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God Commands That Babylon Be Taken
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The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it comes from the wilderness, from a dreadful land.
| E | MShE | MDBR- | IM | KSUFUTh | BNGB | LChLF | MMDBR
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| | from·? | from·? | sea | as·? | in·we·? | to·? | from·from·?
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| | BE | MERTs | NUREA
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| | come | from·earth | we·and·?
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A grievous vision is declared to me: 'The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, and the spoiler spoils. Go up, O Elam! besiege, O Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.'
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| | ? | ? | the·? | to·he-will | the·in·and·? | in·and·?
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| | UAShUDD | ShUDD | OLI | OILM | TsURI | MDI | KL- | ENChThA
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| | and·the·? | ? | ? | ? | ? | from·? | all | I-will·we·?
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3
Therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; pangs have taken hold on me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bent so that I cannot hear; I am affrighted so that I cannot see.
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| | on | so | fill | from·? | ? | ? | I-will·? | as·?
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| | IULDA | NOUIThI | MShMO | NBALThI
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| | he-will·and·to·? | we·? | from·? | we·in·the·to·?
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My heart is bewildered, terror has overwhelmed me; the twilight that I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
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| | ? | to·in·in·he-will | ? | in·? | the | we·?
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| | ChShQI | ShM | LI | LChRDA
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| | ? | name | to·he-will | to·?
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They prepare the table, they light the lamps, they eat, they drink--'Rise up, you princes, anoint the shield.'
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| | ? | the·? | ? | the·? | I-will·as·and·to | ? | ?
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| | AShRIM | MShChU | MGN
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| | the·? | from·? | from·garden
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6
For thus has the Lord said to me: Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he sees!
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| | that | as·the | say | I-will·to·he-will | I-will·? | to·as
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| | AOMD | AMTsFA | EShR | IREA | IGID
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| | the·? | the·from·? | which | fear | he-will·?
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When he sees a troop, horsemen by pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.
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| | and·? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | and·the·? | ?
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He cried as a lion: 'On the watch-tower, O Lord, I stand continually in the daytime, and I am set in my ward all the nights.'
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| | and·he-will·call | I-will·? | on | from·? | I-will·? | I
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| | OMD | ThMID | IUMM | UOL- | MShMRThI | ENKI
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| | ? | ? | he-will·and·from·from | and·on | from·? | I
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| | NTsB | KL- | ALILUTh
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| | we·? | all | the·to·he-will·to·and·she-will
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And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs. He spoke and said: 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken to the ground.'
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| | and·listen | ? | come | ? | I-will·he-will·? | ? | ?
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| | UION | UIEMR | NFLA | NFLA | BBL
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| | and·he-will·? | and·he-will·say | we·? | we·? | in·in·to
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| | UKL- | FSILI | ELAIA | ShBR
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| | and·all | ? | I-will·to·the·he-will·the | ?
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O you my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, that which I have heard from IAUA of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared to you.
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| | from·? | and·in·we | ? | which | ? | from·the | IAUA
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| | TsBEUTh | ELAI | IShREL | AGDThI | LKM
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| | hosts | I-will·to·the·he-will | Israel | the·? | to·you
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11
The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir: 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'
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| | from·? | ? | I-will·to·he-will | call | from·? | ?
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| | MA- | MLILA | ShMR | MA-
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| | from·the | from·night | ? | from·the
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12
The watchman said: 'The morning comes, and also the night--if you will inquire, inquire you; return, come.'
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| | say | ? | I-will·? | morning | and·? | night | I-will·from
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| | ThBOIUN | BOIU | ShBU | EThIU
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| | ? | in·? | ? | I-will·?
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13
The burden on Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia shall you lodge, O you caravans of Dedanites.
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| | from·? | in·evening | in·he-will·? | in·evening | ?
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14
To him that is thirsty bring you water! The inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitive with his bread.
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| | to·? | ? | the·? | waters | he-will·? | earth | ? | in·to·?
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For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
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| | that | from·face | ? | we·? | from·face | Horeb | we·?
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| | UMFNI | QShTh | DRUKA | UMFNI | KBD
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| | and·from·face | ? | ? | and·from·face | as·in·?
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For thus has the Lord said to me: 'Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
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| | that | as·the | say | I-will·? | I-will·to·he-will | in·? | ?
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| | KShNI | ShKIR | UKLA | KL- | KBUD | QDR
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| | as·two | ? | and·as·to·the | all | as·in·and·? | ?
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and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished; for IAUA, the God of Israel, has spoken it.'
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| | and·? | from·? | ? | ? | in·we·he-will | ?
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| | IMOTU | KI | IAUA | ELAI-
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| | he-will·from·? | that | IAUA | I-will·to·the·he-will
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