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Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day," says the Lord.
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"Behold, I am against you, O most haughty one!" says the Lord God of hosts; "For your day has come, The time that I will punish you.
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The most proud shall stumble and fall, And no one will raise him up; I will kindle a fire in his cities, And it will devour all around him."
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Thus says the Lord of hosts: "The children of Israel were oppressed, Along with the children of Judah; All who took them captive have held them fast; They have refused to let them go.
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Their Redeemer is strong; The Lord of hosts is His name. He will thoroughly plead their case, That He may give rest to the land, And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
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"A sword is against the Chaldeans," says the Lord, "Against the inhabitants of Babylon, And against her princes and her wise men.
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A sword is against the soothsayers, and they will be fools. A sword is against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
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A sword is against their horses, Against their chariots, And against all the mixed peoples who are in her midst; And they will become like women. A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.
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A drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is the land of carved images, And they are insane with their idols.
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"Therefore the wild desert beasts shall dwell there with the jackals, And the ostriches shall dwell in it. It shall be inhabited no more forever, Nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
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As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah And their neighbors," says the Lord, "So no one shall reside there, Nor son of man dwell in it.