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- "The LORDª of hostsª hath swornª° by himself,ª [saying], Surely¹¹ I will fillª° thee with men,ª as with caterpillers;ª and they shall lift upª° a shoutª against¹ thee." {Jer 51:14} + "They shall cut downª° her forest,ª saithª° the LORD,ª though¹ it cannot¹ be searched;ª° because¹ they are moreª° than the grasshoppers,ª¹ and [are] innumerable.ªª" {Jer 46:23} + "Behold,¹ a peopleª shall comeª° from the north,ª¹ and a greatª nation,ª and manyª kingsª shall be raised upª° from the coastsª¹ of the earth.ª ... They shall holdª° the bowª and the lance:ª they¹ [are] cruel,ª and will not¹ shew mercy:ª° their voiceª shall roarª° like the sea,ª and they shall rideª° upon¹ horses,ª [every one] put in array,ª° like a manª to the battle,ª against¹ thee, O daughterª of Babylon.ª" {Jer 50:41-42} + "For¹ they¹ came upª° with their cattleª and their tents,ª and they cameª°°° as²¹ grasshoppersª for multitude;ª [for] both they¹ and their camelsª were without¹ number:ª and they enteredª° into the landª to destroyª° it." {Jdg 6:5} + "A dayª of darknessª and of gloominess,ª a dayª of cloudsª and of thick darkness,ª as the morningª spreadª° upon¹ the mountains:ª a greatª peopleª and a strong;ª there hath not¹ beenª° everª¹ the like,¹ neither¹ shall be any moreª° afterª it, [even] to¹ the yearsª of many² generations.ª ... A fireª devourethª° beforeª them; and behindª them a flameª burneth:ª° the landª [is] as the gardenª of Edenª beforeª them, and behindª them a desolateª wilderness;ª yea,¹ and nothing¹ shall escapeª¹ them." {Jol 2:2-3} + "There¹ shall the fireª devourª° thee; the swordª shall cut thee off,ª° it shall eat thee upª° like the cankerworm:ª make thyself manyª° as the cankerworm,ª make thyself manyª° as the locusts.ª ... Thy crownedª [are] as the locusts,ª and thy captainsª as the great grasshoppers,ª which campª° in the hedgesª in the coldª day,ª [but] when the sunª arisethª° they flee away,ª° and their placeª is not knownª°¹ whereª they [are]." {Nah 3:15-17} + "Andª the¹ shapesª of the¹ locustsª [were] like² unto¹ horsesª preparedª° untoª battle;ª andª onª their²¹ headsª [were] as it wereª crownsª likeª gold,ª andª their²¹ facesª [were] asª the facesª of men.ª ... Andª they hadª° a kingª overª them,²¹ [which is] the¹ angelª of the¹ bottomless pit,ª whoseª nameª in the Hebrew tongueª [is] Abaddon,ª butª inª the¹ Greek tongueª hathª° [his] nameª Apollyon.ª" {Rev 9:7-11}; After Cyrus had been the instrument in the hands of God of taking Babylon, he marched against Tomyris, queen of the Massagete, a Scythian nation, and was totally defeated (bc 530). The victorious queen, who had lost her son in a previous battle, was so incensed against Cyrus, that she cut off his head, and threw it into a vessel filled with human blood, exclaiming, "Sattia te sanguine, quem sitisti."
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