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NOVEMBER 1
3 For out of the north a nation comes up A dry land and a desert.
against her, 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD
Which shall make her land desolate, She shall not be inhabited,
And no one shall dwell therein. But she shall be wholly desolate.
They shall move, they shall depart, Everyone who goes by Babylon shall
Both man and beast. be horrified
And hiss at all her plagues.
4 “In those days and in that time,”
says the LORD, 14 “Put yourselves in array against
“The children of Israel shall come, Babylon all around,
They and the children of Judah together; All you who bend the bow;
With continual weeping they shall come, Shoot at her, spare no arrows,
And seek the LORD their God. For she has sinned against the LORD.
5 They shall ask the way to Zion, 15 Shout against her all around;
With their faces toward it, saying, She has given her hand,
‘Come and let us join ourselves Her foundations have fallen,
to the LORD Her walls are thrown down;
In a perpetual covenant For it is the vengeance of the LORD.
That will not be forgotten.’ Take vengeance on her.
As she has done, so do to her.
6 “My people have been lost sheep. 16
Their shepherds have led them astray; Cut off the sower from Babylon,
And him who handles the sickle at
They have turned them away on the harvest time.
mountains.
For fear of the oppressing sword
They have gone from mountain to hill; Everyone shall turn to his own people,
They have forgotten their resting place.
7 All who found them have devoured them; And everyone shall flee to his own land.
And their adversaries said, ‘We have 17 “Israel is like scattered sheep;
not offended, The lions have driven him away.
Because they have sinned against the First the king of Assyria devoured him;
LORD, the habitation of justice, Now at last this Nebuchadnezzar king
The LORD, the hope of their fathers.’ of Babylon has broken his bones.”
8 “Move from the midst of Babylon, 18 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the
Go out of the land of the Chaldeans; God of Israel:
And be like the rams before the flocks.
9 For behold, I will raise and cause to “Behold, I will punish the king of
Babylon and his land,
come up against Babylon As I have punished the king of Assyria.
An assembly of great nations 19 But I will bring back Israel to his home,
from the north country, And he shall feed on Carmel and
And they shall array themselves Bashan;
against her; His soul shall be satisfied on Mount
From there she shall be captured. Ephraim and Gilead.
Their arrows shall be like those of an 20 In those days and in that time,” says
expert warrior; the LORD,
None shall return in vain. “The iniquity of Israel shall be sought,
10 And Chaldea shall become plunder; but there shall be none;
All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” And the sins of Judah, but they shall
says the LORD. not be found;
11 “Because you were glad, because you For I will pardon those whom I preserve.
rejoiced, 21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim,
You destroyers of My heritage, against it,
Because you have grown fat like a And against the inhabitants of Pekod.
heifer threshing grain, Waste and utterly destroy them,” says
And you bellow like bulls, the LORD,
12 Your mother shall be deeply ashamed; “And do according to all that I have
She who bore you shall be ashamed. commanded you.
Behold, the least of the nations shall be 22 A sound of battle is in the land,
a wilderness, And of great destruction.

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