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  51:1 ¶
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind. |
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51:1 ¶
Thus°
saith°°
the LORD;°
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;° |
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51:2
And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. |
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51:2
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 about.°° |
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51:3
Against [him that] bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against [him that] lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. |
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51:3
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.° |
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51:4
And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets. |
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51:4
Thus the slain°
shall fall°°
in the land°
of the Chaldeans,°
and [they that are] thrust through°°
in her streets.° |
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51:5
For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. |
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51:5
For°
Israel°
[hath] not°
[been] forsaken,°
nor Judah°
of his God,°°
of the LORD°°
of hosts;°
though°
their land°
was filled°°
with sin°
against the Holy One°°
of Israel.° |
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51:6
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense. |
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51:6
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 LORD'S°
vengeance;°
he will render°°
unto her a recompence.° |
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51:7
Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. |
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51:7
Babylon°
[hath been] a golden°
cup°
in the LORD'S°
hand,°
that made all°
the earth°
drunken:°°
the nations°
have drunken°°
of her wine;°°
therefore°°
the nations°
are mad.°° |
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51:8
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. |
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51:8
Babylon°
is suddenly°
fallen°°
and destroyed:°°
howl°°
for°
her; take°°
balm°
for her pain,°
if so be°
she may be healed.°° |
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51:9
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. |
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51:9
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.° |
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51:10
Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God. |
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51:10
The LORD°
hath brought forth°°°
our righteousness:°
come,°°
and let us declare°°
in Zion°°
the work°
of the LORD°
our God.° |
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51:11
Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple. |
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51:11
Make bright°°
the arrows;°
gather°°
the shields:°
the LORD°
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 LORD,°
the vengeance°
of his temple.° |
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51:12
Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both purposed and done that which he spake concerning the inhabitants of Babylon. |
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51:12
Set up°°
the standard°
upon°
the walls°
of Babylon,°
make the watch°
strong,°°
set up°°
the watchmen,°°
prepare°°
the ambushes:°°
for°
the LORD°
hath both°
devised°°
and°
done°°°
that which°
he spake°°
against°
the inhabitants°°
of Babylon.° |
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51:13
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness. |
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51:13
O thou that dwellest°°°°
upon°
many°
waters,°
abundant°
in treasures,°
thine end°
is come,°°
[and] the measure°
of thy covetousness.° |
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51:14
Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, [saying], Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. |
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51:14
The LORD°
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. |
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51:15
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens: |
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51:15
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.° |
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51:16
when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries. |
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51:16
When he uttereth°°
[his] voice,°
[there is] a multitude°
of waters°
in the heavens;°
and he causeth the vapours°
to ascend°°
from the ends°°
of the earth:°
he maketh°°
lightnings°
with rain,°
and bringeth forth°°
the wind°
out of his treasures.°° |
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51:17
Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. |
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51:17
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. |
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51:18
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. |
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51:18
They°
[are] vanity,°
the work°
of errors:°
in the time°
of their visitation°
they shall perish.°° |
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51:19
The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. |
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51:19
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 LORD°
of hosts°
[is] his name.° |
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51:20
Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; |
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51:20
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;° |
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51:21
and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; |
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51:21
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;°° |
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51:22
and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin; |
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51:22
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;° |
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51:23
and with thee will I break in pieces 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 governors and deputies. |
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51:23
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.° |
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51:24
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 Jehovah. |
