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1014 Prophecy of Jeremias

breath in them. ber Taphsar against her, bring the horse as the
18 They are vain works, and worthy to be stinging locust.
laughed at, in the time of their visitation they 28 Prepare the nations against her, the kings
shall perish. of Media, their captains, and all their rulers, and
19 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for all the land of their dominion.
he that made all things he it is, and Israel is the 29 And the land shall be in a commotion, and
sceptre of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is shall be troubled: for the design of the Lord
his name. against Babylon shall awake, to make the land
20 Thou dashest together for me the weapons of Babylon desert and uninhabitable.
of war, and with thee I will dash nations to- 30 The valiant men of Babylon have forborne
gether, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms: to fight, they have dwelt in holds: their strength
21 And with thee I will break in pieces the hath failed, and they are become as women: her
horse, and his rider, and with thee I will break dwelling places are burnt, her bars are broken.
in pieces the chariot, and him that getteth up 31 One running post shall meet another, and
into it: messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king
22 And with thee I will break in pieces man of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to
and woman, and with thee I will break in pieces the other:
the old man and the child, and with thee I will 32 And that the fords are taken, and the
break in pieces the young man and the virgin: marshes are burnt with fire, and the men of war
23 And with thee I will break in pieces the are affrighted.
shepherd and his flock, and with thee I will break 33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of
in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a thrash-
and with thee I will break in pieces captains and ingfloor, this is the time of her thrashing: yet
rulers. a little while, and the time of her harvest shall
24 And I will render to Babylon, and to all come.
the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil, that 34 Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath
they have done in Sion, before your eyes, saith eaten me up, he hath devoured me: he hath
the Lord. made me as an empty vessel: he hath swallowed
25 Behold I come against thee, thou destroy- me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with
ing mountain, saith the Lord, which corruptest my delicate meats, and he hath cast me out.
the whole earth: and I will stretch out my hand 35 The wrong done to me, and my flesh be
upon thee, and will roll thee down from the upon Babylon, saith the habitation of Sion: and
rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, saith
26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for Jerusalem.
the corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou 36 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I
shalt be destroyed for ever, saith the Lord. will judge thy cause, and will take vengeance for
27 Set ye up a standard in the land: sound thee, and I will make her sea desolate, I and will
with the trumpet among the nations: prepare dry up her spring.
the nations against her: call together against her 37 And Babylon shall be reduced to heaps, a
the kings of Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez: num- dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment and