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27 “Set up a standard in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations against her!
    Call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz!
Appoint a marshal against her!
    Cause the horses to come up as the rough canker worm!
28 Prepare against her the nations,
    the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion!
29 The land trembles and is in pain;
    for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon stand,
    to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting,
    they remain in their strongholds.
Their might has failed.
    They have become as women.
Her dwelling places are set on fire.
    Her bars are broken.
31 One runner will run to meet another,
    and one messenger to meet another,
    to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter.
32 So the passages are seized.
    They have burned the reeds with fire.
    The men of war are frightened.”

33 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says:

“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden.
    Yet a little while, and the time of harvest comes for her.”

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27 (A)“Set up a standard on the earth;
    (B)blow the trumpet among the nations;
(C)prepare (D)the nations for war against her;
    summon against her (E)the kingdoms,
    (F)Ararat, Minni, and (G)Ashkenaz;
appoint a (H)marshal against her;
    (I)bring up horses like bristling locusts.
28 (J)Prepare (K)the nations for war against her,
    the kings of (L)the Medes, (M)with their governors (N)and deputies,
    and every (O)land under their dominion.
29 (P)The land trembles and writhes in pain,
    (Q)for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation,
    without inhabitant.
30 The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds;
their strength has failed;
    (R)they have become women;
(S)her dwellings are on fire;
    (T)her bars are broken.
31 One (U)runner runs to meet another,
    and one messenger to meet another,
to tell the king of Babylon
    that his city is taken on every side;
32 the fords have been (V)seized,
    the marshes are burned with fire,
    and the soldiers are in panic.
33 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
(W)The daughter of Babylon is like (X)a threshing floor
    at the time when it is trodden;
yet a little while
    and (Y)the time of her harvest will come.”

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