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For behold, I stir up against Babylon the gatherings of nations out of the land of the north, and they shall set themselves in array against her. From there shall she be taken, as the dart of an expert warrior shall not return empty.

Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the end of the earth, holding bow and dagger.

Flee from the midst of Babylon, and deliver everyone his soul; and be not overthrown in her iniquity; for it is the time of her retribution from the Lord. He is rendering to her a recompense.

Set up a standard in the land, sound the trumpet among the nations, consecrate the nations against her, raise up kings against her by Me, and for the people of Ashkenaz; set against her engines of war; bring up against her horses as a multitude of locusts.

Bring up nations against her, [even] the king of the Medes and of the whole earth, his rulers, and all his captains.

And the Gentiles shall take them, and bring them into their place; and they shall inherit them, and they shall be multiplied upon the land for servants and handmaidens; and they that took them captives shall become captives [to them]; and they that had lordship over them shall be under [their] rule.

Thus says the Lord God to My anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, that nations might be obedient before him; and I will break through the strength of kings; I will open doors before him, and cities shall not be closed.

And I will give you the treasures of darkness, I will open to you hidden, unseen [treasures], that you may know that I, the Lord your God, that call you by name, am the God of Israel.

Peres; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

Because you have plundered many nations, all the nations that are left shall plunder you, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.

You have devised shame to your house, you have utterly destroyed many nations, and your soul has sinned.

Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord; it shall cover them as water.

Drink also your fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of the Lord has come round upon you, and dishonor has gathered upon your glory.

Summon many against Babylon, everyone that bends the bow. Camp against her round about; let none of her [people] escape. Render to her according to her works, according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has resisted the Lord, the Holy God of Israel.

Behold, I am against you, O haughty one, says the Lord; for your day has come, and the time of your retribution.

Thus says the Lord: The children of Israel and the children of Judah have been oppressed. All those that have taken them captive have oppressed them together, for they would not let them go.

Flee from the midst of Babylon, and deliver everyone his soul; and be not overthrown in her iniquity; for it is the time of her retribution from the Lord. He is rendering to her a recompense.

You scatter for Me the weapons of war, and I will scatter nations by you, and will destroy kings by means of you.

And by you I will scatter youth and maid; and by you I will scatter man and woman.

And I will recompense to Babylon and to all the Chaldeans that dwell [there] all the evil that they have done to Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.

And they shall not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation; for you shall be a desolation forever, says the Lord.

My troubles and my distresses have driven me out into Babylon, shall she that dwells in Zion say; and my blood [shall be] upon the Chaldeans dwelling [there], shall Jerusalem say.

And Babylon shall be a desolation, and shall not be inhabited.

In their excitement I will give them a drink, and make them drunk, that they may be stupefied, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and not awake, says the Lord.

How has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! How has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

Wretched daughter of Babylon! Blessed [shall he be] who shall reward you as you have rewarded us.

A voice of a cry from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord rendering recompense to [His] adversaries.

"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her!"

The sound of harpists, and musicians, and of flutists, and of trumpeters shall by no means be heard in you anymore. And no craftsman of any craft shall by no means be found in you anymore, and the sound of a mill shall by no means be heard in you anymore.

And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all those who had been slain on the earth."