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The sword it must be, the Lord says, for the men of Chaldaea, for citizen of Babylon, and prince, and councillor; (Jeremiah 50, 35)
Bow and shield they ply, and their hard hearts pity none; loud their battle-cry as the roaring of the sea. So they ride on, as warriors ride, poor Babylon, thy enemies. (Jeremiah 50, 42)
Would you know what the Lord’s design is for Babylon, what plans he is devising against the realm of Chaldaea? Why, he says, it will need but an array of weaklings to dislodge them, pull their dwelling-place down about their ears!✻ (Jeremiah 50, 45)
Babylon has fallen; earth trembles at the sound of it; a great cry goes up for all the world to hear. (Jeremiah 50, 46)
Thus says the Lord, I mean to let loose on Babylon, and the whole of Defiance-land,✻ a destroying blast; (Jeremiah 51, 1)
winnowers of mine shall reach Babylon and fall to winnowing it, till all the heaps are gone; an ill day for Babylon, cut off on every side. (Jeremiah 51, 2)
Flee away from the confines of Babylon, flee for your lives; would you meekly accept her punishment? The time has come when the Lord will take vengeance on her, he it is that sends this retribution. (Jeremiah 51, 6)
Babylon, that was once a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, for a whole world’s bemusing! Drank nations of that cup, how they reeled and tottered! (Jeremiah 51, 7)
And now, all in a moment, Babylon herself falls to her ruin. Raise the dirge, go find balm to heal those wounds of hers! (Jeremiah 51, 8)
Alas, we sought a cure for Babylon, but curing her there was none; time it is we left her, and went back each to his own land; towers heaven-high the measure of her punishment, and is lost among the clouds. (Jeremiah 51, 9)
Whet arrow, and fill quiver; the Lord has put a resolve into the heart of the Median king; he will have Babylon overthrown. The Lord shall be avenged, his temple shall be avenged! (Jeremiah 51, 11)
Against Babylon’s walls display the standard, keep strict watch, post sentinels, lay ambush; the doom of its folk, long since devised, long since denounced, he will execute. (Jeremiah 51, 12)
