Jeremiah 51:11

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¹¹“Sharpen the arrows,^(A)
    take up the shields!^(B)
The Lord has stirred up the kings^(C) of the Medes,^(D)
    because his purpose^(E) is to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will take vengeance,^(F)
    vengeance for his temple.^(G)

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Jeremiah 51:12

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¹²Lift up a banner^(A) against the walls of Babylon!
    Reinforce the guard,
station the watchmen,^(B)
    prepare an ambush!^(C)
The Lord will carry out his purpose,^(D)
    his decree against the people of Babylon.

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Isaiah 45:1

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45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,^(A)
    to Cyrus,^(B) whose right hand I take hold^(C) of
to subdue nations^(D) before him
    and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
    so that gates will not be shut:

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Daniel 5:22-31

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²²“But you, Belshazzar, his son,^[a] have not humbled^(A) yourself, though you knew all this. ²³Instead, you have set yourself up against^(B) the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives^(C) and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand.^(D) But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life^(E) and all your ways.^(F) ²⁴Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.

²⁵“This is the inscription that was written:

mene, mene, tekel, parsin

²⁶“Here is what these words mean:

Mene^[b]: God has numbered the days^(G) of your reign and brought it to an end.^(H)

²⁷Tekel^[c]: You have been weighed on the scales^(I) and found wanting.^(J)

²⁸Peres^[d]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes^(K) and Persians.”^(L)

²⁹Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,^(M) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.^(N)

³⁰That very night Belshazzar,^(O) king^(P) of the Babylonians,^[e] was slain,^(Q) ³¹and Darius^(R) the Mede^(S) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.^[f]

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Footnotes

Daniel 5:22 Or descendant; or successor
Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).
Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.
Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.