“Cut off the sower from Babylon,and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest.For fear of the oppressing sword,they will each return to their own people,and they will each flee to their own land.”
Jeremiah 50:16 (WEB)
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14Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,all you who bend the bow;shoot at her.Spare no arrows,for she has sinned against Yahweh. 15Shout against her all around.She has submitted herself.Her bulwarks have fallen.Her walls have been thrown down,for it is the vengeance of Yahweh.Take vengeance on her.As she has done, do to her. 16Cut off the sower from Babylon,and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest.For fear of the oppressing sword,they will each return to their own people,and they will each flee to their own land. 17“Israel is a hunted sheep.The lions have driven him away.First, the king of Assyria devoured him,and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.” 18Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says:“Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land,as I have punished the king of Assyria.