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Rh :For it is a land of graven images,
 * And they are mad upon things of horror.
 * Therefore the wild-cats with the jackals shall dwell there,
 * And the ostriches shall dwell therein; and it shall be no more inhabited for ever,
 * Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
 * As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
 * And the neighbour cities thereof, saith the ;
 * So shall no man abide there,
 * Neither shall any son of man dwell therein.


 * Behold, a people cometh from the north,
 * And a great nation, and many kings
 * Shall be roused from the uttermost parts of the earth.
 * They lay hold on bow and spear,
 * They are cruel, and have no compassion;
 * Their voice is like the roaring sea,
 * And they ride upon horses;
 * Set in array, as a man for war,
 * Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
 * The king of Babylon hath heard the fame of them,
 * And his hands wax feeble;
 * Anguish hath taken hold of him,
 * And pain, as of a woman in travail.
 * Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan
 * Against the strong habitation;
 * For I will suddenly make them run away from it,
 * And whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it;
 * For who is like Me? and who will appoint Me a time?
 * And who is that shepherd that will stand before Me?
 * Therefore hear ye the counsel of the ,
 * That He hath taken against Babylon,
 * And His purposes, that He hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
 * Surely the least of the flock shall drag them away,
 * Surely their habitation shall be appalled at them.
 * At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth quaketh,
 * And the cry is heard among the nations.

Thus saith the :


 * Behold, I will raise up against Babylon,
 * And against them that dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.
 * And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall fan her,
 * And they shall empty her land;
 * For in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
 * Let the archer bend his bow against her,
 * And let him lift himself up against her in his coat of mail;
 * And spare ye not her young men,
 * Destroy ye utterly all her host.
 * And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans,
 * And thrust through in her streets.
 * For Israel is not widowed, nor Judah,
 * Of his God, of the of hosts;
 * For their land is full of guilt
 * Against the Holy One of Israel.
 * Flee out of the midst of Babylon,
 * And save every man his life,
 * Be not cut off in her iniquity;
 * For it is the time of the vengeance;
 * He will render unto her a recompense.