19 (A)And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew (B)Sodom and Gomorrah.

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19 Babylon,(A) the jewel of kingdoms,(B)
    the pride and glory(C) of the Babylonians,[a]
will be overthrown(D) by God
    like Sodom and Gomorrah.(E)

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  1. Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans

“Sit in (A)silence, and go into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans;
(B)For you shall no longer be called
The Lady of Kingdoms.

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“Sit in silence,(A) go into darkness,(B)
    queen city of the Babylonians;(C)
no more will you be called
    queen(D) of kingdoms.(E)

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But these two things shall come to you
(A)In a moment, in one day:
The loss of children, and widowhood.
They shall come upon you in their fullness
Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
For the great abundance of your enchantments.

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Both of these will overtake you
    in a moment,(A) on a single day:
    loss of children(B) and widowhood.(C)
They will come upon you in full measure,
    in spite of your many sorceries(D)
    and all your potent spells.(E)

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14 “All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
Who among them has declared these things?
(A)The Lord loves him;
(B)He shall do His pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.

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14 “Come together,(A) all of you, and listen:
    Which of the idols has foretold(B) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally(C)
    will carry out his purpose(D) against Babylon;(E)
    his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20

Babylon has suddenly (A)fallen and been destroyed.
(B)Wail for her!
(C)Take balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.

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Babylon will suddenly fall(A) and be broken.
    Wail over her!
Get balm(B) for her pain;
    perhaps she can be healed.

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28 PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the (A)Medes and (B)Persians.”[a]

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  1. Daniel 5:28 Aram. Paras, consonant with Peres

28 Peres[a]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(A) and Persians.”(B)

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  1. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.

31 (A)And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

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31 and Darius(A) the Mede(B) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[a]

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  1. Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.

And another angel followed, saying, (A)“Babylon[a] is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because (B)she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”

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  1. Revelation 14:8 NU Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, which has made; M Babylon the great is fallen. She has made

A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’[a](A) which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”(B)

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  1. Revelation 14:8 Isaiah 21:9

And he cried [a]mightily with a loud voice, saying, (A)“Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and (B)has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and (C)a cage for every unclean and hated bird!

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  1. Revelation 18:2 NU, M omit mightily

With a mighty voice he shouted:

“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’[a](A)
    She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,(B)
    a haunt for every unclean bird,
    a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.(C)

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  1. Revelation 18:2 Isaiah 21:9