Your Lifeline Is Cut

10 God has set everything right for us.
    Come! Let’s tell the good news
Back home in Zion.
    Let’s tell what our God did to set things right.

11-13 “Sharpen the arrows!
    Fill the quivers!
God has stirred up the kings of the Medes,
    infecting them with war fever: ‘Destroy Babylon!’
God’s on the warpath.
    He’s out to avenge his Temple.
Give the signal to attack Babylon’s walls.
    Station guards around the clock.
Bring in reinforcements.
    Set men in ambush.
God will do what he planned,
    what he said he’d do to the people of Babylon.
You have more water than you need,
    you have more money than you need—
But your life is over,
    your lifeline cut.”

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10 “‘The Lord has vindicated(A) us;
    come, let us tell in Zion
    what the Lord our God has done.’(B)

11 “Sharpen the arrows,(C)
    take up the shields!(D)
The Lord has stirred up the kings(E) of the Medes,(F)
    because his purpose(G) is to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will take vengeance,(H)
    vengeance for his temple.(I)
12 Lift up a banner(J) against the walls of Babylon!
    Reinforce the guard,
station the watchmen,(K)
    prepare an ambush!(L)
The Lord will carry out his purpose,(M)
    his decree against the people of Babylon.

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