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Concerning the Ammonites*, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their kinginheritGad, and his peopledwell in his cities?
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Therefore, behold, the dayscome, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites*; and it shall be a desolateheap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
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Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah,gird you with sackcloth;lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princestogether.
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Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the LordGOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
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But I have made Esaubare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
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For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredlydrunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surelydrink of it.
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For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetualwastes.
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I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
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Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
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As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of mandwell in it.
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Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will standbefore me?
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Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitationsdesolate with them.
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Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
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Concerning Damascus.Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heardeviltidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
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Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzarking of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD;Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
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Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
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Flee, get you far off,dwelldeep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor,saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzarking of Babylon hath taken counsel* against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
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And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmostcorners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
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And upon Elam will I bring the fourwinds from the fourquarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam* shall not come.
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For I will cause Elam to be dismayedbefore their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bringevil upon them, even my fierceanger,saith the LORD; and I will send the swordafter them, till I have consumed them: