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20 “You are my battle ax and weapons of war.
    With you I will break the nations into pieces.
    With you I will destroy kingdoms.
21 With you I will break in pieces
    the horse and his rider.
22 With you I will break in pieces
    the chariot and him who rides therein.
With you I will break in pieces
    man and woman.
With you I will break in pieces
    the old man and the youth.
With you I will break in pieces
    the young man and the virgin.
23 With you I will break in pieces
    the shepherd and his flock.
With you I will break in pieces
    the farmer and his yoke.
With you I will break in pieces
    governors and deputies.

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Babylon’s Great Punishment

20 “You[a] are my battle-ax and sword,”
    says the Lord.
“With you I will shatter nations
    and destroy many kingdoms.
21 With you I will shatter armies—
    destroying the horse and rider,
    the chariot and charioteer.
22 With you I will shatter men and women,
    old people and children,
    young men and young women.
23 With you I will shatter shepherds and flocks,
    farmers and oxen,
    captains and officers.

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Footnotes

  1. 51:20 Possibly Cyrus, whom God used to conquer Babylon. Compare Isa 44:28; 45:1.

20 “You are my war club,(A)
    my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter(B) nations,(C)
    with you I destroy kingdoms,
21 with you I shatter horse and rider,(D)
    with you I shatter chariot(E) and driver,
22 with you I shatter man and woman,
    with you I shatter old man and youth,
    with you I shatter young man and young woman,(F)
23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
    with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
    with you I shatter governors and officials.(G)

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