<vn='1'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will raise <sn="5782">up</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="413">against</s> them that <sn="3427">dwell</s> in the <sn="3820">midst</s> of them that rise <sn="6965">up</s> against me, a <sn="7843">destroying</s><sn="7307">wind</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>And will <sn="7971">send</s> unto <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="2114">fanners</s>, that shall <sn="2219">fan</s> her, and shall <sn="1238">empty</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="776">land</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="7451">trouble</s> they shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5921">against</s> her round <sn="4480 5439">about</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="413">Against</s> him that <sn="1869">bendeth</s> let the <sn="1869">archer</s><sn="1869">bend</s> his <sn="7198">bow</s>, and <sn="413">against</s> him that lifteth himself <sn="5927">up</s> in his <sn="5630">brigandine</s>: and <sn="2550">spare</s> ye <sn="408">not</s> her young <sn="970">men</s>; destroy ye <sn="2763">utterly</s><sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="6635">host</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Thus the <sn="2491">slain</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>, and they that are thrust <sn="1856">through</s> in her <sn="2351">streets</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s> been <sn="488">forsaken</s>, nor <sn="3063">Judah</s> of his <sn="4480 430">God</s>, of the <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; <sn="3588">though</s> their <sn="776">land</s> was <sn="4390">filled</s> with <sn="817">sin</s> against the Holy <sn="4480 6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="5127">Flee</s> out of the <sn="4480 8432">midst</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="4422">deliver</s> every <sn="376">man</s> his <sn="5315">soul</s>: be <sn="408">not</s> cut <sn="1826">off</s> in her <sn="5771">iniquity</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">this</s> is the <sn="6256">time</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="5360">vengeance</s>; he will <sn="7999">render</s> unto her a <sn="1576">recompense</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="894">Babylon</s> hath been a <sn="2091">golden</s><sn="3563">cup</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="3027">hand</s>, that made <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="7937">drunken</s>: the <sn="1471">nations</s> have <sn="8354">drunken</s> of her <sn="4480 3196">wine</s>; <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s> are <sn="1984">mad</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="894">Babylon</s> is <sn="6597">suddenly</s><sn="5307">fallen</s> and <sn="7665">destroyed</s>: <sn="3213">howl</s><sn="5921">for</s> her; <sn="3947">take</s><sn="6875">balm</s> for her <sn="4341">pain</s>, if so <sn="194">be</s> she may be <sn="7495">healed</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>We would have <sn="7495">healed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="894">Babylon</s>, but she is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7495">healed</s>: <sn="5800">forsake</s> her, and let us <sn="1980">go</s> every <sn="376">one</s> into his own <sn="776">country</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> her <sn="4941">judgment</s><sn="5060">reacheth</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>, and is lifted <sn="5375">up</s> even <sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="7834">skies</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath brought <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> our <sn="6666">righteousness</s>: <sn="935">come</s>, and let us <sn="5608">declare</s> in <sn="6726">Zion</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4639">work</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Make <sn="1305">bright</s> the <sn="2671">arrows</s>; <sn="4390">gather</s> the <sn="7982">shields</s>: the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath raised <sn="5782">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="4074">Medes</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> his <sn="4209">device</s> is <sn="5921">against</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>, to <sn="7843">destroy</s> it; <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1931">it</s> is the <sn="5360">vengeance</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="5360">vengeance</s> of his <sn="1964">temple</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Set <sn="5375">up</s> the <sn="5251">standard</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="2346">walls</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, make the <sn="4929">watch</s><sn="2388">strong</s>, set <sn="6965">up</s> the <sn="8104">watchmen</s>, <sn="3559">prepare</s> the <sn="693">ambushes</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1571">both</s><sn="2161">devised</s><sn="1571">and</s><sn="6213">done</s><sn="*853"></s> that <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>O thou that <sn="7931">dwellest</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="4325">waters</s>, <sn="7227">abundant</s> in <sn="214">treasures</s>, thine <sn="7093">end</s> is <sn="935">come</s>, and the <sn="520">measure</s> of thy <sn="1215">covetousness</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> hath <sn="7650">sworn</s> by <sn="5315">himself</s>, saying, <sn="3588 518">Surely</s> I will <sn="4390">fill</s> thee with <sn="120">men</s>, as with <sn="3218">caterpillars</s>; and they shall lift <sn="6030">up</s> a <sn="1959">shout</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee. </v>
