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The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
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"Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them;
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and say unto the Ammonites, `Hear the word of the Lord GOD. Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou saidst, "Aha," against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity,
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behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the East as a possession; and they shall set their palaces in thee and make their dwellings in thee. They shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
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And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a couching place for flocks; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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For thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou hast clapped thine hands and stamped with the feet and rejoiced in heart with all thy contemptuous hate against the land of Israel,
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behold, therefore I will stretch out Mine hand upon thee and will deliver thee as spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries. I will destroy thee, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.'
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"Thus saith the Lord GOD: `Because Moab and Seir do say, "Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen,"
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therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country -- Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim--