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"Behold, a people is coming ^(cm)from the north, And a great nation and many kings Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

"They ^(cn)seize their bow and javelin; They are ^(co)cruel and have no mercy. Their ^(cp)voice roars like the sea; And they ride on ^(cq)horses, ^(cr)Marshalled like a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

"The ^(cs)king of Babylon has heard the report about them, And his hands hang limp; ^(ct)Distress has gripped him, Agony like a woman in childbirth.

"^(cu)Behold, one will come up like a lion from the ^[am]thicket of the Jordan to ^[an]a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make them run away from it, and whoever is ^(cv)chosen I will appoint over it. For who is ^(cw)like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can ^(cx)stand before Me?"

Therefore hear the ^(cy)plan of the Lord which He has planned against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: ^(cz)surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their ^[ao]pasture desolate because of them.

At the ^[ap]shout, "Babylon has been seized!" the ^(da)earth is shaken, and an ^(db)outcry is heard among the nations.