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Against the Ammonites .
Thus says the LORD : "
Has Israel no sons ?
Has he no heir ?
Why then does Milcom inherit Gad ,
And his people dwell in its cities ?
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Therefore behold ,
the days are coming ,"
says the LORD , "
That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war In Rabbah of the Ammonites ;
It shall be a desolate mound ,
And her villages shall be burned with fire .
Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance ,"
says the LORD .
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Wail ,
O Heshbon ,
for Ai is plundered !
Cry ,
you daughters of Rabbah ,
Gird yourselves with sackcloth !
Lament and run to and fro by the walls ;
For Milcom shall go into captivity With his priests and his princes together .
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Why do you boast in the valleys ,
Your flowing valley ,
O backsliding daughter ?
Who trusted in her treasures ,
saying , "
Who will come against me ?'
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Behold ,
I will bring fear upon you ,"
Says the Lord GOD of hosts , "
From all those who are around you ;
You shall be driven out ,
everyone headlong ,
And no one will gather those who wander off .
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But afterward I will bring back The captives of the people of Ammon ,"
says the LORD .
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Against Edom .
Thus says the LORD of hosts : "
Is wisdom no more in Teman ?
Has counsel perished from the prudent ?
Has their wisdom vanished ?
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Flee ,
turn back ,
dwell in the depths ,
O inhabitants of Dedan !
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him ,
The time that I will punish him .
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If grape-gatherers came to you ,
Would they not leave some gleaning grapes ?
If thieves by night ,
Would they not destroy until 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 descendants are plundered ,
His brethren and his neighbors ,
And he is no more .
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Leave your fatherless children ,
I will preserve them alive ;
And let your widows trust in Me ."
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For thus says the LORD : "
Behold ,
those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk .
And are you the one who will altogether go unpunished ?
You shall not go unpunished ,
but you shall surely drink of it .
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For I have sworn by Myself ,"
says the LORD , "
that Bozrah shall become a desolation ,
a reproach ,
a waste ,
and a curse .
And all its cities shall be perpetual wastes ."
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I have heard a message from the LORD ,
And an ambassador has been sent to the nations : "
Gather together ,
come against her ,
And rise up to battle !
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For indeed ,
I will make you small among nations ,
Despised among men .
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Your fierceness has deceived you ,
The pride of your heart ,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock ,
Who hold the height of the hill !
Though you make your nest as high as the eagle ,
I will bring you down from there ,"
says the LORD .
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Edom also shall be an astonishment ;
Everyone who goes by it will be astonished And will hiss at all its plagues .
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As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah And their neighbors ,"
says the LORD , "
No one shall remain there ,
Nor shall a son of man dwell in it .
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Behold ,
he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain of the Jordan Against the dwelling place 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 ?
Who will arraign Me ?
And who is that shepherd Who will withstand Me ?"
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Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He has taken against Edom ,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the inhabitants of Teman :
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out ;
Surely He shall make their dwelling places desolate with them .
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The earth shakes at the noise of their fall ;
At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea .
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Behold ,
He shall come up and fly like the eagle ,
And spread His wings over Bozrah ;
The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs .
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Against Damascus . "
Hamath and Arpad are shamed ,
For they have heard bad news .
They are fainthearted ;
There is trouble on the sea ;
It cannot be quiet .
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Damascus has grown feeble ;
She turns to flee ,
And fear has seized her .
Anguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in labor .
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Why is the city of praise not deserted ,
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 ,"
says the LORD of hosts .
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I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus ,
And it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad ."
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Against Kedar and against the kingdoms of Hazor ,
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall strike .
Thus says the LORD : "
Arise ,
go up to Kedar ,
And devastate the men of the East !
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Their tents and their flocks they shall take away .
They shall take for themselves their curtains ,
All their vessels and their camels ;
And they shall cry out to them , "
Fear is on every side !'
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Flee ,
get far away !
Dwell in the depths ,
O inhabitants of Hazor !"
says the LORD . "
For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you ,
And has conceived a plan against you .
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Arise ,
go up to the wealthy nation that dwells securely ,"
says the LORD , "
Which has neither gates nor bars ,
Dwelling alone .
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Their camels shall be for booty ,
And the multitude of their cattle for plunder .
I will scatter to all winds those in the farthest corners ,
And I will bring their calamity from all its sides ,"
says the LORD .
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Hazor shall be a dwelling for jackals ,
a desolation forever ;
No one shall reside there ,
Nor 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 says the LORD of hosts : "
Behold ,
I will break the bow of Elam ,
The foremost of their might .
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Against Elam I will bring the four winds From the four quarters of heaven ,
And scatter them toward all those winds ;
There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go .
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For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies And before those who seek their life .
I will bring disaster upon them ,
My fierce anger ,'
says the LORD ; "
And I will send the sword after them Until I have consumed them .
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I will set My throne in Elam ,
And will destroy from there the king and the princes ,'
says the LORD .
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But it shall come to pass in the latter days :
I will bring back the captives of Elam ,'
says the LORD ."