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Concerning the Ammonites[H1121], thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Hath Israel[H3478] no sons?[H1121] hath he no heir?[H3423] why then doth their king[H4428]inherit[H3423]Gad[H1410], and his people[H5971]dwell[H3427] in his cities?[H5892]
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Therefore, behold, the days[H3117]come[H935], saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], that I will cause an alarm[H8643] of war[H4421] to be heard[H8085] in Rabbah[H7237] of the Ammonites[H1121]; and it shall be a desolate[H8077]heap[H8510], and her daughters[H1323] shall be burned[H3341] with fire[H784]: then shall Israel[H3478] be heir[H3423] unto them that were his heirs[H3423], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
3Howl[H3213], O Heshbon[H2809], for Ai[H5857] is spoiled[H7703]: cry[H6817], ye daughters[H1323] of Rabbah[H7237], gird[H2296] you with sackcloth[H8242]; lament[H5594], and run to and fro[H7751] by the hedges[H1448]; for their king[H4428] shall go[H3212] into captivity[H1473], and his priests[H3548] and his princes[H8269]together[H3162].
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Wherefore gloriest[H1984] thou in the valleys[H6010], thy flowing[H2100]valley[H6010], O backsliding[H7728]daughter?[H1323] that trusted[H982] in her treasures[H214], saying, Who shall come[H935] unto me?
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Behold, I will bring[H935] a fear[H6343] upon thee, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] of hosts[H6635], from all those that be about[H5439] thee; and ye shall be driven out[H5080] every man[H376] right forth[H6440]; and none shall gather up[H6908] him that wandereth[H5074].
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And afterward[H310] I will bring again[H7725] the captivity[H7622] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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Concerning Edom[H123], thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Is wisdom[H2451] no more in Teman?[H8487] is counsel[H6098]perished[H6] from the prudent?[H995] is their wisdom[H2451]vanished?[H5628]
8Flee[H5127] ye, turn back[H6437], dwell[H3427]deep[H6009], O inhabitants[H3427] of Dedan[H1719]; for I will bring[H935] the calamity[H343] of Esau[H6215] upon him, the time[H6256] that I will visit[H6485] him.
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If grapegatherers[H1219]come[H935] to thee, would they not leave[H7604] some gleaning grapes?[H5955] if thieves[H1590] by night[H3915], they will destroy[H7843] till they have enough[H1767].
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But I have made Esau[H6215]bare[H2834], I have uncovered[H1540] his secret places[H4565], and he shall not be able[H3201] to hide[H2247] himself: his seed[H2233] is spoiled[H7703], and his brethren[H251], and his neighbours[H7934], and he is not.
11Leave[H5800] thy fatherless children[H3490], I will preserve them alive[H2421]; and let thy widows[H490]trust[H982] in me.
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Behold, they whose judgment[H4941] was not to drink[H8354] of the cup[H3563] have assuredly[H8354]drunken[H8354]; and art thou he that shall altogether[H5352] go unpunished?[H5352] thou shalt not go unpunished[H5352], but thou shalt surely[H8354]drink[H8354] of it.
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For I have sworn[H7650] by myself, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that Bozrah[H1224] shall become a desolation[H8047], a reproach[H2781], a waste[H2721], and a curse[H7045]; and all the cities[H5892] thereof shall be perpetual[H5769]wastes[H2723].
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I have heard[H8085] a rumour[H8052] from the LORD[H3068], and an ambassador[H6735] is sent[H7971] unto the heathen[H1471], saying, Gather ye together[H6908], and come[H935] against her, and rise up[H6965] to the battle[H4421].
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For, lo, I will make[H5414] thee small[H6996] among the heathen[H1471], and despised[H959] among men[H120].
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Thy terribleness[H8606] hath deceived[H5377] thee, and the pride[H2087] of thine heart[H3820], O thou that dwellest[H7931] in the clefts[H2288] of the rock[H5553], that holdest[H8610] the height[H4791] of the hill[H1389]: though thou shouldest make thy nest[H7064] as high[H1361] as the eagle[H5404], I will bring thee down[H3381] from thence, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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Also Edom[H123] shall be a desolation[H8047]: every one that goeth[H5674] by it shall be astonished[H8074], and shall hiss[H8319] at all the plagues[H4347] thereof.
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As in the overthrow[H4114] of Sodom[H5467] and Gomorrah[H6017] and the neighbour[H7934] cities thereof, saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], no man[H376] shall abide[H3427] there, neither shall a son[H1121] of man[H120]dwell[H1481] in it.
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Behold, he shall come up[H5927] like a lion[H738] from the swelling[H1347] of Jordan[H3383] against the habitation[H5116] of the strong[H386]: but I will suddenly[H7280] make him run away[H7323] from her: and who is a chosen[H977] man, that I may appoint[H6485] over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint[H6485] me the time?[H3259] and who is that shepherd[H7462] that will stand[H5975]before[H6440] me?
