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““Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.”
Isaiah 47:1
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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.
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