3 Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction! 4 And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets. 5 For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”
Jeremiah 51:3–5
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