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Rh :And be as the he-goats before the flocks.
 * For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon
 * An assembly of great nations from the north country;
 * And they shall set themselves in array against her,
 * From thence she shall be taken;
 * Their arrows shall be as of a mighty man that maketh childless;
 * None shall return in vain.
 * And Chaldea shall be a spoil;
 * All that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the.
 * Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice,
 * O ye that plunder My heritage,
 * Because ye gambol as a heifer at grass,
 * And neigh as strong horses;
 * Your mother shall be sore ashamed,
 * She that bore you shall be confounded;
 * Behold, the hindermost of the nations
 * Shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
 * Because of the wrath of the it shall not be inhabited,
 * But it shall be wholly desolate;
 * Every one that goeth by Babylon
 * Shall be appalled and hiss at all her plagues.
 * Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about,
 * All ye that bend the bow,
 * Shoot at her, spare no arrows;
 * For she hath sinned against the.
 * Shout against her round about, she hath submitted herself;
 * Her buttresses are fallen, her walls are thrown down;
 * For it is the vengeance of the, take vengeance upon her;
 * As she hath done, do unto her.
 * Cut off the sower from Babylon,
 * And him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest;
 * For fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people,
 * And they shall flee every one to his own land.


 * Israel is a scattered sheep,
 * The lions have driven him away;
 * First the king of Assyria hath devoured him,
 * And last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
 * Therefore thus saith the of hosts, the God of Israel:
 * Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land,
 * As I have punished the king of Assyria.
 * And I will bring Israel back to his pasture,
 * And he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan,
 * And his soul shall be satisfied upon the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
 * In those days, and in that time, saith the ,
 * The iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none,
 * And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found;
 * For I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.


 * Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it,
 * And against the inhabitants of Pekod;
 * Waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the ,
 * And do according to all that I have commanded thee.
 * Hark! battle is in the land,
 * And great destruction.