“For, behold, I will stir upand cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country;and they will set themselves in array against her.She will be taken from there.Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man.None of them will return in vain.”
Jeremiah 50:9 (WEB)
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7All who found them have devoured them.Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty,because they have sinned against Yahweh,the habitation of righteousness,even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.’ 8“Flee out of the middle of Babylon!Go out of the land of the Chaldeans,and be as the male goats before the flocks. 9For, behold, I will stir upand cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country;and they will set themselves in array against her.She will be taken from there.Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man.None of them will return in vain. 10Chaldea will be a prey.All who prey on her will be satisfied,” says Yahweh. 11“Because you are glad,because you rejoice,O you who plunder my heritage,because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain,and neigh as strong horses,