Jeremiah 50:22
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22 The noise of battle is in the land
and great destruction!(A)
Jeremiah 4:19-21
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Sorrow for a Doomed Nation
19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I[a] hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.(A)
20 Disaster overtakes disaster;
the whole land is laid waste.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed,
my curtains in a moment.(B)
21 How long must I see the standard
and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Footnotes
- 4.19 Or for you, O my soul,
Jeremiah 51:54-56
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54 Listen!—a cry from Babylon!
A great crashing from the land of the Chaldeans!(A)
55 For the Lord is laying Babylon waste
and stilling her loud clamor.
Their waves roar like mighty waters;
the sound of their clamor resounds,(B)
56 for a destroyer has come against her,
against Babylon;
her warriors are taken;
their bows are broken,
for the Lord is a God of recompense;
he will repay in full.(C)
Isaiah 21:2-4
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2 A stern vision is told to me;
the betrayer betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O Elam;
lay siege, O Media;
all the sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.(A)
3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
pangs have seized me
like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
I am dismayed so that I cannot see.(B)
4 My mind reels; horror has appalled me;
the twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.(C)
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