1Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.

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Jeremiah 51:33, Psalms 137:8, Jeremiah 51:33, Psalms 137:8, Jeremiah 50:42

2Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers.

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Matthew 24:41, Matthew 24:41, Exodus 11:5, Judges 16:21, Isaiah 20:4

3The shame of your unclothed condition will be seen by all: I will give punishment without mercy,

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Nahum 3:5, Nahum 3:5, Jeremiah 51:20, Jeremiah 51:24, Jeremiah 51:20

4Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

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Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 43:14, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 49:26

5Be seated in the dark without a word, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will no longer be named, The Queen of Kingdoms.

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Habakkuk 2:20, Revelation 18:16, Revelation 18:19, Isaiah 47:7, Habakkuk 2:20

6I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;

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2 Chronicles 28:9, Zechariah 1:15, 2 Chronicles 28:9, Zechariah 1:15, Deuteronomy 28:50

7And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.

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Deuteronomy 32:29, Deuteronomy 32:29, Isaiah 47:5, Isaiah 47:5, Jeremiah 5:31

8So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me.

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Zephaniah 2:15, Zephaniah 2:15, Isaiah 32:9, Isaiah 32:9, Jeremiah 50:11

9But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day, the loss of children and of husband: in full measure they will come on you, for all your secret arts, and all your wonders.

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1 Thessalonians 5:3, Psalms 73:19, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Psalms 73:19, Nahum 3:4

10For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.

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Isaiah 5:21, Isaiah 5:21, Isaiah 29:15, Isaiah 29:15, Romans 1:22

11Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.

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1 Thessalonians 5:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:9

12Go on now with your secret arts, and all your wonder-working, to which you have given yourself up from your earliest days; it may be that they will be of profit to you, or by them you may put fear into your attackers.

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Acts 13:8, Acts 13:12, Acts 13:8, Acts 13:12, Jeremiah 2:28

13But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.

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Isaiah 44:25, Isaiah 44:25, Daniel 2:2, Daniel 2:10, Ezekiel 24:12

14Truly, they have become like dry stems, they have been burned in the fire; they are not able to keep themselves safe from the power of the flame: it is not a coal for warming them, or a fire by which a man may be seated.

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Malachi 4:1, Nahum 1:10, Malachi 4:1, Nahum 1:10, Isaiah 10:17

15Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.

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Revelation 18:11, Revelation 18:19, Isaiah 56:11, Jeremiah 51:6, Jeremiah 51:9