Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”
And one said, “(A)Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the (B)images of her gods [a]are shattered on the ground.”

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  1. Isaiah 21:9 Lit he has shattered to the earth

Look, here comes a man in a chariot(A)
    with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
    ‘Babylon(B) has fallen,(C) has fallen!
All the images of its gods(D)
    lie shattered(E) on the ground!’”

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Babylon’s Idols and the True God

46 (A)Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their idols have become loads for the animals and the cattle.
The things [a]that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary animal.
They stooped over, they have bowed down together;
They could not rescue the burden,
But [b]have themselves (B)gone into captivity.

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  1. Isaiah 46:1 Lit carried by you
  2. Isaiah 46:2 Or their soul has

Gods of Babylon

46 Bel(A) bows down, Nebo stoops low;
    their idols(B) are borne by beasts of burden.[a]
The images that are carried(C) about are burdensome,
    a burden for the weary.
They stoop and bow down together;
    unable to rescue the burden,
    they themselves go off into captivity.(D)

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  1. Isaiah 46:1 Or are but beasts and cattle

(A)Declare and proclaim among the nations.
Proclaim it and (B)lift up a flag,
Do not conceal it. Say,
(C)Babylon has been captured,
(D)Bel has been put to shame, [a]Marduk has been [b]shattered;
Her (E)idols have been put to shame, her images have been shattered.’

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  1. Jeremiah 50:2 Heb Merodach
  2. Jeremiah 50:2 Or dismayed

“Announce and proclaim(A) among the nations,
    lift up a banner(B) and proclaim it;
    keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;(C)
    Bel(D) will be put to shame,(E)
    Marduk(F) filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
    and her idols(G) filled with terror.’

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52 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will punish her (A)idols,
And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.

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52 “But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will punish her idols,(A)
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.(B)

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