Jeremiah 25:9

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⁹I will summon^(A) all the peoples of the north^(B) and my servant^(C) Nebuchadnezzar^(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy^[a]^(E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,^(F) and an everlasting ruin.^(G)

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Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

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Jeremiah 49:13

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¹³I swear^(A) by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah^(B) will become a ruin and a curse,^[a] an object of horror^(C) and reproach;^(D) and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”^(E)

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Jeremiah 49:13 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.

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Jeremiah 50:13

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¹³Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited
but will be completely desolate.^(A)
All who pass Babylon will be appalled;^(B)
they will scoff^(C) because of all her wounds.^(D)

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Ezekiel 33:28-29

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²⁸I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains^(A) of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.^(B) ²⁹Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolate^(C) waste because of all the detestable things they have done.’^(D)