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He
it is who reduces
arulers to nothing,
Who bmakes the judges of the earth meaningless.
b
Isaiah 5:21, Jeremiah 25:18-27
Isaiah 5
21
Woe to those who are awise in their own eyes And clever in their own sight!
Jeremiah 25
18
aJerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing and a curse, as it is this day;
19
aPharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all his people;
20
and all the aforeign people, all the kings of the bland of Uz, all the kings of the land of the cPhilistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of dAshdod);
21
aEdom, bMoab and the sons of cAmmon;
22
and all the kings of aTyre, all the kings of Sidon and the kings of bthe coastlands which are beyond the sea;
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and aDedan, Tema, bBuz and all who ccut the corners of their hair;
24
and all the kings of aArabia and all the kings of the bforeign people who dwell in the desert;
25
and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of aElam and all the kings of bMedia;
26
and all the kings of the north, near and far, one with another; and aall the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground, and the king of bSheshach shall drink after them.
27
"You shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, "aDrink, be drunk, vomit, fall and rise no more because of the bsword which I will send among you."'
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