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51:24
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 LORD.° |
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51:25
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. |
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51:25
Behold,°
I [am] against°
thee, O destroying°
mountain,°
saith°°
the LORD,°
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.° |
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51:26
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah. |
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51:26
And they shall not°
take°°
of°
thee a stone°
for a corner,°
nor a stone°
for foundations;°
but°
thou shalt be°
desolate°
for ever,°
saith°°
the LORD.° |
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51:27
Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm. |
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51:27
Set ye up°°
a standard°
in the land,°
blow°°
the trumpet°
among the nations,°
prepare°°
the nations°
against°
her, call together°°
against°
her the kingdoms°
of Ararat,°
Minni,°
and Ashchenaz;°
appoint°°
a captain°
against°
her; cause the horses°
to come up°°
as the rough°
caterpillers.° |
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51:28
Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of their dominion. |
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51:28
Prepare°°
against°
her the nations°
with°
the kings°
of the Medes,°°
the captains°
thereof, and all°
the rulers°
thereof, and all°
the land°
of his dominion.° |
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51:29
And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. |
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51:29
And the land°
shall tremble°°
and sorrow:°°
for°
every purpose°
of the LORD°
shall be performed°°
against°
Babylon,°
to make°°°
the land°
of Babylon°
a desolation°
without°°
an inhabitant.°° |
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51:30
The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken. |
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51:30
The mighty men°
of Babylon°
have forborn°°
to fight,°°
they have remained°°
in [their] holds:°
their might°
hath failed;°°
they became°
as women:°
they have burned°°
her dwellingplaces;°
her bars°
are broken.°° |
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51:31
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter: |
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51:31
One post°°
shall run°°
to meet°°
another,°°
and one messenger°°
to meet°°
another,°°
to shew°°
the king°
of Babylon°
that°
his city°
is taken°°
at [one] end,°° |
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51:32
and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. |
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51:32
And that the passages°
are stopped,°°
and the reeds°
they have burned°°
with fire,°
and the men°°
of war°
are affrighted.°° |
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51:33
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her. |
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51:33
For°
thus°
saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts,°
the God°
of Israel;°
The daughter°
of Babylon°
[is] like a threshingfloor,°
[it is] time°
to thresh°°
her: yet°
a little while,°
and the time°
of her harvest°
shall come.°° |
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51:34
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out. |
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51:34
Nebuchadrezzar°
the king°
of Babylon°
hath devoured°°
me, he hath crushed°°
me, he hath made°°
me an empty°
vessel,°
he hath swallowed me up°°
like a dragon,°
he hath filled°°
his belly°
with my delicates,°°
he hath cast me out.°° |
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51:35
The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. |
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51:35
The violence°
done to me and to my flesh°
[be] upon°
Babylon,°
shall the inhabitant°°
of Zion°
say;°°
and my blood°
upon°
the inhabitants°°
of Chaldea,°
shall Jerusalem°
say.°° |
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51:36
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry. |
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51:36
Therefore°
thus°
saith°°
the LORD;°
Behold,°
I will plead°°°
thy cause,°
and take vengeance°°
for thee;°°°
and I will dry up°°°
her sea,°
and make°
her springs°
dry.°° |
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51:37
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant. |
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51:37
And Babylon°
shall become°
heaps,°
a dwellingplace°
for dragons,°
an astonishment,°
and an hissing,°
without°°
an inhabitant.°° |
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51:38
They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps. |
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51:38
They shall roar°°
together°
like lions:°
they shall yell°°
as lions'°
whelps.° |
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51:39
When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah. |
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51:39
In their heat°
I will make°°°
their feasts,°
and I will make them drunken,°°
that°
they may rejoice,°°
and sleep°°
a perpetual°
sleep,°
and not°
wake,°°
saith°°
the LORD.° |
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51:40
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats. |
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51:40
I will bring them down°°
like lambs°
to the slaughter,°°
like rams°
with°
he goats.° |
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51:41
How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! |
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51:41
How°
is Sheshach°
taken!°°
and how is the praise°
of the whole°
earth°
surprised!°°
how°
is Babylon°
become°
an astonishment°
among the nations!° |
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51:42
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. |
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51:42
The sea°
is come up°°
upon°
Babylon:°
she is covered°°
with the multitude°
of the waves°
thereof. |
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51:43
Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby. |
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51:43
Her cities°
are°
a desolation,°
a dry°
land,°
and a wilderness,°
a land°
wherein°
no°°
man°
dwelleth,°°
neither°
doth [any] son°
of man°
pass°°
thereby.° |
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51:44
And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. |
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51:44
And I will punish°°°
Bel°
in Babylon,°
and I will bring forth°°
out of his mouth°°°
that which he hath swallowed up:°
and the nations°
shall not°
flow together°°
any more°
