Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, It's not wrong. He is a partner with a destroyer.

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression the same is the companion of a destroyer.

For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice and their waves roar like many waters the noise of their voice is uttered

Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered

He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease and on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate and even to the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out on the desolate.

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

This would not be achieved, however, through an inevitably imperfect sanctions regime, or by America s resort to Cold War logic aimed at breaking Iran s backbone by drawing it into a ruinous arms race.

Perhaps US Vice President Joe Biden summed up Russia s predicament best The reality is, the Russians are where they are, having a shrinking population base, a withering economy, and a banking structure that is unlikely to withstand the next 15 years.