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The burden of the word of the LORDconcerningIsrael. Thus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of manwithin him,
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"Behold, I am going to makeJerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoplesaround; and when the siege is againstJerusalem, it will also be againstJudah.
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"It will come about in that day that I will makeJerusalem a heavystone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severelyinjured. And all the nations of the earth will be gatheredagainst it.
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"In that day," declares the LORD, "I will strikeeveryhorse with bewilderment and his rider with madness. But I will watch*over the house of Judah, while I strikeeveryhorse of the peoples with blindness.