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Jeremiah 50:17

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17 Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.

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Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh

  

Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh (Genesis 10:10), signify different kinds of worship, whose externals appear holy, whilst their internals are profane.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1082)

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Habakkuk 3:6

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6 He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.