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35 Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am going to break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might,(A)

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Elam bore the quiver
    with chariots and cavalry,[a]
    and Kir uncovered the shield.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 22.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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.(A)

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He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields with fire.(A)

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29 Summon archers against Babylon, all who bend the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do to her—for she has arrogantly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.(A)

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14 Take up your positions around Babylon,
    all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her; spare no arrows,
    for she has sinned against the Lord.(A)

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