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First dialogue
In the thirtieth year after our city was destroyed, I, Salathiel, who am also Ezra, was in Babylon. I was disturbed as I lay on my bed, and my thoughts kept welling up inside me,
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because I saw how Zion lay in ruins and how those who lived in Babylon enjoyed abundance.
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“I said then in my heart, Are the lives of Babylon’s inhabitants any better? Is that why Babylon has gained dominion over Zion?
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and haven’t given anyone any clue as to how to make sense of these ways. Does Babylon do better than Zion?
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They will proceed steadily to Babylon to destroy it.
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You, Asia—you who share in Babylon’s splendor and the glory of the mask it wears—
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how terrible it will be for you, wretched one, because you have become like Babylon. You dressed up your daughters for sexual immorality, to please and take pride in your lovers, who have always lusted for you.
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As they return from Babylon, passersby will strike the repulsive city and will destroy her. They will destroy another portion of your glory and your land as they return from Babylon.
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Oracles of doom against the nations
How terrible it will be for you, Babylon and Asia! How terrible for you, Egypt and Syria!
