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“Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you,” says the LORD .
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And I will bring Israel home again to its own land, to feed in the fields of Carmel and Bashan, and to be satisfied once more in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.
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In those days,” says the LORD, “no sin will be found in Israel or in Judah, for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
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“Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you,” says the LORD .
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“Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of great destruction.
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Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
Footnotes 1
[a].
The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.