15:49 I will send plagues upon thee; widowhood, poverty, famine, sword,
and pestilence, to waste thy houses with destruction and death.
15:50 And the glory of thy Power shall be dried up as a flower, the
heat shall arise that is sent over thee.
15:51 Thou shalt be weakened as a poor woman with stripes, and as one
chastised with wounds, so that the mighty and lovers shall not be able
to receive thee.
15:52 Would I with jealousy have so proceeded against thee, saith the
Lord,
15:53 If thou hadst not always slain my chosen, exalting the stroke of
thine hands, and saying over their dead, when thou wast drunken,
15:54 Set forth the beauty of thy countenance?
15:55 The reward of thy whoredom shall be in thy bosom, therefore shalt
thou receive recompence.
15:56 Like as thou hast done unto my chosen, saith the Lord, even so
shall God do unto thee, and shall deliver thee into mischief
15:57 Thy children shall die of hunger, and thou shalt fall through the
sword: thy cities shall be broken down, and all thine shall perish with
the sword in the field.
15:58 They that be in the mountains shall die of hunger, and eat their
own flesh, and drink their own blood, for very hunger of bread, and
thirst of water.
15:59 Thou as unhappy shalt come through the sea, and receive plagues
again.
15:60 And in the passage they shall rush on the idle city, and shall
destroy some portion of thy land, and consume part of thy glory, and
shall return to Babylon that was destroyed.
15:61 And thou shalt be cast down by them as stubble, and they shall be
unto thee as fire;
15:62 And shall consume thee, and thy cities, thy land, and thy
mountains; all thy woods and thy fruitful trees shall they burn up with
fire.
15:63 Thy children shall they carry away captive, and, look, what thou
hast, they shall spoil it, and mar the beauty of thy face.
16:1 Woe be unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe be unto thee, Egypt and
Syria!
16:2 Gird up yourselves with cloths of sack and hair, bewail your
children, and be sorry; for your destruction is at hand.
16:3 A sword is sent upon you, and who may turn it back?
16:4 A fire is sent among you, and who may quench it?
16:5 Plagues are sent unto you, and what is he that may drive them
away?
16:6 May any man drive away an hungry lion in the wood? or may any one
quench the fire in stubble, when it hath begun to burn?
16:7 May one turn again the arrow that is shot of a strong archer?
16:8 The mighty Lord sendeth the plagues and who is he that can drive
them away?
16:9 A fire shall go forth from his wrath, and who is he that may
quench it?
16:10 He shall cast lightnings, and who shall not fear? he shall
thunder, and who shall not be afraid?
16:11 The Lord shall threaten, and who shall not be utterly beaten to
powder at his presence?
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