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall
lift up a shout against thee.
15
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world
by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
16
When he uttereth
his
voice,
there is
a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the
ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
17
Every man is brutish by
his
knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for
his molten image
is
falsehood, and
there is
no breath in them.
18
They
are
vanity, the work of errors:
in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
19
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 L
ORD
of hosts is his name.
20
Thou
art
my battle axe
and
weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and
with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
21
And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
22
With thee also will I break in pieces
man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in
pieces the young man and the maid;
23
I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his
flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will
I break in pieces captains and rulers.
24
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, saith the L
ORD
.
25
Behold, I
am
against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the L
ORD
, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch
out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
26
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be
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