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1 Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then

1 Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things

1 The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand,

1 And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself: 2 The Lord

1 Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by

1 Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have

1 Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of