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Don't panic -- this is just the bit that I've finished, i.e.
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the references in the book of Isaiah. Most of it is lifted
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straight from the King James version, but a little bit of
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commentary is included. (I like poetry, so I use the King
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James version rather than one of the modern language
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versions. This will present a problem with the book of Daniel,
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because the Catholic version of Daniel includes stuff that
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was cut from the King James version, and the book of Daniel
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is set during the Babylonian captivity. I'm not going to
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worry about it too much right now, because I have a long, long
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way to go before *that* is my biggest problem.)
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I'll probably finish Daniel or Revelation next, but it will
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take me awhile to get around to it.
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---Michele L. Worley (michele_l_worley@yahoo.com)
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---begin included text---
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--Isaiah Chapter 13--
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The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
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Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice
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unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates
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of the nobles.
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I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called
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my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in
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my highness.
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The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a
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great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations
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gathered together; the Lord of Hosts mustereth the host of
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the battle.
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They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even
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the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy
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the whole land.
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Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come
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as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all
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hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt; and they
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shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;
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they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth; they
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shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as
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flames.
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Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath
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and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall
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destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
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For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof
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shall not give forth their light; the sun shall be darkened
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in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her
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light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil,
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and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the
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arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the
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haughtiness of the terrible.
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I will make a man more precious than gold; even a man than
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the golden wedge of Ophir.
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Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall
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remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts,
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and in the day of his fierce anger. And it shall be as
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the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up; they
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shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one
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into his own land.
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Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every
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one that is joined with them shall fall by the sword. Their
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children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
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their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
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Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall
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not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight
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in it. Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces;
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and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their
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eye shall not spare children.
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And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the
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Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew
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Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither
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shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation;
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neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall
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the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts
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of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be
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full of doleful creatures, and owls shall dwell there,
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and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the
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islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons
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in their pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come,
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and her days shall not be prolonged.
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--end Isaiah Chapter 13--
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And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall
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give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from
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the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, that thou
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shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and
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say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
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--Isaiah 14:3-4
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Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy
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coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief
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ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all
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the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto
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thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like
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unto us?
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Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of
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thy viols; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms
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cover thee. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son
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of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which
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didst weaken the nations!
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For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into
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heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I
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will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the
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sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the
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clouds; I will be like the most High.
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Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of
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the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee,
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and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the
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earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; that made the
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world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;
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that opened not the house of his prisoners?
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All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in
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glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of
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thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of
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those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go
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down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under
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the feet. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial,
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because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people;
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the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. Prepare
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slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers,
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that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face
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of the world with cities. For I will rise up against them,
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saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name,
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and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.
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I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and
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pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of
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destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
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---Isaiah 14:9-23
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[speaking in my own voice now]
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Note the reference in verse 22 that the son and the nephew
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will be cut off, and compare against "Midnight on the Firing
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Line", episode #1, season #1, in which the chief researcher
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on the Centauri colony Ragesh III, Londo's nephew, was made
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to suffer.
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The reference to God as "Lord of hosts" == "Lord of Sabaoth";
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Sabaoth being a word that means "hosts" or "armies".
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The reference to Lucifer in this passage is the original
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source for the stories of a rebellion of angels against
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God's authority. The actual reference here is to the king
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of Babylon, and note the mocking tone --- Isaiah is using
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the florid phrases of court speech with heavy sarcasm.
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In Isaiah, the references to Babylon actually refer to
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Babylon; in Revelation, the references should not be taken
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so literally.
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[my voice off]
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Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise
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like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,
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that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! The
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nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters, but
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God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall
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be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and
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like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. And behold at
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eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This
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is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them
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that rob us.---Isaiah 16:12-14
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Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the
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rivers of Ethiopia; that sendeth ambassadors by the sea,
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even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go,
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ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to
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a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation
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meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have
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spoiled! ---Isaiah 18:1-2
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The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the
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south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a
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terrible land. A grievous vision is declared unto me; the
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treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler
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spoileth.---Isaiah 21:1-2
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Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink;
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arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. For thus hath
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the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare
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what he seeth.---Isaiah 21:5-6
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And he cried, A lion; My lord, I stand continually upon
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the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward
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whole nights; and behold, here cometh a chariot of men,
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with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said,
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Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images
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of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
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---Isaiah 21:8-9
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Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death,
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and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing
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scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us;
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for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have
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we hid ourselves; therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold,
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I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone,
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a precious corner stone, a sure foundation; he that believeth
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shall not make haste. Judgement also will I lay to the line,
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and righteousness to the plummet; and the hail shall sweep
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away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the
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hiding place.
