21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm(A) of Pharaoh(B) king of Egypt. It has not been bound up to be healed(C) or put in a splint so that it may become strong enough to hold a sword.

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11 “Go up to Gilead and get balm,(A)
    Virgin(B) Daughter Egypt.
But you try many medicines in vain;
    there is no healing(C) for you.

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13 There is no one to plead your cause,(A)
    no remedy for your sore,
    no healing(B) for you.

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25 Moab’s horn[a](A) is cut off;
    her arm(B) is broken,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:25 Horn here symbolizes strength.

24 I will strengthen(A) the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword(B) in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan(C) before him like a mortally wounded man.

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17 for the power of the wicked will be broken,(A)
    but the Lord upholds(B) the righteous.

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15 Break the arm of the wicked man;(A)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

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The Finality of Babylon’s Doom

21 Then a mighty angel(A) picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea,(B) and said:

“With such violence
    the great city(C) of Babylon will be thrown down,
    never to be found again.

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16 You have increased the number of your merchants
    till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,
but like locusts(A) they strip the land
    and then fly away.

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Babylon will suddenly fall(A) and be broken.
    Wail over her!
Get balm(B) for her pain;
    perhaps she can be healed.

“‘We would have healed Babylon,
    but she cannot be healed;
let us leave(C) her and each go to our own land,
    for her judgment(D) reaches to the skies,
    it rises as high as the heavens.’

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From the sole of your foot to the top of your head(A)
    there is no soundness(B)
only wounds and welts(C)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged(D)
    or soothed with olive oil.(E)

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