1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin, daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldaeans! For thou shalt no longer be called the tender and delicate!

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

2Take the mill-stones and grind meal; Raise thy veil, lift up thy train; Make bare the leg, wade through the streams!

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

3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, And thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance; I will make peace with none.

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

4Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts 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

5Sit thou in silence; go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldaeans! For thou shalt no more be called the mistress 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 profaned my inheritance, And gave them into thy hand; Thou didst show them no mercy; Even upon the aged didst thou lay a very grievous yoke.

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

7Thou saidst, "I shall be mistress forever"; So that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, Nor consider what would be the end of them.

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

8But hear thou this, thou that art given to pleasure! That sittest in security, And sayest in thy heart, "I am, and there is none besides me; I shall not be a widow, Nor see myself childless!"

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

9Behold, both these things shall come upon thee suddenly, in one day, Loss of children, and widowhood; In full measure shall they come upon thee, In spite of thy many sorceries, And the great abundance of thy enchantments.

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

10Thou didst trust in thy wickedness, and saidst, "No one seeth me"; Thy wisdom and thy knowledge have led thee astray; Thou saidst in thy heart, "I am, and there is none besides me";

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

11Therefore shall evil come upon thee, of which thou shalt not know the dawn; And mischief shall fall upon thee, which thou shalt not be able to expiate; Suddenly shall desolation come upon thee, when thou thinkest not of it.

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

12Persevere now in thy enchantments; In the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast labored from thy youth; Perhaps thou mayst be profited by them! Perhaps thou mayst make thyself feared!

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

13Art thou wearied with thy many devices? Let them stand up, then, and save thee, The observers of the heavens, the star-gazers, They that prognosticate at every new moon The things that shall come upon thee!

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

14Behold, they shall be like stubble; the fire shall burn them up; They shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; Not a coal shall be left of them to warm one, Nor a spark of fire to sit by.

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

15Thus shall it be with them with whom thou hast labored; Thus with them with whom thou hast trafficked from thy youth; They shall go every one his own way; None shall help thee.

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