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there shall no man dwell there, nor the sonnes I will raise, and cause to come vp against Babel
of men remaine in it. 34 The woordes of the Lord a multitude of mightie natios from the North
that came to Ieremiah the Prophet, concerning countrey, and they shall set themselues in aray
Elam, in the beginning of the reigne of Zedekiah against her, whereby shee shall be taken: their
King of Iudah, saying, 35 Thus sayeth the Lord arrowes shall be as of a strong man, which is
of hostes, Beholde, I will breake the bowe of expert, for none shall returne in vaine. 10 And
Elam, euen the chiefe of their strength. 36 And
vpon Elam I will bring the foure windes from the Caldea shalbe a spoyle: all that spoyle her, shalbe
Because yee were glad
satisfied, sayth the Lord.
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foure quarters of heauen, and will scatter them and reioyced in destroying mine heritage, and
towardes all these windes, and there shall bee no
nation, whither the fugitiues of Elam shall not because ye are growen fatte, as the calues in the
come. 37 For I will cause Elam to be afraied before grasse, and neied like strong horses, 12 Therefore
their enemies, and before them that seeke their your mother shall bee sore confounded, and she
liues, and will bring vpon them a plague, euen that bare you, shall be ashamed: beholde, the
the indignation of my wrath, saieth the Lord, vttermost of the nations shalbe a desert, a drie
and I wil sende the sworde after them till I haue land, and a wildernes. 13 Because of the wrath
consumed them. 38 And I wil set my throne in of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but shall be
Elam, and I wil destroy both the King and the wholy desolate: euery one that goeth by Babel,
princes from thence, saith the Lord: but in the shall be astonished, and hisse at all her plagues.
latter daies I wil bring againe the captiuitie of 14 Put your selues in aray against Babel rounde
Elam, sayeth the Lord. about: all ye that bende the bowe, shoote at
her, spare no arrowes: for shee hath sinned
50 against the Lord. 15 Crie against her round about:
1 The word that the Lord spake, concerning she hath giuen her hand: her foundations are
fallen, and her walles are destroyed: for it is
Babel, and cocerning the land of the Caldeans by the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance vpon
the ministerie of Ieremiah the Prophet. Declare her: as she hath done, doe vnto her. 16 Destroy
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among the nations, and publish it, and set vp a the sower from Babel, and him that handleth
standart, proclaime it and conceale it not: say, the sieth in the time of haruest: because of
Babel is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is the sworde of the oppressor they shall turne
broken downe: her idols are confounded, and euery one to his people, and they shall flee euery
their images are burst in pieces. 3 For out of one to his owne land. 17 Israel is like scattered
the North there commeth vp a nation against sheepe: the lions haue dispersed them: first the
her, which shall make her lande waste, and none King of Asshur hath deuoured him, and last this
shall dwel therein: they shall flee, and depart, Nebuchad-nezzar King, of Babel hath broken his
both man and beast. In those daies, and at that bones. 18 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes
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time, sayeth the Lord, the children of Israel shall the God of Israel, Behold, I wil visit ye King of
come, they, and the children of Iudah together, Babel, and his land, as I haue visited the King
going, and weeping shall they goe, and seeke the of Asshur. 19 And I will bring Israel againe to
Lord their God. 5 They shall aske the way to his habitation: hee shall feede on Carmel and
Zion, with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, Bashan, and his soule shall be satisfied vpon the
and let vs cleaue to the Lord in a perpetuall mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those daies,
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couenant that shall not be forgotten. My people and at that time, sayeth the Lord, the iniquitie of
hath beene as lost sheepe: their shepheards haue Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none:
caused them to goe astray, and haue turned them and the sinnes of Iudah, and they shall not be
away to the mountaines: they haue gone from founde: for I will be mercifull vnto them, whome
mountaine to hil, and forgotten their resting I reserue. 21 Goe vp against the lande of the
place. 7 Al that found them, haue deuoured rebelles, euen against it, and against the inhab-
them, and their enemies saide, We offende not, itantes of Pekod: destroy, and lay it waste after
because they haue sinned against the Lord, the them, saieth the Lord, and doe according to all
habitation of iustice, euen the Lord the hope of that I haue commanded thee. 22 A crie of battell
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their fathers. Flee from the middes of Babel, and is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 Howe
depart out of the lande of the Caldeans, and be is the hammer of the whole world destroied, and
ye as the hee goates before the flocke. For loe,
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