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Concerning the sons of Ammon : `Thus said Jehovah : Sons -- hath Israel none? heir -- hath he none? Wherefore hath Malcam possessed Gad ? And his people in its cities have dwelt ?
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Therefore, lo, days are coming , An affirmation of Jehovah , And I have sounded unto Rabbah of the sons of Ammon a shout of battle , And it hath been for a heap -- a desolation, And her daughters with fire are burnt, And Israel hath succeeded its heirs, Said hath Jehovah .
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Howl , Heshbon , for spoiled is Ai , Cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird on sackcloth , Lament, and go to and fro by the hedges, For Malcam into captivity doth go , His priests and his princes together.
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What -- dost thou boast thyself in valleys ? Flowed hath thy valley , O backsliding daughter, Who is trusting in her treasures : Who doth come in unto me?
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Lo, I am bringing in upon thee a fear, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts , From all round about thee, And ye have been driven out each before it, And there is no gatherer of the wandering.
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And after this I turn back the captivity of the sons of Ammon , An affirmation of Jehovah .'
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Concerning Edom : `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts : Is wisdom no more in Teman ? Perished hath counsel from the intelligent? Vanished hath their wisdom ?
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Flee , turn , go deep to dwell , ye inhabitants of Dedan , For the calamity of Esau I brought in upon him, The time I inspected him.
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If gatherers have come in to thee, They do not leave gleanings, If thieves in the night , They have destroyed their sufficiency !
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For I -- I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, And to be hidden he is not able, Spoiled [is] his seed , and his brethren , And his neighbours, and he is not.
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Leave thine orphans -- I do keep alive, And thy widows -- on Me trust ye,
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For thus said Jehovah : They whose judgment is not to drink of the cup, Do certainly drink , And thou [art] he that is entirely acquitted! Thou art not acquitted, for thou certainly drinkest .
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For, by Myself, I have sworn , An affirmation of Jehovah , That for a desolation, for a reproach , For a waste, and for a reviling -- is Bozrah , And all her cities are for wastes age-during.
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A report I have heard from Jehovah , And an ambassador among nations is sent , Gather yourselves and come in against her, And rise ye for battle .
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For, lo, little I have made thee among nations , Despised among men.
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Thy terribleness hath lifted thee up, The pride of thy heart , O dweller in clefts of the rock , Holding the high place of the height, For thou makest high as an eagle thy nest , From thence I bring thee down , An affirmation of Jehovah .
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And Edom hath been for a desolation, Every passer by her is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues .
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As the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah , And its neighbours, said Jehovah , No one doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man .
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Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan , Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause him to run from off her, And who is chosen? concerning her I lay a charge, For who is like Me? and who conveneth Me? And who [is] this shepherd who standeth before Me?
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Therefore, hear ye the counsel of Jehovah , That He hath counselled concerning Edom , And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the inhabitants of Teman : Drag them out do not little ones of the flock , Make desolate over them doth he not their habitation?
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From the noise of their fall hath the earth shaken , The cry -- at the sea of Suph is its voice heard .
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Lo, as an eagle he cometh up, and flieth, And he spreadeth his wings over Bozrah , And the heart of the mighty of Edom hath been in that day , As the heart of a distressed woman !'
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Concerning Damascus : Ashamed hath been Hamath and Arpad, For an evil report they have heard , They have been melted, in the sea [is] sorrow, To be quiet it is not able.
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Feeble hath been Damascus , She turned to flee , and fear strengthened her, Distress and pangs have seized her, as a travailing woman.
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How is it not left -- the city of praise, The city of my joy!
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Therefore fall do her young men in her broad places , And all the men of war are cut off in that day , An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts .
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And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus , And it consumed palaces of Ben-Hadad!'
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Concerning Kedar , and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor , that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath smitten : `Thus said Jehovah : Arise ye, go ye up unto Kedar , And spoil the sons of the east.
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Their tents and their flock they do take, Their curtains , and all their vessels , And their camels , they bear away for themselves, And they called concerning them, Fear [is] round about.
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Flee , bemoan mightily, go deep to dwell , Ye inhabitants of Hazor -- an affirmation of Jehovah , For given counsel against you hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon , Yea, he deviseth against them a device.
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Rise ye, go up unto a nation at rest, Dwelling confidently, an affirmation of Jehovah , It hath no two-leaved doors nor bar , Alone they do dwell .
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And their camels have been for a prey, And the multitude of their cattle for a spoil , And I have scattered them to every wind , Who cut off the corner [of the beard], And from all its passages I bring in their calamity, An affirmation of Jehovah .
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And Hazor hath been for a habitation of dragons , A desolation -- unto the age, No one doth dwell there, nor sojourn in it doth a son of man !'
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That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam , in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah , saying:
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`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts : Lo, I am breaking the bow of Elam , The beginning of their might .
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And I have brought in to Elam four winds , From the four ends of the heavens , And have scattered them to all these winds , And there is no nation whither outcasts of Elam come not in.
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And I have affrighted Elam before their enemies , And before those seeking their life, And I have brought in against them evil , The heat of Mine anger , An affirmation of Jehovah , And I have sent after them the sword , Till I have consumed them;
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And I have set My throne in Elam , And I have destroyed thence King and princes -- an affirmation of Jehovah .
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And it hath come to pass, in the latter end of the days , I turn back [to] the captivity of Elam , An affirmation of Jehovah !'