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28 Prepare against her the Goyim with the melachim (kings) of the Medes, the pachot (rulers) thereof, and all the seganim (officials) thereof, and all the countries ruled thereof.

29 And ha’aretz shall shake and tremble; for every purpose of Hashem shall be performed against Bavel, to make eretz Bavel a desolation without an inhabitant.

30 The Gibborim of Bavel have ceased to fight, they have remained in their metzadot (strongholds); their gevurah (might) hath failed; they became as nashim; they have burned her mishkenot (dwelling places); her bars are broken.

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28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—
    the kings of the Medes,(A)
their governors and all their officials,
    and all the countries they rule.(B)
29 The land trembles(C) and writhes,
    for the Lord’s purposes(D) against Babylon stand—
to lay waste(E) the land of Babylon
    so that no one will live there.(F)
30 Babylon’s warriors(G) have stopped fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
    they have become weaklings.(H)
Her dwellings are set on fire;(I)
    the bars(J) of her gates are broken.

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