<vn='15'>He hath <sn="6213">made</s> the <sn="776">earth</s> by his <sn="3581">power</s>, he hath <sn="3559">established</s> the <sn="8398">world</s> by his <sn="2451">wisdom</s>, and hath stretched <sn="5186">out</s> the <sn="8064">heaven</s> by his <sn="8394">understanding</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>When he <sn="5414">uttereth</s> his <sn="6963">voice</s>, there is a <sn="1995">multitude</s> of <sn="4325">waters</s> in the <sn="8064">heavens</s>; and he causeth the <sn="5387">vapors</s> to <sn="5927">ascend</s> from the <sn="4480 7097">ends</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>: he <sn="6213">maketh</s><sn="1300">lightnings</s> with <sn="4306">rain</s>, and bringeth <sn="3318">forth</s> the <sn="7307">wind</s> out of his <sn="4480 214">treasures</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3605">Every</s><sn="120">man</s> is <sn="1197">brutish</s> by his <sn="4480 1847">knowledge</s>; <sn="3605">every</s><sn="6884">founder</s> is <sn="3001">confounded</s> by the graven <sn="4480 6459">image</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> his molten <sn="5262">image</s> is <sn="8267">falsehood</s>, and there is <sn="3808">no</s><sn="7307">breath</s> in them. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1992">They</s> are <sn="1892">vanity</s>, the <sn="4639">work</s> of <sn="8595">errors</s>: in the <sn="6256">time</s> of their <sn="6486">visitation</s> they shall <sn="6">perish</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="2506">portion</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s> is <sn="3808">not</s> like <sn="428">them</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is the <sn="3335">former</s> of all <sn="3605">things</s>: and Israel is the <sn="7626">rod</s> of his <sn="5159">inheritance</s>: the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> is his <sn="8034">name</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="859">Thou</s> art my battle <sn="4661">axe</s> and <sn="3627">weapons</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>: for with thee will I break in <sn="5310">pieces</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s>, and with thee will I <sn="7843">destroy</s><sn="4467">kingdoms</s>; </v>
<vn='21'>And with thee will I break in <sn="5310">pieces</s> the <sn="5483">horse</s> and his <sn="7392">rider</s>; and with thee will I break in <sn="5310">pieces</s> the <sn="7393">chariot</s> and his <sn="7392">rider</s>; </v>
<vn='22'>With thee also will I break in <sn="5310">pieces</s><sn="376">man</s> and <sn="802">woman</s>; and with thee will I break in <sn="5310">pieces</s><sn="2205">old</s> and <sn="5288">young</s>; and with thee will I break in <sn="5310">pieces</s> the young <sn="970">man</s> and the <sn="1330">maid</s>; </v>
<vn='23'>I will also break in <sn="5310">pieces</s> with thee the <sn="7462">shepherd</s> and his <sn="5739">flock</s>; and with thee will I break in <sn="5310">pieces</s> the <sn="406">husbandman</s> and his yoke of <sn="6776">oxen</s>; and with thee will I break in <sn="5310">pieces</s><sn="6346">captains</s> and <sn="5461">rulers</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And I will <sn="7999">render</s> unto <sn="894">Babylon</s> and to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3778">Chaldea</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="834">that</s> they have <sn="6213">done</s> in <sn="6726">Zion</s> in your <sn="5869">sight</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I am <sn="413">against</s> thee, O <sn="4889">destroying</s><sn="2022">mountain</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, which <sn="7843">destroyest</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>: and I will stretch <sn="5186">out</s><sn="*853"></s> mine <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee, and roll thee <sn="1556">down</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="5553">rocks</s>, and will <sn="5414">make</s> thee a <sn="8316">burnt</s><sn="2022">mountain</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3947">take</s><sn="4480">of</s> thee a <sn="68">stone</s> for a <sn="6438">corner</s>, nor a <sn="68">stone</s> for <sn="4146">foundations</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> thou shalt <sn="1961">be</s><sn="8077">desolate</s><sn="5769">forever</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Set ye <sn="5375">up</s> a <sn="5251">standard</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="8628">blow</s> the <sn="7782">trumpet</s> among the <sn="1471">nations</s>, <sn="6942">prepare</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="5921">against</s> her, call <sn="8085">together</s><sn="5921">against</s> her the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of <sn="780">Ararat</s>, <sn="4508">Minni</s>, and <sn="813">Ashchenaz</s>; <sn="6485">appoint</s> a <sn="2951">captain</s><sn="5921">against</s> her; cause the <sn="5483">horses</s> to come <sn="5927">up</s> as the <sn="5569">rough</s><sn="3218">caterpillars</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="6942">Prepare</s><sn="5921">against</s> her the <sn="1471">nations</s> with <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="4074">Medes</s>, <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6346">captains</s> thereof, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5461">rulers</s> thereof, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of his <sn="4475">dominion</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And the <sn="776">land</s> shall <sn="7493">tremble</s> and <sn="2342">sorrow</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> every <sn="4284">purpose</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall be <sn="6965">performed</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>, to <sn="7760">make</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> a <sn="8047">desolation</s><sn="4480 369">without</s> an <sn="3427">inhabitant</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>The mighty <sn="1368">men</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> have <sn="2308">forborne</s> to <sn="3898">fight</s>, they have <sn="3427">remained</s> in their <sn="4679">holds</s>: their <sn="1369">might</s> hath <sn="5405">failed</s>; they <sn="1961">became</s> as <sn="802">women</s>: they have <sn="3341">burned</s> her dwelling <sn="4908">places</s>; her <sn="1280">bars</s> are <sn="7665">broken</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>One <sn="7323">post</s> shall <sn="7323">run</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s><sn="7323">another</s>, and one <sn="5046">messenger</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s><sn="5046">another</s>, to <sn="5046">show</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="3588">that</s> his <sn="5892">city</s> is <sn="3920">taken</s> at one <sn="4480 7097">end</s>, </v>
<vn='32'>And that the <sn="4569">passages</s> are <sn="8610">stopped</s>, and the <sn="98">reeds</s> they have <sn="8313">burned</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>, and the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4421">war</s> are <sn="926">frightened</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; The <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> is like a <sn="1637">threshingfloor</s>, it is <sn="6256">time</s> to <sn="1869">thresh</s> her: <sn="5750">yet</s> a little <sn="4592">while</s>, and the <sn="6256">time</s> of her <sn="7105">harvest</s> shall <sn="935">come</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> hath <sn="398">devoured</s> me, he hath <sn="2000">crushed</s> me, he hath <sn="3322">made</s> me an <sn="7385">empty</s><sn="3627">vessel</s>, he hath swallowed me <sn="1104">up</s> like a <sn="8577">dragon</s>, he hath <sn="4390">filled</s> his <sn="3770">belly</s> with my <sn="4480 5730">delicacies</s>, he hath cast me <sn="1740">out</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>The <sn="2555">violence</s> done to me and to my <sn="7607">flesh</s> be <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>, shall the <sn="3427">inhabitant</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s><sn="559">say</s>; and my <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3778">Chaldea</s>, shall <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="559">say</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="7378">plead</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="7379">cause</s>, and take vengeance for <sn="5358 *853 5360">thee</s>; and I will dry <sn="2717">up</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="3220">sea</s>, and make <sn="*853"></s> her <sn="4726">springs</s><sn="3001">dry</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>And <sn="894">Babylon</s> shall <sn="1961">become</s><sn="1530">heaps</s>, a dwelling <sn="4583">place</s> for <sn="8577">dragons</s>, an <sn="8047">astonishment</s>, and a <sn="8322">hissing</s>, <sn="4480 369">without</s> an <sn="3427">inhabitant</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>They shall <sn="7580">roar</s><sn="3162">together</s> like <sn="3715">lions</s>: they shall <sn="5286">yell</s> as <sn="738">lions</s> ' <sn="1484">whelps</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>In their <sn="2527">heat</s> I will <sn="7896">make</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="4960">feasts</s>, and I will make them <sn="7937">drunken</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> they may <sn="5937">rejoice</s>, and <sn="3462">sleep</s> a <sn="5769">perpetual</s><sn="8142">sleep</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6974">wake</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>I will bring them <sn="3381">down</s> like <sn="3733">lambs</s> to the <sn="2873">slaughter</s>, like <sn="352">rams</s><sn="5973">with</s> he <sn="6260">goats</s>. </v>
