Jeremiah:46-49
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The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles ;
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Against Egypt ,
against the army of Pharaohnecho Par #
ohking of Egypt ,
which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish ,
which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah .
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Order ye the buckler and shield ,
and draw near to battle .
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Harness the horses ;
and get up ,
ye horsemen ,
and stand forth with your helmets ;
furbish the spears ,
and put on the brigandines .
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Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back ?
and their mighty ones are beaten down ,
and are fled apace ,
and look not back :
for fear was round about ,
saith the LORD .
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Let not the swift flee away ,
nor the mighty man escape ;
they shall stumble ,
and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates .
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Who is this that cometh up as a flood y @#
or #,
whose waters are moved as the rivers ?
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Egypt riseth up like a flood y @#
or #,
and his waters are moved like the rivers ;
and he saith ,
I will go up ,
and will cover the earth ;
I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof .
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Come up ,
ye horses ;
and rage ,
ye chariots ;
and let the mighty men come forth ;
the Ethiopians and the Libyans ,
that handle the shield ;
and the Lydians ,
that handle and bend the bow .
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For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts ,
a day of vengeance ,
that he may avenge him of his adversaries :
and the sword shall devour ,
and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood :
for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates .
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Go up into Gilead Gil #
ad #,
and take balm ,
O virgin ,
the daughter of Egypt :
in vain shalt thou use many medicines r @
phu #
ah #;
for thou shalt not be cured t @#
alah #.
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The nations have heard of thy shame ,
and thy cry hath filled the land :
for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty ,
and they are fallen both together .
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The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet ,
how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt .
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Declare ye in Egypt ,
and publish in Migdol ,
and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes :
say ye ,
Stand fast ,
and prepare thee ;
for the sword shall devour round about thee .
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Why are thy valiant men swept away ?
they stood not ,
because the LORD did drive H them .
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He made many to fall ,
yea ,
one fell upon another :
and they said ,
Arise ,
and let us go again to our own people ,
and to the land of our nativity ,
from the oppressing sword .
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They did cry there ,
Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise sha #
own #;
he hath passed the time appointed mow #
ed #.
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As I live ,
saith the King ,
whose name is the LORD of hosts ,
Surely as Tabor is among the mountains ,
and as Carmel by the sea ,
so shall he come .
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O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt ,
furnish thyself to go into captivity k @
liy #:
for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant .
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Egypt is like a very fair y @
pheh-phiyah #
heifer ,
but destruction cometh ;
it cometh out of the north .
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Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks ;
for they also are turned back ,
and are fled away together :
they did not stand ,
because the day of their calamity was come upon them ,
and the time of their visitation .
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The voice thereof shall go like a serpent ;
for they shall march with an army ,
and come against her with axes ,
as hewers of wood .
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They shall cut down her forest ya #
ar #,
saith the LORD ,
though it cannot be searched ;
because they are more than the grasshoppers ,
and are innumerable #
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The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded ;
she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north .
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The LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
saith ;
Behold ,
I will punish the multitude #
of No ,
and Pharaoh Par #
oh #,
and Egypt ,
with their gods ,
and their kings ;
even Pharaoh Par #
oh #,
and all them that trust in him :
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And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives ,
and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ,
and into the hand of his servants :
and afterward it shall be inhabited ,
as in the days of old ,
saith the LORD .
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But fear not thou ,
O my servant Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
and be not dismayed ,
O Israel Yisra #
el #:
for ,
behold ,
I will save thee from afar off ,
and thy seed from the land of their captivity ;
and Jacob shall return ,
and be in rest and at ease ,
and none shall make him afraid .
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Fear thou not ,
O Jacob my servant ,
saith the LORD :
for I am with thee ;
for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee :
but I will not make a full end of thee ,
but correct thee in measure ;
yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished .
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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines ,
before that Pharaoh smote Gaza .
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Thus saith the LORD ;
Behold ,
waters rise up out of the north ,
and shall be an overflowing flood ,
and shall overflow the land ,
and all that is therein ;
the city ,
and them that dwell therein :
then the men shall cry ,
and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl .
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At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses ,
at the rushing of his chariots ,
and at the rumbling of his wheels ,
the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands ;
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Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines ,
and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth :
for the LORD will spoil the Philistines ,
the remnant of the country of Caphtor .
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Baldness is come upon Gaza ;
Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley :
how long wilt thou cut thyself ?
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O thou sword of the LORD ,
how long will it be ere thou be quiet ?
put up thyself into thy scabbard ta #
ar #,
rest ,
and be still .
