14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

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14 They come as broad breakers;
Under the ruinous storm they roll along.

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14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

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14 That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no [a]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.

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  1. Psalm 144:14 Lit. breach

15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

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15 Shout against her all around;
She has (A)given her hand,
Her foundations have fallen,
(B)Her walls are thrown down;
For (C)it is the vengeance of the Lord.
Take vengeance on her.
As she has done, so do to her.

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44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

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44 I will punish (A)Bel[a] in Babylon,
And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed;
And the nations shall not stream to him anymore.
Yes, (B)the wall of Babylon shall fall.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:44 A Babylonian god

58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

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58 Thus says the Lord of hosts:

“The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly (A)broken,[a]
And her high gates shall be burned with fire;
(B)The people will labor in vain,
And the nations, because of the fire;
And they shall be weary.”

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  1. Jeremiah 51:58 Lit. laid utterly bare

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

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The Fall of Jerusalem

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year (A)of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, (B)that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, (C)“The city has been [a]captured!”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:21 Lit. struck down