unto°
him: yea,°
the wall°
of Babylon°
shall fall.°° |
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51:45
My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah. |
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51:45
My people,°
go°
ye out°°
of the midst°°
of her, and deliver°°
ye every man°°
his soul°
from the fierce°°
anger°
of the LORD.° |
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51:46
And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye for the tidings that shall be heard in the land; for tidings shall come one year, and after that in another year [shall come] tidings, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. |
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51:46
And lest°
your heart°
faint,°°
and ye fear°°
for the rumour°
that shall be heard°°
in the land;°
a rumour°
shall both come°°
[one] year,°
and after°
that in [another] year°
[shall come] a rumour,°
and violence°
in the land,°
ruler°°
against°
ruler.°° |
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51:47
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. |
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51:47
Therefore,°
behold,°
the days°
come,°°
that I will do judgment°°
upon°
the graven images°
of Babylon:°
and her whole°
land°
shall be confounded,°°
and all°
her slain°
shall fall°°
in the midst°
of her. |
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51:48
Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come unto her from the north, saith Jehovah. |
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51:48
Then the heaven°
and the earth,°
and all°
that°
[is] therein, shall sing°°
for°
Babylon:°
for°
the spoilers°°
shall come°°
unto her from the north,°°
saith°°
the LORD.° |
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51:49
As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land. |
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51:49
As°
Babylon°
[hath caused] the slain°
of Israel°
to fall,°°
so°
at Babylon°
shall fall°°
the slain°
of all°
the earth.° |
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51:50
Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. |
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51:50
Ye that have escaped°°
the sword,°°
go away,°°
stand not still:°°°
remember°°°
the LORD°
afar off,°
and let Jerusalem°
come°°
into°
your mind.° |
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51:51
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah's house. |
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51:51
We are confounded,°°
because°
we have heard°°
reproach:°
shame°
hath covered°°
our faces:°
for°
strangers°°
are come°°
into°
the sanctuaries°
of the LORD'S°
house.° |
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51:52
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan. |
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51:52
Wherefore,°
behold,°
the days°
come,°°
saith°°
the LORD,°
that I will do judgment°°
upon°
her graven images:°
and through all°
her land°
the wounded°
shall groan.°° |
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51:53
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah. |
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51:53
Though°
Babylon°
should mount up°°
to heaven,°
and though°
she should fortify°°
the height°
of her strength,°
[yet]°
from°°
me shall spoilers°°
come°°
unto her, saith°°
the LORD.° |
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51:54
The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! |
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51:54
A sound°
of a cry°
[cometh] from Babylon,°°
and great°
destruction°
from the land°°
of the Chaldeans:° |
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51:55
For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered: |
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51:55
Because°
the LORD°
hath spoiled°°°
Babylon,°
and destroyed°°
out of°
her the great°
voice;°
when her waves°
do roar°°
like great°
waters,°
a noise°
of their voice°
is uttered:°° |
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51:56
for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite. |
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51:56
Because°
the spoiler°°
is come°°
upon°
her, [even] upon°
Babylon,°
and her mighty men°
are taken,°°
every one of their bows°
is broken:°°
for°
the LORD°
God°
of recompences°
shall surely°°
requite.°° |
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51:57
And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts. |
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51:57
And I will make drunk°°
her princes,°
and her wise°
[men], her captains,°
and her rulers,°
and her mighty men:°
and they shall sleep°°
a perpetual°
sleep,°
and not°
wake,°°
saith°°
the King,°
whose name°
[is] the LORD°
of hosts.° |
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51:58
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary. |
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51:58
Thus°
saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts;°
The broad°
walls°
of Babylon°
shall be utterly°°
broken,°°
and her high°
gates°
shall be burned°°
with fire;°
and the people°
shall labour°°
in vain,°
and the folk°
in°
the fire,°
and they shall be weary.°° |
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51:59 ¶
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain. |
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51:59 ¶
The word°
which°
Jeremiah°
the prophet°
commanded°°°
Seraiah°
the son°
of Neriah,°
the son°
of Maaseiah,°
when he went°°°
with°
Zedekiah°
the king°
of Judah°
into Babylon°
in the fourth°
year°
of his reign.°°
And [this] Seraiah°
[was] a quiet°
prince.° |
|
51:60
And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon. |
|
51:60
So Jeremiah°
wrote°°
in°
a°
book°°
all°
the evil°
that°
should come°°
upon°
Babylon,°
[even]°
all°
these°
words°
that are written°°
against°
Babylon.° |
|
51:61
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words, |
|
51:61
And Jeremiah°
said°°
to°
Seraiah,°
When thou comest°°
to Babylon,°
and shalt see,°°
and shalt read°°°
all°
these°
words;° |
|
51:62
and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. |
|
51:62
Then shalt thou say,°°
O LORD,°
thou°
hast spoken°°
against°
this°
place,°
to cut it off,°°
that none°
shall°
remain°°
in it, neither man°°
nor°
beast,°
but°
that it shall be°
desolate°
for ever.° |
|
51:63
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates: |
|
51:63
And it shall be,°
when thou hast made an end°°
of reading°°°
this°
book,°
[that] thou shalt bind°°
a stone°
to°
it, and cast°°
it into°
the midst°
of Euphrates:° |
|
51:64
and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. |
|
51:64
And thou shalt say,°°
Thus°
shall Babylon°
sink,°°
and shall not°
rise°°
from°°
the evil°
that°
I°
will bring°°
upon°
her: and they shall be weary.°°
Thus°
far°
[are] the words°
of Jeremiah.° |