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How can it be quiet ,
seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon #
Ashq @
lown #,
and against the sea shore ?
there hath he appointed it .
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Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
el #;
Woe unto Nebo !
for it is spoiled :
Kiriathaim is confounded and taken :
Misgab is confounded and dismayed .
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There shall be no more praise of Moab Mow #
ab #:
in Heshbon they have devised evil against it ;
come ,
and let us cut it off from being a nation .
Also thou shalt be cut down ,
O Madmen ;
the sword shall pursue thee .
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A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim ,
spoiling and great destruction .
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Moab is destroyed ;
her little ones have caused a cry to be heard .
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For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up ;
for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction .
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Flee ,
save your lives ,
and be like the heath #
arow #
er #
in the wilderness .
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For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures ,
thou shalt also be taken :
and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together .
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And the spoiler shall come upon every city ,
and no city shall escape :
the valley also shall perish ,
and the plain shall be destroyed ,
as the LORD hath spoken .
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Give wings unto Moab Mow #
ab #,
that it may flee and get away :
for the cities thereof shall be desolate ,
without any to dwell therein .
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Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully ,
and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood .
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Moab hath been at ease from his youth na #
uwr #,
and he hath settled on his lees ,
and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel ,
neither hath he gone into captivity :
therefore his taste remained in him ,
and his scent is not changed .
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Therefore ,
behold ,
the days come ,
saith the LORD ,
that I will send unto him wanderers ,
that shall cause him to wander ,
and shall empty his vessels ,
and break their bottles .
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And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh ,
as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel Beyth -#
El #
their confidence .
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How say ye ,
We are mighty and strong men for the war ?
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Moab is spoiled ,
and gone up out of her cities ,
and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter ,
saith the King ,
whose name is the LORD of hosts .
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The calamity of Moab is near to come ,
and his affliction hasteth fast m @#
od #.
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All ye that are about him ,
bemoan him ;
and all ye that know his name ,
say ,
How is the strong staff broken ,
and the beautiful rod !
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Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon ,
come down from thy glory ,
and sit in thirst ;
for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee ,
and he shall destroy thy strong holds .
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O inhabitant of Aroer #
Arow #
er #,
stand by the way ,
and espy ;
ask him that fleeth ,
and her that escapeth ,
and say ,
What is done ?
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Moab is confounded ;
for it is broken down :
howl and cry ;
tell ye it in Arnon ,
that Moab is spoiled ,
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And judgment is come upon the plain country ;
upon Holon ,
and upon Jahazah ,
and upon Mephaath Mowpha #
ath #,
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And upon Dibon ,
and upon Nebo ,
and upon Bethdiblathaim Beyth ,
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And upon Kiriathaim ,
and upon Bethgamul Beyth ,
and upon Bethmeon Beyth Ba #
al M @#
own #,
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And upon Kerioth ,
and upon Bozrah ,
and upon all the cities of the land of Moab Mow #
ab #,
far or near .
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The horn of Moab is cut off ,
and his arm is broken ,
saith the LORD .
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Make ye him drunken :
for he magnified himself against the LORD :
Moab also shall wallow in his vomit ,
and he also shall be in derision .
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For was not Israel a derision unto thee ?
was he found among thieves ?
for since thou spakest of him ,
thou skippedst for joy .
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O ye that dwell in Moab Mow #
ab #,
leave the cities ,
and dwell in the rock ,
and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth .
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We have heard the pride of Moab Mow #
ab #, (
he is exceeding proud ge #
eh #)
his loftiness ,
and his arrogancy ga #
avah #,
and his pride ga #
own #,
and the haughtiness of his heart .
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I know his wrath ,
saith the LORD ;
but it shall not be so ;
his lies shall not so effect it .
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Therefore will I howl for Moab Mow #
ab #,
and I will cry out for all Moab Mow #
ab #;
mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres Qiyr .
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O vine of Sibmah ,
I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer Ya #
azeyr #:
thy plants are gone over the sea ,
they reach even to the sea of Jazer Ya #
azeyr #:
the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage .
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And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field ,
and from the land of Moab Mow #
ab #;
and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses :
none shall tread with shouting ;
their shouting shall be no shouting .
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From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh #
El #
ale #,
and even unto Jahaz ,
have they uttered their voice ,
from Zoar even unto Horonaim ,
as an heifer of three years old :
for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate .
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Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab Mow #
ab #,
saith the LORD ,
him that offereth in the high places ,
and him that burneth incense to his gods .
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Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes ,
and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres Qiyr :
because the riches that he hath gotten are perished .
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For every head shall be bald ,
and every beard clipped :
upon all the hands shall be cuttings ,
and upon the loins sackcloth .
