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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 hammer,
    my weapon of war.
With you I will crush the nations.
    With you I will destroy kingdoms.
21     With you I will crush horse and rider.
    With you I will crush chariot and driver.
22     With you I will crush men and women.
    With you I will crush old and young.
    With you I will crush young men and young women.
23     With you I will crush shepherds and flocks.
    With you I will crush farmers and oxen.
    With you I will crush governors and officials.

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