<vn='41'><sn="349">How</s> is <sn="8347">Sheshach</s><sn="3920">taken</s>! and how is the <sn="8416">praise</s> of the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">earth</s><sn="8610">surprised</s>! <sn="349">how</s> is <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="1961">become</s> an <sn="8047">astonishment</s> among the <sn="1471">nations</s>! </v>
<vn='42'>The <sn="3220">sea</s> is come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>: she is <sn="3680">covered</s> with the <sn="1995">multitude</s> of the <sn="1530">waves</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='43'>Her <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="1961">are</s> a <sn="8047">desolation</s>, a <sn="6723">dry</s><sn="776">land</s>, and a <sn="6160">wilderness</s>, a <sn="776">land</s><sn="2004">wherein</s><sn="3605 3808">no</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="3427">dwelleth</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> doth any <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s><sn="5674">pass</s><sn="2004">thereby</s>. </v>
<vn='44'>And I will <sn="6485 5921">punish</s><sn="1078">Bel</s> in <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and I will bring <sn="3318">forth</s> out of his <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s><sn="*853"></s> that which he hath swallowed <sn="1105">up</s>: and the <sn="1471">nations</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> flow <sn="5102">together</s> any <sn="5750">more</s><sn="413">unto</s> him: <sn="1571">yea</s>, the <sn="2346">wall</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s>. </v>
<vn='45'>My <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="3318">go</s> ye out of the <sn="4480 8432">midst</s> of her, and <sn="4422">deliver</s> ye every <sn="376">man</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5315">soul</s> from the <sn="4480 2740">fierce</s><sn="639">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='46'>And <sn="6435">lest</s> your <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="7401">faint</s>, and ye <sn="3372">fear</s> for the <sn="8052">rumor</s> that shall be <sn="8085">heard</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>; a <sn="8052">rumor</s> shall both <sn="935">come</s> one <sn="8141">year</s>, and <sn="310">after</s> that in another <sn="8141">year</s> shall come a <sn="8052">rumor</s>, and <sn="2555">violence</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="4910">ruler</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="4910">ruler</s>. </v>
<vn='47'><sn="3651">Therefore</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="3117">days</s><sn="935">come</s>, that I will do <sn="6485">judgment</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the graven <sn="6456">images</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>: and her <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">land</s> shall be <sn="954">confounded</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="2491">slain</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of her. </v>
<vn='48'>Then the <sn="8064">heaven</s> and the <sn="776">earth</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> is therein, shall <sn="7442">sing</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="7703">spoilers</s> shall <sn="935">come</s> unto her from the <sn="4480 6828">north</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='49'><sn="1571">As</s><sn="894">Babylon</s> hath caused the <sn="2491">slain</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="5307">fall</s>, <sn="1571">so</s> at <sn="894">Babylon</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s> the <sn="2491">slain</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='50'>Ye that have <sn="6412">escaped</s> the <sn="4480 2719">sword</s>, go <sn="1980">away</s>, stand not <sn="408 5975">still</s>: <sn="2142">remember</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> afar <sn="7350">off</s>, and let <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="5927">come</s><sn="5921">into</s> your <sn="3824">mind</s>. </v>
<vn='51'>We are <sn="954">confounded</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> we have <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="2781">reproach</s>: <sn="3639">shame</s> hath <sn="3680">covered</s> our <sn="6440">faces</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="2114">strangers</s> are <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">into</s> the <sn="4720">sanctuaries</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='52'><sn="3651">Wherefore</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="3117">days</s><sn="935">come</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that I will do <sn="6485">judgment</s><sn="5921">upon</s> her graven <sn="6456">images</s>: and through <sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="776">land</s> the <sn="2491">wounded</s> shall <sn="602">groan</s>. </v>
