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“A sword against the Babylonians!”
declares the Lord—
“against those who live in Babylon
and against her officials and wise men!
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A sword against her false prophets!
They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!
They will be filled with terror.
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A sword against her horses and chariots
and all the foreigners in her ranks!
They will become women.
A sword against her treasures!
They will be plundered.
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A drought on her waters!
They will dry up.
For it is a land of idols,
idols that will go mad with terror.
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“So desert creatures and hyenas will live there,
and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in from generation to generation.
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As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
no man will dwell in it.