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And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and
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your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing
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scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down
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by it. From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you;
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for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by
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night; and it shall be a vexation only to understand
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the report.---Isaiah 28:15-19
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Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the
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Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who
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seeth us? and who knoweth us?---Isaiah 29:15
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Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without; the ambassadors
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of peace shall weep bitterly. The highways lie waste, the
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wayfaring man ceaseth; he hath broken the covenant, he hath
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despised the cities, he regardeth no man.---Isaiah 33:7-8
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Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourn
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as a dove...---Isaiah 38:14
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Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said
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unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they
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unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far
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country unto me, even from Babylon. Then said he, What have
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they seen in thine house? and Hezekiah answered, All that
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is in mine house have they seen; there is nothing among my
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treasures that I have not shewed them. Then said Isaiah
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unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts; Behold,
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the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that
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which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall
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be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
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And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt
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beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in
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the palace of the king of Babylon.--Isaiah 39:3-7
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[I am the Lord] that saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd,
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and shall perform all my pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem,
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Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall
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be laid.---Isaiah 44:28
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[my voice on]
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Cyrus (as far as I know) was the founder of the empire of
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Persia. He ruled a couple of generations before Xerxes,
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who had the unfortunate disagreement with the Spartans.
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During his youth, Xerxes ruled Babylon for his father, but
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I don't know how long Babylon had been part of the Persian
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empire at that point.
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[my voice off]
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Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon,
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sit on the ground; there is no throne, O daughter of the
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Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
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--Isaiah 47:1
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All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear which among them hath
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declared these things? The Lord hath loved him; he will do
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his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
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---Isaiah 48:14
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And they that shall be of thee shall build up the old waste
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places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations,
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and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The
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restorer of paths to dwell in.---Isaiah 58:12
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They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he
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that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed
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breaketh out into a viper. Their webs shall not become garments,
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neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their
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works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in
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their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to
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shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
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wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace
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they know not; and there is no judgement in their goings;
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they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein
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shall not know peace. Therefore is judgment far from us,
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neither doth justice overtake us; we wait for light, but
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behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
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---Isaiah 59:5-9
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Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their
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windows?---Isaiah 60:8
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This batch covers *only* the book of Revelation. I included not
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only the Babylon references, but the Four Horsemen, since the
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group occasionally receives posts about "Soul Mates".
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Before anyone gets upset, let me mention that I do *not*
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break paragraphs by verses, but (roughly) by ease of
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reading. I do give chapter and verse with each quote.
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Any comments of mine are marked as such. As usual, I am
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using a King James version rather than a modern language
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translation.
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---Michele L. Worley (michele_l_worley@yahoo.com)
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--Revelation--
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And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard,
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as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying,
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Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse; and he that
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sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him; and he
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went forth conquering, and to conquer.
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And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second
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beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that
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was red; and power was given unto him that sat thereon to take
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peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another;
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and there was given unto him a great sword.
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And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third
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beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse;
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and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
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And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A
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measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley
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for a penny, and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
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And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice
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of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold
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a pale horse; and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell
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followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth
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part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and
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with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
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---Revelation 6:1-8
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[my comment: At the time this was written, it would have been
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understood that the prices mentioned for food were outrageous;
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that is why modern translations use thousands of dollars
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rather than pennies as units. Horseman #3 is generally called
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Famine, but I have heard various names for #1, #2, and #4.
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In particular, I have usually seen #4 listed as Pestilence.]
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And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman
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clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and
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upon her head a crown of twelve stars; and she being
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with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to
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be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in
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heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads
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and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his
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tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did
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cast them to the earth; and the dragon stood before the
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woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her
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child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man
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child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron; and
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her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
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---Revelation 12:1-5
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[my comments: The poet William Blake painted "Woman Clothed
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with the Sun and the Red Dragon" (my recollection of the
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title may be slightly off) as one of his drawings of the
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Apocalypse. Any of you who have read Thomas Harris' _Red
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Dragon_ have seen a reference to the painting. I mention it
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here because when I saw Varn inside the machine in _A Voice
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in the Wilderness_, the image reminded me of the painting.
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But that may be just a fluke association.]
