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bene as a golden cuppe in the Lordes hand, that and his yoke of oxen, and by thee will I breake
made all the earth drunken: the nations haue the dukes and princes. 24 And I will render vnto
drunken of her wine, therefore do the nations Babel, and to all the inhabitants of the Caldeans
rage. 8 Babel is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: all their euil, that they haue done in Zion, euen
howle for her, bring balme for her sore, if she in your sight, sayth the Lord. 25 Beholde, I come
may be healed. 9 We would haue cured Babel, vnto thee, O destroying mountaine, sayth the
but she could not be healed: forsake her, and Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will
let vs go euery one into his owne countrey: for stretch out mine hand vpon thee, and rolle thee
her iudgement is come vp vnto heauen, and is downefromtherockes, andwilmaketheeaburnt
lifted vp to ye cloudes. 10 The Lord hath brought mountaine. 26 They shall not take of thee a stone
forth our righteousnesse: come and let vs declare for a corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou
in Zion the worke of the Lord our God. 11 Make shalt be destroyed for euer, sayth the Lord. 27 Set
bright the arrowes: gather the shieldes: the Lord vp a standard in the lande: blowe the trumpets
hath raised vp the spirit of the King of the Medes: among the nations: prepare the nations against
for his purpose is against Babel to destroy it, her: call vp the kingdomes of Ararat, Minni,
because it is the vengeance of the Lord, and the and Ashchenaz against her: appoynt the prince
vengeance of his Temple. 12 Set vp the standart against her: cause horses to come vp as the
vpon the walles of Babel, make the watch strong: rough caterpillers. 28 Prepare against her the
set vp the watchmen: prepare the skoutes: for nations with the Kings of the Medes, the dukes
the Lord hath both deuised, and done that which thereof, and the princes thereof, and all the land
he spake against the inhabitantes of Babel. 13 O of his dominion. 29 And the land shall tremble
thou that dwellest vpon many waters, abundant and sorow: for the deuise of the Lord shalbe
in treasures, thine ende is come, euen the ende performed against Babel, to make the lande of
of thy couetousnes. 14 The Lord of hostes hath Babel waste without an inhabitant. 30 The strong
sworne by him selfe, saying, Surely I will fill thee men of Babel haue ceased to fight: they haue
with men, as with caterpillers, and they shall cry remayned in their holdes: their strength hath
and shoute against thee. 15 He hath made the fayled, and they were like women: they haue
earth by his power, and established the world by burnt her dwelling places, and her barres are
his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen broken. 31 A post shall runne to meete the post,
by his discretion. 16 Hee giueth by his voyce and a messenger to meete the messenger, to
the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he shew the King of Babel, that his citie is taken
causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of on a side thereof, 32 And that the passages are
the earth: he turneth lightnings to raine, and
bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures. stopped, and the reedes burnt with fire, and the
17 Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: me of war troubled. 33 For thus sayth the Lord of
euery founder is confounded by the grauen im- hosts the God of Israel, the daughter of Babel is
age: for his melting is but falsehood, and there like a threshing floore: the time of her threshing
is no breath therein. 18 They are vanitie, and the is come: yet a litle while, and the time of her
worke of errours: in the time of their visitation haruest shall come. 34 Nebuchad-nezzar the King
they shall perish. 19 The portion of Iaakob is of Babel hath deuoured me, and destroyed me:
not like them: for he is the maker of all things, he hath made me an emptie vessel: he swallowed
and Israel is the rodde of his inheritance: the mee vp like a dragon, and filled his belly with my
Lord of hostes is his Name. 20 Thou art mine delicates, and hath cast me out. 35 The spoyle
hammer, and weapons of warre: for with thee of me, and that which was left of me, is brought
will I breake the nations, and with thee wil I vnto Babel, shall the inhabitant of Zion say: and
destroy kingdomes, 21 And by thee wil I breake my blood vnto the inhabitantes of Caldea, shall
horse and horseman, and by thee will I breake Ierusalem say. 36 Therefore thus sayth the Lord,
the charet and him that rideth therein. 22 By Beholde, I will maintayne thy cause, and take
thee also will I breake man and woman, and by vengeance for thee, and I will drie vp the sea,
thee wil I breake olde and yong, and by thee and drie vp her springes. 37 And Babel shall be as
wil I breake the yong man and the mayde. 23 I heapes, a dwelling place for dragons, an aston-
wil also breake by thee the shepheard and his ishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
flocke, and by thee will I breake the husband man