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A (A)lion has gone up from his thicket,
And a (B)destroyer of nations has set out;
He has gone out from his place
To (C)make your land a desolation.
Your cities will be turned into ruins
Without inhabitant.

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Mourn the Coming Destroyer

22 Thus says Yahweh,

“Behold, (A)a people is coming from the land of the north,
And a great nation will be aroused from the (B)remote parts of the earth.
23 They take hold of (C)bow and spear;
They are (D)cruel and have no compassion;
Their voice (E)roars like the sea,
And they ride on horses,
Arranged as a man for the battle
Against you, O daughter of Zion!”

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20 He says, “You are My (A)instrument of shattering, My weapon of war;
And with you I (B)shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.
21 With you I (C)shatter the horse and his rider,
And with you I shatter the (D)chariot and its rider,
22 And with you I shatter (E)man and woman,
And with you I shatter old man and (F)youth,
And with you I shatter choice man and virgin,
23 And with you I shatter the shepherd and his flock,
And with you I shatter the farmer and his pair of oxen,
And with you I shatter governors and prefects.

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For behold, I am (A)raising up the Chaldeans,
That bitter and hasty nation
Who walks on the breadth of the land
To (B)possess dwelling places which are not theirs.

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10 And they (A)mock at kings,
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They (B)laugh at every fortress
And (C)heap up dirt and capture it.

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