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\c 47
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\q1
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\v 1 Yahweh also says, "You people of Babylon,
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\q2 you should go and sit in the dust,
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\q1 because your time to rule other countries is almost ended.
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\q1 People will never again say that Babylonia is beautiful
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\q2 like a very attractive young woman.
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\q1
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\v 2 You will be slaves, so take heavy stones
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\q2 and grind grain like slave women do.
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\q1 Take off your beautiful veils
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\q2 and take off your robes as you prepare to cross streams to go where you will be forced to go.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 You will be naked and very ashamed.
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\q2 I will have vengeance on you and will not pity you."
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\q1
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\v 4 The one who frees us people of Judah, whom we call 'Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies,'
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\q2 is the Holy One of Israel.
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\v 5 Yahweh says, "You people of Babylon,
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\q2 sit silently in the darkness,
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\q1 because no one will never again say that your city is like a queen that rules many kingdoms.
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\q1
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\v 6 I was angry with the people who belong to me,
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\q2 and I punished them.
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\q1 I allowed you people of Babylon to conquer them.
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\q1 But when you conquered them, you did not act mercifully toward them.
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\q2 You oppressed even the old people.
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\v 7 You said, 'We will rule other nations forever;
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\q2 it is as though our city will be the queen of the world forever!'
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\q1 But you did not think about the things that you were doing,
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\q2 or think about what would result.
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\v 8 You people of Babylon who enjoy pleasures and who live in luxury,
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\q2 listen to this:
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\q1 You act as through you were gods, saying, "I am special, and there is no one better than I am,"
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\q1 None of our women will never become widows,
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\q2 and none of our children will never be killed in wars.'
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\v 9 But both of those things will happen to you suddenly:
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\q2 many of your women will become widows
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\q2 and many of your children will die,
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\q1 even though you perform much sorcery and many kinds of magic to prevent bad things from happening to you.
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\v 10 You felt safe even though you were doing many wicked things,
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\q2 and you said, 'No one will see what we are doing!'
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\q1 You thought that you were very wise and knew many things,
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\q2 and you said, 'We are gods, and there are no others like us,'
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\q2 but you deceived yourselves.
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\v 11 So you will experience terrible things,
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\q2 and you will not be able to prevent them by working magic.
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\q1 You will experience disasters,
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\q2 and you will not be able to pay any magician to keep those things from happening.
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\q1 A catastrophe will happen to you suddenly,
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\q2 something that you will not realize is about to happen.
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\v 12 So continue to perform all your magic spells!
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\q2 Keep doing the many kinds of sorcery that you have been doing for many years!
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\q1 Perhaps doing those things will enable you to be successful;
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\q2 perhaps you will be able to cause your enemies to be afraid of you!
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\v 13 But all that has resulted from your doing all the things that the magicians have told you to do is that you have become tired!
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\q1 The men who look at the stars, announce every new moon, predict what will happen
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\q2 should come forward and rescue you from the disasters that you are about to experience.
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\v 14 But they cannot do that, because they are like straw that is burning in a fire;
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\q2 they cannot save themselves from being burned up in the flames.
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\q1 They are unable to help you;
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\q2 they are as useless as stubble that burns, but that fire will burn them up rather than let them enjoy the heat.
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\v 15 And they will disappoint you, those with whom you faithfully worked and with whom you traveled and traded when you were younger,
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\q1 and yet all of them keep doing their own foolish things;
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\q2 and when you cry out for help, there is no one who can help you."
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