27 “Lift up a banner(A) in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
    summon against her these kingdoms:(B)
    Ararat,(C) Minni and Ashkenaz.(D)
Appoint a commander against her;
    send up horses like a swarm of locusts.(E)

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27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

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27 (A)Set up a banner in the land,
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
(B)Prepare the nations against her,
Call (C)the kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.

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The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz,(A) Riphath and Togarmah.(B)

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And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

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The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, [a]Riphath, and Togarmah.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:3 Diphath, 1 Chr. 1:6

The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz, Riphath[a] and Togarmah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:6 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Septuagint and Gen. 10:3); most Hebrew manuscripts Diphath

And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

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The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, [a]Diphath, and Togarmah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:6 Riphath, Gen. 10:3

and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month(A) the ark came to rest on the mountains(B) of Ararat.(C)

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And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

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Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

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12 Lift up a banner(A) against the walls of Babylon!
    Reinforce the guard,
station the watchmen,(B)
    prepare an ambush!(C)
The Lord will carry out his purpose,(D)
    his decree against the people of Babylon.

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12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

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12 (A)Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon;
Make the guard strong,
Set up the watchmen,
Prepare the ambushes.
For the Lord has both devised and done
What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

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“Announce and proclaim(A) among the nations,
    lift up a banner(B) and proclaim it;
    keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;(C)
    Bel(D) will be put to shame,(E)
    Marduk(F) filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
    and her idols(G) filled with terror.’

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Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

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“Declare among the nations,
Proclaim, and [a]set up a standard;
Proclaim—do not conceal it
Say, ‘Babylon is (A)taken, (B)Bel is shamed.
[b]Merodach is broken in pieces;
(C)Her idols are humiliated,
Her images are broken in pieces.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:2 lift
  2. Jeremiah 50:2 Or Marduk; a Babylonian god

14 They themselves will be enslaved(A) by many nations(B) and great kings; I will repay(C) them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”

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14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

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14 (A)(For many nations (B)and great kings shall (C)be served by them also; (D)and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their own hands.)’ ”

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The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle.(A) On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.(B) Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.(C) They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.(D) 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.(E) 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss,(F) whose name in Hebrew(G) is Abaddon(H) and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

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And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

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(A)The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. (B)On their heads were crowns of something like gold, (C)and their faces were like the faces of men. They had hair like women’s hair, and (D)their teeth were like lions’ teeth. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was (E)like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. 10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. 11 And they had as king over them (F)the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is [a]Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name [b]Apollyon.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:11 Lit. Destruction
  2. Revelation 9:11 Lit. Destroyer

14 The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself:(A)
    I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts,(B)
    and they will shout(C) in triumph over you.

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14 The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

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14 (A)The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself:
“Surely I will fill you with men, (B)as with locusts,
And they shall lift (C)up a shout against you.”

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