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There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab Mow #
ab #,
and in the streets thereof :
for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure ,
saith the LORD .
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They shall howl ,
saying ,
How is it broken down !
how hath Moab turned the back with shame !
so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him .
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For thus saith the LORD ;
Behold ,
he shall fly as an eagle ,
and shall spread his wings over Moab Mow #
ab #.
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Kerioth is taken ,
and the strong holds are surprised ,
and the mighty mens hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs .
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And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people ,
because he hath magnified himself against the LORD .
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Fear ,
and the pit ,
and the snare ,
shall be upon thee ,
O inhabitant of Moab Mow #
ab #,
saith the LORD .
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He that fleeth (
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from the fear shall fall into the pit ;
and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare :
for I will bring upon it ,
even upon Moab Mow #
ab #,
the year of their visitation ,
saith the LORD .
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They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force :
but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon ,
and a flame from the midst of Sihon ,
and shall devour the corner of Moab Mow #
ab #,
and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones .
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Woe be unto thee ,
O Moab Mow #
ab #!
the people of Chemosh perisheth :
for thy sons are taken captives ,
and thy daughters captives .
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Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days ,
saith the LORD .
Thus far is the judgment of Moab Mow #
ab #.
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Concerning the Ammonites ben #,
thus saith the LORD ;
Hath Israel no sons ?
hath he no heir ?
why then doth their king inherit Gad ,
and his people dwell in his cities ?
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Therefore ,
behold ,
the days come ,
saith the LORD ,
that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites ben #;
and it shall be a desolate heap ,
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 princes together .
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Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys ,
thy flowing valley ,
O backsliding daughter ?
that trusted in her treasures ,
saying ,
Who shall come unto me ?
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Behold ,
I will bring a fear upon thee ,
saith the Lord GOD 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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And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon ,
saith the LORD .
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Concerning Edom ,
thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
Is wisdom no more in Teman ?
is counsel perished from the prudent ?
is their wisdom vanished ?
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Flee ye ,
turn back ,
dwell deep ,
O inhabitants of Dedan ;
for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him ,
the time that I will visit him .
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If grapegatherers come to thee ,
would they not leave some gleaning grapes ?
if thieves by night ,
they will destroy till they have enough .
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But I have made Esau bare ,
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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Leave thy fatherless children ,
I will preserve them alive ;
and let thy widows trust in me .
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For thus saith the LORD ;
Behold ,
they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken ;
and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished ?
thou shalt not go unpunished ,
but thou shalt surely drink 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 perpetual wastes .
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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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For ,
lo ,
I will make thee small among the heathen ,
and despised among men .
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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 gib #
ah #:
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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Also Edom shall be a desolation :
every one that goeth by it shall be astonished ,
and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof .
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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 man dwell 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 stand before 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 habitations desolate with them .
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The earth is moved at the noise of their fall ,
at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea .
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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 heard evil tidings sh @
muw #
ah #:
they are fainthearted ;
there is sorrow on the sea ;
it cannot be quiet .
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Damascus is waxed feeble ,
and turneth herself to flee ,
and fear hath seized on her :
anguish and sorrows have taken her ,
as a woman in travail .
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How is the city of praise not left ,
the city of my joy !
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Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets ,
and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day ,
saith the LORD of hosts .
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And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus ,
and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad Ben-Hadad #.
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Concerning Kedar ,
and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor ,
which Nebuchadrezzar king 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 y @
riy #
ah #,
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 m @#
od #,
dwell deep ,
O ye inhabitants of Hazor ,
saith the LORD ;
for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel #
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and hath conceived a purpose against you .
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Arise ,
get you up unto the wealthy nation ,
that dwelleth without care ,
saith the LORD ,
which have neither gates nor bars ,
which dwell alone .
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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 utmost corners pe #
ah #;
and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof ,
saith the LORD .
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And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons ,
and a desolation for ever :
there shall no man abide there ,
nor any son of man dwell in it .
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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah ,
saying ,
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
Behold ,
I will break the bow of Elam ,
the chief of their might .
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And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven ,
and will scatter them toward all those winds ;
and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam #
E shall not come .
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For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies ,
and before them that seek their life :
and I will bring evil upon them ,
even my fierce anger ,
saith the LORD ;
and I will send the sword after them ,
till I have consumed them :
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And I will set my throne in Elam ,
and will destroy from thence the king and the princes ,
saith the LORD .
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But it shall come to pass in the latter days ,
that I will bring again (
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the captivity sh @
of Elam ,
saith the LORD .
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The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet .