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And there shall be none to raise him up;

And I will kindle a fire in his cities,

And it shall consume all that are round about him.
Thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts,

The children of Israel [have been] oppressed,
And the children of Judah together;

And all they that carried them away captive held
them fast,

They refused to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong,

JEHOVAH of hosts is his name:

He will surely maintain their cause,

So as to cause a commotion in the earth,
And to make the inhabitants of Babylon to
tremble.

35 A sword [shall be] upon the Chaldeans, saith JE

HOVAH,

And upon the inhabitants of Babylon,

And upon the princes thereof,

And upon the wise men thereof;

36 A sword upon the impostors, and they shall be infatuated;

A sword upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed;

37 A sword upon her horses, and upon her chariots, And upon all the mixed multitude which is in the midst of her,

And they shall become like women;

A sword upon her treasures, and they shall be plundered;

38 A sword upon her waters, and they shall be dried

up:

Because it is the land of graven images,
And in idols do they glory,

39 Therefore shall wild cats with jackals dwell, The daughters of the ostrich also shall dwell in her;

And she shall not be re-established any more for

ever,

Neither shall she be inhabited from generation to

generation.

40 According as when God overthrew Sodom and ⚫ Gomorrah,

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And the neighbouring places thereof, saith JE

HOVAH,

There shall not a man dwell there,

Neither shall a son of man sojourn in her.
Behold a people cometh from the north, even a
great nation,

And many kings shall be roused from the extre-
mities of the earth;

42 The bow and the spear shall they take in hand ; Cruel are they, and they will shew no mercy; Their voice shall roar as the sea;

And upon horses shall they ride,

In orderly array, as men for battle,

Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

43 The king of Babylon hath heard the rumour of them,

And his hands are waxed feeble;

Distress hath taken hold on him,

Pain, as on a woman in travail.

44 Behold, as a lion cometh up,

A strong one from the swelling of Jordan against a fold,

When I throw her into disorder, I will cause them

to run away from her;

And him that is chosen will I commission against her:

For who is like me? or who shall prescribe to me? Or who is that shepherd that can stand before me? 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of JEHOVAH, Which he hath taken against Babylon,

And his purposes which he hath purposed
Against the inhabitants of Chaldea:

Surely they shall be dragged away from the lit-
tle ones of the flock;

Surely he will make their habitation astonished at them.

At the voice, BABYLON IS TAKEN, the earth is moved;

And the cry thereof is heard among the nations.

CHAP. LI.

1 THUS saith JEHOVAH,

Behold, I will raise up against Babylon,

And against those that dwell in the heart of mine adversaries,

A destroying wind.

2 And I will send against Babylon winnowers, And they shall winnow her, and shall empty her land;

For they shall be against her round about,

In the day of trouble by the way side.

3 Let the archer bend his bow,

And let him not lift himself up in his brigandine;
And spare ye not her young men,

Destroy utterly her whole army;

4 And they shall fall down slain in the land of

Chaldea,

And thrust through in her streets.
For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah,
Of his God, of JEHOVAH of hosts;

But their land is filled with a trespass offering

By the holy One of Israel.

6 Flee ye out of the midst of Babylon,

And save ye every man his life,

That ye be not cut off in her punishment:
For it is the time of JEHOVAH'S vengeance;
A recompence will he render unto her.

7 Babylon is a golden cup in the hand of JEHOVAH; Intoxicating the whole earth;

Of the wine thereof nations have drunken ;
Therefore shall nations glory, [saying]

8 Babylon is suddenly fallen,

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And broken; howl over her;
Take ye balm for her anguish,

If so be she may be healed.

We have applied remedies to Babylon, but she is not healed;

Leave her, and let us go every one to his own coun try;

For her judgment hath reached unto the hea

vens,

And is lifted up unto the skies.

10 JEHOVAH hath brought forth our deliverancés ; Come ye, and let us declare in Sion

The work of JEHOVAH Our God.

11 Make bright the arrows, fill the quivers; JEHOVAH hath roused up the spirit of the kings of Media;

For his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it;
Surely it is the vengeance of JEHOVAH,

The vengeance of his temple.

12 Before the walls of Babylon set up a standard, Keep a strong guard, place sentinels,

Prepare ye liers in ambush;

For as JEHOVAH hath purposed,

He hath also done that which he hath spoken,
Concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

13 O thou that dwellest by the side of many waters, that aboundest in treasures,

Thine end is come, O handmaid of thy covetous

ness.

14 JEHOVAH of hosts hath sworn by himself,

Surely I will fill thee with men, as with locusts, And they shall send forth a shouting against thee. 15 He hath made the earth by his power, Establishing the world by his wisdom;

By his understanding also hath he spread out the heavens.

16 When he exerteth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,

And he maketh clouds to rise from the extremity of the earth

;

He produceth lightnings with rain,

And bringeth the wind forth out of his magazines.

17 Every man becometh a brute by acknowledging, Every goldsmith is put to shame by graving, When they have set up false objects of worship, And such as have no breath in them.

18 Vanity are these, the work of those that greatly

err;

In the time of their visitation they shall perish.

19 Not like these is the portion of Jacob;

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For he is the former of the universe,

And Israel is the rod of his inheritance;
JEHOVAH of hosts is his name.

O battle ax, thou shalt be my weapon of war;
And with thee will I break in pieces nations;

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