11 (A)“Sharpen the arrows!
    Take up the shields!

(B)The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of (C)the Medes, because (D)his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, (E)for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for (F)his temple.

12 (G)“Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon;
    (H)make the watch strong;
set up watchmen;
    prepare the ambushes;
(I)for the Lord has both planned and done
    what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

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29 (A)The land trembles and writhes in pain,
    (B)for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation,
    without inhabitant.

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An Oracle Concerning Assyria

24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
(A)“As I have planned,
    so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
    so shall it stand,

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