Study Desk

"Against the land of ^(F1)Merathaim, go up against it, And against the inhabitants of ^(F2)(C1)Pekod. Kill and ^(F3)completely destroy them," declares the LORD, "And do according to everything that I have commanded you.

-"The ^(C1)noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

-"How the ^(C1)hammer of the whole earth Has been cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations!

-"I ^(C1)set a trap for you and you were also ^(C2)caught, Babylon, While you yourself were not aware; You have been found and also seized Because you have engaged in ^(C3)conflict with the LORD."

The LORD has opened His armory And has brought out the ^(C1)weapons of His indignation, For it is a ^(C2)work of the Lord ^(F1)GOD of armies In the land of the Chaldeans.

Come to her from the ^(F1)farthest border; ^(C1)Open up her barns, Pile her up like heaps of grain And ^(F2)(C2)completely destroy her, Let nothing be left to her.

^(C1)Put all her bulls to the sword; Let them ^(C2)go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their ^(C3)day has come, The time of their punishment.

There is a ^(C1)sound of fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, To declare in Zion the ^(C2)vengeance of the LORD our God, Vengeance for His ^(C3)temple.

"Summon ^(F1)many against Babylon, All those who ^(F2)bend the bow: Encamp against her on every side, Let there be no escape^(F3). Repay her according to her work; ^(C1)According to all that she has done, so do to her; For she has become ^(C2)arrogant against the LORD, Against the Holy One of Israel.

-"Therefore her ^(C1)young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will ^(C2)perish on that day," declares the LORD.