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Proclamation against Babylon
The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
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And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chalde′ans, will be like Sodom and Gomor′rah when God overthrew them.
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Downfall of the King of Babylon
When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,
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you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: “How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased!
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“I will rise up against them,” says the Lord of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, offspring and posterity, says the Lord.
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Oracles concerning Babylon, Edom, and Arabia
The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
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And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!” And he answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.”
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Envoys from Babylon Welcomed
At that time Mero′dach-bal′adan the son of Bal′adan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezeki′ah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.
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Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezeki′ah, and said to him, “What did these men say? And whence did they come to you?” Hezeki′ah said, “They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon.”
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Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, says the Lord.
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And some of your own sons, who are born to you, shall be taken away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
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Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and break down all the bars, and the shouting of the Chalde′ans will be turned to lamentations.
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Idols Cannot Save Babylon
“Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.
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The Humiliation of Babylon
Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chalde′ans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
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“Assemble, all of you, and hear! who among them has declared these things? The Lord loves him; he shall perform his purpose on Babylon, and his arm shall be against the Chalde′ans.
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Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chalde′a, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it forth to the end of the earth; say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”