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"So My heart cries out for Moab like a horn. My heart cries like a horn also for the men of Kir-heres. The riches they had for themselves have been lost.

"How broken it is! How they cry! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become something to laugh at and hate to all those around him."

But I have taken all that Esau has. I have taken the covering from his hiding places so that he will not be able to hide himself. His children, his brothers, and his neighbors are destroyed. And he is no more.

So hear the plan the Lord has made against Edom. Listen to His plans which He has made against the people of Teman. Even the little ones of the flock will be pulled away. For sure He will make their fields an empty waste because of them.

So the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.

So her young men will fall in her streets. And all her men of war will be made quiet in that day," says the Lord.

The One Who saves and makes them free is strong. The Lord of All is His name. He will work hard for their cause, so that He may give rest to the land. But He will not give rest to the people of Babylon.

So the desert animals will live there together with the wild dogs. And ostriches also will live in it. Never again will people live there.

So hear the plan which the Lord has made against Babylon. Listen to His plans which He has made against the land of the Babylonians. Even the little ones of the flock will be taken away. He will make their fields an empty waste because of them.

Babylon has been a gold cup in the Lord's hand, making all the earth drunk. The nations have drunk her wine, and so the nations have gone wild.

So the Lord says, "See, I will help you in your cause and punish Babylon for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her well dry.

So the days are coming when I will punish the false gods of Babylon. Her whole land will be put to shame, and all her dead will fall within her.

The Lord of All says, "The wide wall of Babylon will be broken to the ground. Her high gates will be set on fire. So the people will work hard for nothing, and because of the fire nations become tired."

And say, ‘O Lord, You have said that this place will be destroyed, so that there will be nothing living in it, not man or animal. It is to be a waste place forever.'

The Lord became so angry with Jerusalem and Judah that He had them sent away from Him. And Zedekiah turned against the king of Babylon.

So the city was shut in by the army of the Babylonians until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

and the king of Babylon killed them. He put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was led out of its land in chains.

So Jehoiachin changed from his prison clothes, and ate with the king every day for the rest of his life.

Jerusalem sinned very much, so she is unclean. All who honored her hate her, because they have seen her put to shame. Even she herself cries in sorrow and turns away.

Your men who speak in God's name have given you false and foolish dreams. They have not made your sin known, so you could return from where you are held. But they have told you false dreams that have led you the wrong way.