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The aburden of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, with 1Damascus as its restingplace (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the LORD ),
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And 2Hamathalso, which borders on it; 3Tyre and 4Sidon, bthoughcthey are 5verywise.
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For Tyrebuilt herself a 6fortress And 7piled up silver like dust, And 8gold like the mire of the streets.
4Behold, the Lord will 9dispossess her And cast her wealth into the sea ; And she will be 10consumed with fire.
5Ashkelon will see it and be afraid. Gaza too will writhe in greatpain ; Also Ekron, for her expectation has beenconfounded. Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
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And a dmongrelrace will dwell in 11Ashdod, And I will cutoff the pride of the Philistines.
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And I will remove their blood from their mouth And their detestablethings from between their teeth. Then they also will be a remnant for our God, And be like a eclan in Judah, And Ekron like a Jebusite.
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But I will camp around My housefbecause of an army, Because of 12him who passes by and returns ; And 13nooppressor will passover them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.
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