¹⁵All that are found shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league with them shall fall by the sword. ¹⁶And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished. ¹⁷Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it. ¹⁸And their bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children.

¹⁹And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. ²⁰It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, even to generation and generation; nor shall Arabian pitch tent there, nor shepherds make fold there. ²¹But beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there. ²²And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

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