Isaiah 26:5
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5 For he has brought low
the inhabitants of the height;
the lofty city he lays low.
He lays it low to the ground,
casts it to the dust.(A)
Revelation 18:2
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2 He called out with a mighty voice,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
It has become a dwelling place of demons,
a haunt of every foul spirit,
a haunt of every foul bird,
a haunt of every foul and hateful beast.[a](A)
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- 18.2 Other ancient authorities read a haunt of every foul and hateful bird
Jeremiah 51:37
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37 and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins,
a den of jackals,
an object of horror and of hissing,
without inhabitant.(A)
Job 40:11-13
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11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on all who are proud and humble them.(A)
12 Look on all who are proud and bring them low;
tread down the wicked where they stand.(B)
13 Hide them all in the dust together;
bind their faces in the world below.[a]
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- 40.13 Heb the hidden place
Jeremiah 51:64
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64 and say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disasters that I am bringing on her.’ ”[a]
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.(A)
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- 51.64 Gk: Heb on her. And they shall weary themselves
Jeremiah 51:25-26
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25 I am against you, O destroying mountain,
says the Lord,
that destroys the whole earth;
I will stretch out my hand against you
and roll you down from the crags
and make you a burned-out mountain.(A)
26 No stone shall be taken from you for a corner
and no stone for a foundation,
but you shall be a perpetual waste,
says the Lord.(B)
Isaiah 13:11
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11 I will punish the world for its evil
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant
and lay low the insolence of tyrants.(A)
Jeremiah 50:31-32
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31 I am against you, O arrogant one,
says the Lord God of hosts,
for your day has come,
the time when I will punish you.(A)
32 The arrogant one shall stumble and fall,
with no one to raise him up,
and I will kindle a fire in his cities,
and it will devour everything around him.(B)
Isaiah 47:1
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The Humiliation of Babylon
47 Come down and sit in the dust,
virgin daughter Babylon!
Sit on the ground without a throne,
daughter Chaldea!
For you shall no more be called
tender and delicate.(A)
Isaiah 32:19
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- 32.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 25:11-12
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11 Though they spread out their hands in the midst of it,
as swimmers spread out their hands to swim,
their pride will be laid low despite the struggle[a] of their hands.
12 The high fortifications of his walls will be brought down,
laid low, cast to the ground, even to the dust.
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- 25.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 14:13
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13 You said to yourself,
“I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
on the heights of Zaphon;[a](A)
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- 14.13 Or assembly in the far north
Isaiah 2:12
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12 For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up and high;[a](A)
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- 2.12 Cn Compare Gk: Heb low
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