14 They advance as through a gaping breach;(A)
    amid the ruins they come rolling in.

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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 As through a wide (A)breach they come;
    amid the crash they roll on.

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14     our oxen(A) will draw heavy loads.[a]
There will be no breaching of walls,(B)
    no going into captivity,
    no cry of distress in our streets.(C)

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  1. Psalm 144:14 Or our chieftains will be firmly established

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

14 may our cattle be heavy with young,
    suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;[a]
may there be no (A)cry of distress in our streets!

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  1. Psalm 144:14 Hebrew with no breaking in or going out

15 Shout(A) against her on every side!
    She surrenders, her towers fall,
    her walls(B) are torn down.
Since this is the vengeance(C) of the Lord,
    take vengeance on her;
    do to her(D) as she has done to others.(E)

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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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15 (A)Raise a shout against her all around;
    she has surrendered;
her bulwarks have fallen;
    (B)her walls are thrown down.
For (C)this is the vengeance of the Lord:
    take vengeance on her;
    (D)do to her as she has done.

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44 I will punish Bel(A) in Babylon
    and make him spew out(B) what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
    And the wall(C) of Babylon will fall.

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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

44 And I will punish (A)Bel in Babylon,
    and (B)take out of his mouth (C)what he has swallowed.
(D)The nations shall no longer flow to him;
    (E)the wall of Babylon has fallen.

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58 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Babylon’s thick wall(A) will be leveled
    and her high gates(B) set on fire;
the peoples(C) exhaust(D) themselves for nothing,
    the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”(E)

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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

58 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
The broad (A)wall of Babylon
    shall be leveled to the ground,
(B)and her high gates
    shall be burned with fire.
(C)The peoples labor for nothing,
    and (D)the nations weary themselves only for fire.”

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Jerusalem’s Fall Explained

21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped(A) from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!(B)

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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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  1. Ezekiel 33:21 Lit. struck down

Jerusalem Struck Down

21 In the (A)twelfth year (B)of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, (C)a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, (D)“The city has been struck down.”

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