42 They are armed with bows(A) and spears;
    they are cruel(B) and without mercy.(C)
They sound like the roaring sea(D)
    as they ride on their horses;
they come like men in battle formation
    to attack you, Daughter Babylon.(E)

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42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

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11 Women have been violated(A) in Zion,
    and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands;
    elders(B) are shown no respect.(C)
13 Young men toil at the millstones;
    boys stagger under loads of wood.

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11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

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13 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Ammon,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he ripped open the pregnant women(B) of Gilead
    in order to extend his borders,

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13 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

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