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20 “You are my war club,
    my battle weapon.
I use you to ·smash [shatter; C and so throughout this passage] nations.
    I use you to destroy kingdoms.
21 I use you to smash horses and riders.
    I use you to smash chariots and drivers.
22 I use you to smash men and women.
    I use you to smash old people and young people.
    I use you to smash young men and young women.
23 I use you to smash shepherds and flocks.
    I use you to smash farmers and oxen.
    I use you to smash governors and ·officers [officials; leaders].

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20 
“You [Cyrus of Persia, soon to conquer Babylon] are My battle-axe and weapon of war—
For with you I shatter nations,
With you I destroy kingdoms.
21 
“With you I shatter the horse and his rider,
With you I shatter the chariot and its driver,
22 
With you I shatter man and woman,
With you I shatter old man and youth,
With you I shatter young man and virgin,
23 
With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock,
With you I shatter the farmer and his yoke of oxen,
And with you I shatter governors and commanders.

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