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And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen,
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is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations
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drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
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---Revelation 14:8
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And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the
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seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the
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wrath of God upon the earth. ---Revelation 16:1
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And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials,
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and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew
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unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many
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waters; with whom the kings of the earth have committed
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fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made
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drunk with the wine of her fornication.
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So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness; and
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I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of
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blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was
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arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and
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precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full
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of abominations and filthiness of her fornication; and upon her
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forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
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MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw
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the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the
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blood of the martyrs of Jesus; and when I saw her, I wondered
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with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore
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dost thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman,
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and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath seven heads and
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ten horns.
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The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall
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ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition; and
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they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not
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written in the book of life from the foundation of the world,
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when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
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And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are
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seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
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--Revelation 17:1-9
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[my comment: At the time, anybody would have known that Rome,
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the chief city of the Roman Empire, was built upon seven hills.]
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And there are seven kings; five are fallen, and one is, and the
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other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a
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short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is
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the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And
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the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have
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received no kingdom as yet, but receive power as kings one
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hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their
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power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with
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the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of
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lords, and King of kings; and they that are with him are called,
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and chosen, and faithful.---Revelation 17:10-14
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And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which
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reigneth over the kings of the earth.---Revelation 17:18
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[my comment: for practical purposes, all of chapters 17 and
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18 concern Babylon, but I am only hitting the high points
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here. Also, for any of you who are acquainted with the poems
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and drawings of William Blake, one of his drawings from
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Revelation is of Babylon the Great as described above.]
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And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon
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the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation
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of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of
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every unclean and hateful bird.---Revelation 18:1
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How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously,
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so much torment and sorrow give her; for she saith in her
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heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no
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sorrow. ---Revelation 18:7
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[my comment: If JMS has this in mind, Sheridan is in
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big trouble...
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Clarification:
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All we keep hearing about Sheridan on the net are comments
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that he's too cheerful, he smiles too much, he's too confident,
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he likes the creature comforts that go with being in charge
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of B5. That's the reason for my associating that verse with
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Sheridan, even though it is speaking of Babylon as being
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female.
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That's all. No deep significance, just an association that came
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together in my head when I was typing the stuff up.]
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...Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying,
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Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for
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in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the
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earth shall weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth
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their merchandise any more. ---Revelation 18:10-11
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--end Revelation--
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--end included text--
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(Some raven references, apropos "All Alone in the Night")
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There is an excerpt from Genesis and also an excerpt from 1 Kings,
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but I haven't tried to go over those books thoroughly --- these
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are just raven references. The stuff from Jeremiah and Lamentations
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is about as thorough as I can make it.
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---Michele L. Worley (michele_l_worley@yahoo.com)
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--Genesis 8: Noah, the raven, and the dove --
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And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened
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the window of the ark which he had made; and he sent forth a
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raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried
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up from off the earth. Also he sent forth a dove from him, to
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see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
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but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she
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returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face
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of the whole earth; and then he put forth his hand, and took her,
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and pulled her in unto him into the ark. And he stayed yet
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another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the
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ark; and the dove came in to him in the evening; and lo, in her
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mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off; so Noah knew that the waters
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were abated from off the earth. And he stayed yet another seven
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days, and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him
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any more. --Genesis 8:6-12
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[stray bit of information: the word "forty" used to be used
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where "many" was meant. These days, people would say, "O,
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there are a million of those things." Same sort of thing.
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I can't cite a reference for this, this is just stray information.]
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--end Genesis 8--
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--1 Kings chapter 17: Elijah and the ravens--
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And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead,
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said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom
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I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but
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according to my word. And the word of the Lord came unto him,
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saying, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide
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thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And it
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shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have
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commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
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So he went and did according to the word of the Lord; for
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he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
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And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and
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bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
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--1 Kings 17:1-6
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--end 1 Kings chapter 17--
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--Jeremiah--
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Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel,
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saith the Lord; it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a
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nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest
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what they say.
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--Jeremiah 5:15
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For among my people are found wicked men; they lay wait, as he
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that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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--Jeremiah 5:26
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A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; the
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prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their
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means; and my people love to have it so; and what will ye do
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in the end thereof? --Jeremiah 5:30-31
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[NOTE: If the quotations from chapter 5 of Jeremiah sound
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familiar from some other context which you can't place,
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they are read by Lord Peter Wimsey in "Busman's Honeymoon"
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by Dorothy Leigh Sayers when he reads the lesson in church.]
