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Jeremiah 50:23

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How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

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  1. Jeremiah 50:21

    Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

  2. Jeremiah 50:22

    A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

  3. Jeremiah 50:24

    I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.

  4. Jeremiah 50:25

    The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

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