29 ‘Summon archers against Babylon,
    all those who draw the bow.
Encamp all round her;
    let no one escape.
Repay her for her deeds;
    do to her as she has done.
For she defied the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.
30 Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,’
declares the Lord.
31 ‘See, I am against you, you arrogant one,’
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
‘for your day has come,
    the time for you to be punished.

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