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Therefore hear[H8085] the counsel[H6098] of the LORD[H3068], that he hath taken[H3289] against Edom[H123]; and his purposes[H4284], that he hath purposed[H2803] against the inhabitants[H3427] of Teman[H8487]: Surely the least[H6810] of the flock[H6629] shall draw them out[H5498]: surely he shall make their habitations[H5116]desolate[H8074] with them.
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The earth[H776] is moved[H7493] at the noise[H6963] of their fall[H5307], at the cry[H6818] the noise[H6963] thereof was heard[H8085] in the Red[H5488]sea[H3220].
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Behold, he shall come up[H5927] and fly[H1675] as the eagle[H5404], and spread[H6566] his wings[H3671] over Bozrah[H1224]: and at that day[H3117] shall the heart[H3820] of the mighty men[H1368] of Edom[H123] be as the heart[H3820] of a woman[H802] in her pangs[H6887].
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Concerning Damascus[H1834]. Hamath[H2574] is confounded[H954], and Arpad[H774]: for they have heard[H8085]evil[H7451]tidings[H8052]: they are fainthearted[H4127]; there is sorrow[H1674] on the sea[H3220]; it cannot[H3201] be quiet[H8252].
24Damascus[H1834] is waxed feeble[H7503], and turneth[H6437] herself to flee[H5127], and fear[H7374] hath seized[H2388] on her: anguish[H6869] and sorrows[H2256] have taken[H270] her, as a woman in travail[H3205].
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How is the city[H5892] of praise[H8416] not left[H5800], the city[H7151] of my joy[H4885]!
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Therefore her young men[H970] shall fall[H5307] in her streets[H7339], and all the men[H582] of war[H4421] shall be cut off[H1826] in that day[H3117], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
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And I will kindle[H3341] a fire[H784] in the wall[H2346] of Damascus[H1834], and it shall consume[H398] the palaces[H759] of Benhadad[H1130].
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Concerning Kedar[H6938], and concerning the kingdoms[H4467] of Hazor[H2674], which Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] shall smite[H5221], thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Arise[H6965] ye, go up[H5927] to Kedar[H6938], and spoil[H7703] the men[H1121] of the east[H6924].
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Their tents[H168] and their flocks[H6629] shall they take[H5375]away[H3947]: they shall take[H5375] to themselves their curtains[H3407], and all their vessels[H3627], and their camels[H1581]; and they shall cry[H7121] unto them, Fear[H4032] is on every side[H5439].
30Flee[H5127], get[H5110] you far off[H3966], dwell[H3427]deep[H6009], O ye inhabitants[H3427] of Hazor[H2674], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; for Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] hath taken counsel[H6098] against you, and hath conceived[H2803] a purpose[H4284] against you.
31Arise[H6965], get you up[H5927] unto the wealthy[H7961]nation[H1471], that dwelleth[H3427] without care[H983], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], which have neither gates[H1817] nor bars[H1280], which dwell[H7931]alone[H910].
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And their camels[H1581] shall be a booty[H957], and the multitude[H1995] of their cattle[H4735] a spoil[H7998]: and I will scatter[H2219] into all winds[H7307] them that are in the utmost[H7112]corners[H6285]; and I will bring[H935] their calamity[H343] from all sides[H5676] thereof, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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And Hazor[H2674] shall be a dwelling[H4583]for[H5704]dragons[H8577], and a desolation[H8077]for[H5704]ever[H5769]: there shall no man[H376]abide[H3427] there, nor any son[H1121] of man[H120]dwell[H1481] in it.
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The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] that came to Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030] against Elam[H5867] in the beginning[H7225] of the reign[H4438] of Zedekiah[H6667]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Behold, I will break[H7665] the bow[H7198] of Elam[H5867], the chief[H7225] of their might[H1369].
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And upon Elam[H5867] will I bring[H935] the four[H702]winds[H7307] from the four[H702]quarters[H7098] of heaven[H8064], and will scatter[H2219] them toward all those winds[H7307]; and there shall be no nation[H1471] whither the outcasts[H5080] of Elam[H5769] shall not come[H935].
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For I will cause Elam[H5867] to be dismayed[H2865]before[H6440] their enemies[H341], and before[H6440] them that seek[H1245] their life[H5315]: and I will bring[H935]evil[H7451] upon them, even my fierce[H2740]anger[H639], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; and I will send[H7971] the sword[H2719]after[H310] them, till I have consumed[H3615] them:
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And I will set[H7760] my throne[H3678] in Elam[H5867], and will destroy[H6] from thence the king[H4428] and the princes[H8269], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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But it shall come to pass in the latter[H319]days[H3117], that I will bring again[H7725] the captivity[H7622] of Elam[H5867], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].