<vn='53'><sn="3588">Though</s><sn="894">Babylon</s> should mount <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="8064">heaven</s>, and <sn="3588">though</s> she should <sn="1219">fortify</s> the <sn="4791">height</s> of her <sn="5797">strength</s>, yet <sn="4480 854">from</s> me shall <sn="7703">spoilers</s><sn="935">come</s> unto her, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='54'>A <sn="6963">sound</s> of a <sn="2201">cry</s> cometh from <sn="4480 894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7667">destruction</s> from the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>: </v>
<vn='55'><sn="3588">Because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="7703">spoiled</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="6">destroyed</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> her the <sn="1419">great</s><sn="6963">voice</s>; when her <sn="1530">waves</s> do <sn="1993">roar</s> like <sn="7227">great</s><sn="4325">waters</s>, a <sn="7588">noise</s> of their <sn="6963">voice</s> is <sn="5414">uttered</s>: </v>
<vn='56'><sn="3588">Because</s> the <sn="7703">spoiler</s> is <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> her, even <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>, and her mighty <sn="1368">men</s> are <sn="3920">taken</s>, every one of their <sn="7198">bows</s> is <sn="2865">broken</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="410">God</s> of <sn="1578">recompenses</s> shall surely <sn="7999 7999">requite</s>. </v>
<vn='57'>And I will make <sn="7937">drunk</s> her <sn="8269">princes</s>, and her <sn="2450">wise</s> men, her <sn="6346">captains</s>, and her <sn="5461">rulers</s>, and her mighty <sn="1368">men</s>: and they shall <sn="3462">sleep</s> a <sn="5769">perpetual</s><sn="8142">sleep</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6974">wake</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="4428">King</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> is the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='58'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; The <sn="7342">broad</s><sn="2346">walls</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> shall be utterly <sn="6209 6209">broken</s>, and her <sn="1364">high</s><sn="8179">gates</s> shall be <sn="3341">burned</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>; and the <sn="5971">people</s> shall <sn="3021">labor</s> in <sn="7385">vain</s>, and the <sn="3816">folk</s> in the <sn="784">fire</s>, and they shall be <sn="3286">weary</s>. </v>
<vn='59'>The <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8304">Seraiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5374">Neriah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4271">Maaseiah</s>, when he <sn="1980">went</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> into <sn="894">Babylon</s> in the <sn="7243">fourth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of his <sn="4427">reign</s>. And this <sn="8304">Seraiah</s> was a <sn="4496">quiet</s><sn="8269">prince</s>. </v>
<vn='60'>So <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="3789">wrote</s><sn="413">in</s><sn="259">a</s><sn="5612">book</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="834">that</s> should <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>, even <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s> that are <sn="3789">written</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='61'>And <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8304">Seraiah</s>, When thou <sn="935">comest</s> to <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and shalt <sn="7200">see</s>, and shalt <sn="7121">read</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>; </v>
<vn='62'>Then shalt thou <sn="559">say</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>, to cut it <sn="3772">off</s>, that <sn="1115">none</s><sn="1961">shall</s><sn="3427">remain</s> in it, neither <sn="4480 120">man</s><sn="5704">nor</s><sn="929">beast</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> that it shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="8077">desolate</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='63'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, when thou hast made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="7121">reading</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5612">book</s>, that thou shalt <sn="7194">bind</s> a <sn="68">stone</s><sn="5921">to</s> it, and <sn="7993">cast</s> it <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="8432">midst</s> of <sn="6578">Euphrates</s>: </v>
<vn='64'>And thou shalt <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="3602">Thus</s> shall <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="8257">sink</s>, and shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6965">rise</s><sn="4480 6440">from</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="595">I</s> will <sn="935">bring</s><sn="5921">upon</s> her: and they shall be <sn="3286">weary</s>. <sn="5704">Thus</s><sn="2008">far</s> are the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>. </v>