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her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the L
ORD
.
31
Behold, I
am
against thee,
O thou
most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time
that
I will visit thee.
32
And
the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his
cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
33
Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah
were
oppressed
together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
34
Their
Redeemer
is
strong; the L
ORD
of hosts
is
his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may
give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35
A sword
is
upon the Chaldeans, saith the L
ORD
, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and
upon her princes, and upon her wise
men.
36
A sword
is
upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword
is
upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
37
A sword
is
upon their horses, and upon
their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that
are
in the midst of her; and they shall become
as women: a sword
is
upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
38
A drought
is
upon her waters;
and they shall be dried up: for it
is
the land of graven images, and they are mad upon
their
idols.
39
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell
there,
and
the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in
from generation to generation.
40
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour
cities
thereof, saith the L
ORD
;
so
shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
41
Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised
up from the coasts of the earth.
42
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they
are
cruel, and will
not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses,
every one
put
in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
43
The king of Babylon hath
heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him,
and
pangs as of a
woman in travail.
44
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the
habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who
is
a chosen
man, that
I may appoint over her? for who
is
like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who
is
that shepherd that will stand before me?
45
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the L
ORD
, that he
hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make
their
habitation desolate with
them.
46
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the
nations.
CHAPTER 51
Thus saith the L
ORD
; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the
midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
2
And will send unto Babylon fanners,
that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round
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