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I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that
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thou mayest know and try their way. --Jeremiah 6:27
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Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men,
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that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all
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adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. --Jeremiah 9:2
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Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit; one
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speaketh peaceably with his neighbour with his mouth, but in
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his heart he layeth his wait. --Jeremiah 9:8
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The spoilers are come upon all high places through the
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wilderness; for the sword of the Lord shall devour from
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one end of the land even to the other end of the land;
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no flesh shall have peace.--Jeremiah 12:12
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Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness,
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and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and,
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while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of
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death, and make it gross darkness.--Jeremiah 13:16
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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately
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wicked; who can know it?---Jeremiah 17:9
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For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy
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a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye
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might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
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--Jeremiah 27:14-15
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I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent
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among the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against
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her, and rise up to the battle.--Jeremiah 49:14
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[chapters 50-52 concern Babylon]
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The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land
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of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. Declare ye among the
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nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal
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not; say, Babylon is taken... --Jeremiah 50:1-2
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At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and
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the cry is heard among nations.--Jeremiah 50:46
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Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon,
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and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up
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against me, a destroying wind...--Jeremiah 51:1
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Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his
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soul; be not cut off in her iniquity, for this is the time of
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the Lord's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.
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Babylon hath been a golden cup unto the Lord's hand, that
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made all the earth drunken; the nations have drunken of her
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wine, therefore the nations are mad. Babylon is suddenly
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fallen and destroyed; howl for her; take balm for her pain, if
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so she may be healed. We would have healed Babylon, but she is
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not healed; forsake her, and let us go every one into his own
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country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted
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up even to the skies.--Jeremiah 51:6-9
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For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: The
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daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor; it is time
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to thresh her; yet a little while, and the time of her
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harvest shall come.--Jeremiah 51:53
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Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall
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sing for Babylon; for the spoilers shall come unto her from the
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north, saith the Lord.--Jeremiah 51:48
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Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should
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fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers
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come unto her, saith the Lord. A sound of a cry cometh from
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Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;
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because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her
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the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a
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noise of their voice is uttered; because the spoiler is come
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upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every
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one of their bows is broken; for the Lord God of recompenses
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shall surely requite.--Jeremiah 51:53-56
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--end Jeremiah--
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--Lamentations--
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How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is
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she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and
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princess among the provinces, how is she become triburary! She
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weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among
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all her lovers she hath none to comfort her; all her friends have
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dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
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--Lamentations 1:1-2
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Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see
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if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me,
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wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce
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anger. From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it
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prevaileth against them; he hath spread a net for my feet, he
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hath turned me back; he hath made me desolate and faint all the
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day. The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they
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are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength
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to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom
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I am not able to rise up.
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--Lamentations 1:12-14
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The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of
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Zion; he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his
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hand from destroying; therefore he made the rampart and the
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wall to lament; they languished together.
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--Lamentations 2:8
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Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee; and
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they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy
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captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of
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banishment.
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--Lamentations 2:14
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He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
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--Lamentations 3:2
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He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
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--Lamentations 3:6
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Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
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Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction
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of the daughter of my people. Mine eye trickleth down, and
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ceaseth not, without any intermission, till the Lord look down,
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and behold from heaven. Mine eye afflicteth mine heart because
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of all the daughters of my city. Mine enemies chased me sore,
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like a bird, without cause. They have cut off my life in the
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dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. Waters flowed over mine head;
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then I said, I am cut off. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out
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of the low dungeon. Thou hast heard my voice; hide not thine ear
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at my breathing, at my cry.
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--Lamentations 3:47-56
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Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations
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against me. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all
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their imaginations against me; the lips of those that rose up
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against me, and their device against me all the day.
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--Lamentations 3:60-62
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How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed!
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the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every
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street. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how
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are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of
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the potter!
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--Lamentations 4:1-2
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For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests,
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that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her. They
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have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted
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themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
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--Lamentations 4:13-14
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As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help; in our
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|
watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
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They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets; our end
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|
is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. Our
|
|
persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven; they
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pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the
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|
wilderness. The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord,
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was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we
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shall live among the heathen.
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--Lamentations 4:17-20
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Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us; consider, and behold our
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reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to
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aliens.
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--Lamentations 5:1-2
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We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to
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be satisfied with bread.
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--Lamentations 5:6
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--end Lamentations--
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