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1. This message is to the Ammonite people. This is what the Lord says: "Do you think that Israel has no children? Do you think there is no one to take the land when the parents die? If that were true, why did Molech take Gad's land and why did Molech's people settle in Gad's towns?"
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1. Concerning the Ammonites H1121 H5984 , thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Hath Israel H3478 no H369 sons H1121 ? hath he no H369 heir H3423 ? why H4069 then doth their king H4428 inherit H3423 H853 Gad H1410 , and his people H5971 dwell H3427 in his cities H5892 ?
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2. The Lord says, "The time will come when I will make Rabbah, the capital city of the Ammonites, hear the battle cry. It will become a hill covered with ruins, and the towns around it will be burned. Those people forced Israel out of that land, but now Israel will force them out!" says the Lord.
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2. Therefore H3651 , behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 , that I will cause an alarm H8643 of war H4421 to be heard H8085 in H413 Rabbah H7237 of the Ammonites H1121 H5983 ; and it shall be H1961 a desolate H8077 heap H8510 , and her daughters H1323 shall be burned H3341 with fire H784 : then shall Israel H3478 be heir H3423 unto them that were H853 his heirs H3423 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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3. "People in the town of Heshbon, cry sadly because the town of Ai is destroyed! Those who live in Rabbah, cry out! Put on your rough cloth to show your sadness, and cry loudly. Run here and there for safety inside the walls, because Molech will be taken captive and his priests and officers with him.
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3. Howl H3213 , O Heshbon H2809 , for H3588 Ai H5857 is spoiled H7703 : cry H6817 , ye daughters H1323 of Rabbah H7237 , gird H2296 you with sackcloth H8242 ; lament H5594 , and run to and fro H7751 by the hedges H1448 ; for H3588 their king H4428 shall go H1980 into captivity H1473 , and his priests H3548 and his princes H8269 together H3162 .
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4. You brag about your valleys and about the fruit in your valleys. You are like an unfaithful child who believes his treasures will save him. You think, 'Who would attack me?'
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4. Wherefore H4100 gloriest H1984 thou in the valleys H6010 , thy flowing H2100 valley H6010 , O backsliding H7728 daughter H1323 ? that trusted H982 in her treasures H214 , saying , Who H4310 shall come H935 unto H413 me?
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5. I will soon bring terror on you from everyone around you," says the Lord God All-Powerful. "You will all be forced to run away, and no one will be able to gather you.
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5. Behold H2009 , I will bring H935 a fear H6343 upon H5921 thee, saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635 , from all H4480 H3605 those that be about H5439 thee ; and ye shall be driven out H5080 every man H376 right forth H6440 ; and none H369 shall gather up H6908 him that wandereth H5074 .
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6. "But the time will come when I will make good things happen to the Ammonites again," says the Lord.
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6. And afterward H310 H3651 I will bring again H7725 H853 the captivity H7622 of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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7. This message is to Edom. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Is there no more wisdom in the town of Teman? give good advice? Have they lost their wisdom?
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7. Concerning Edom H123 , thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; Is wisdom H2451 no H369 more H5750 in Teman H8487 ? is counsel H6098 perished H6 from the prudent H4480 H995 ? is their wisdom H2451 vanished H5628 ?
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8. You people living in the town of Dedan, run away and hide in deep caves, because I will bring disaster on the people of Esau. It is time for me to punish them.
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8. Flee H5127 ye , turn back H6437 , dwell H3427 deep H6009 , O inhabitants H3427 of Dedan H1719 ; for H3588 I will bring H935 the calamity H343 of Esau H6215 upon H5921 him , the time H6256 that I will visit H6485 him.
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9. If workers came and picked the grapes from your vines, they would leave a few grapes behind. If robbers came at night, they would steal only enough for themselves.
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9. If H518 grape gatherers H1219 come H935 to thee , would they not H3808 leave H7604 some gleaning grapes H5955 ? if H518 thieves H1590 by night H3915 , they will destroy H7843 till they have enough H1767 .
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10. But I will strip Edom bare. I will find all their hiding places, so they will not be able to hide from me. The children, relatives, and neighbors will die, and Edom will be no more.
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10. But H3588 I H589 have made H853 Esau H6215 bare H2834 , I have uncovered H1540 H853 his secret places H4565 , and he shall not H3808 be able H3201 to hide himself H2247 : his seed H2233 is spoiled H7703 , and his brethren H251 , and his neighbors H7934 , and he is not H369 .
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11. Leave the orphans, and I will take care of them. Your widows also can trust in me."
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11. Leave H5800 thy fatherless children H3490 , I H589 will preserve them alive H2421 ; and let thy widows H490 trust H982 in H5921 me.
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12. This is what the Lord says: "Some people did not deserve to be punished, but they had to drink from the cup of suffering anyway. People of Edom, you deserve to be punished, so you will not escape punishment. You must certainly drink from the cup of suffering."
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12. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Behold H2009 , they whose H834 judgment H4941 was not H369 to drink H8354 of the cup H3563 have assuredly drunken H8354 H8354 ; and art thou H859 he H1931 that shall altogether go unpunished H5352 H5352 ? thou shalt not H3808 go unpunished H5352 , but H3588 thou shalt surely drink H8354 H8354 of it .
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13. The Lord says, "I swear by my own name that the city of Bozrah will become a pile of ruins! People will be shocked by what happened there. They will insult that city and speak evil of it. And all the towns around it will become ruins forever."
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13. For H3588 I have sworn H7650 by myself, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that H3588 Bozrah H1224 shall become H1961 a desolation H8047 , a reproach H2781 , a waste H2721 , and a curse H7045 ; and all H3605 the cities H5892 thereof shall be H1961 perpetual H5769 wastes H2723 .
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14. I have heard a message from the Lord. A messenger has been sent among the nations, saying, "Gather your armies to attack it! Get ready for battle!"
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14. I have heard H8085 a rumor H8052 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , and an ambassador H6735 is sent H7971 unto the heathen H1471 , saying , Gather ye together H6908 , and come H935 against H5921 her , and rise up H6965 to the battle H4421 .
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15. "Soon I will make you the smallest of nations, and you will be greatly hated by everyone.
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15. For H3588 , lo H2009 , I will make H5414 thee small H6996 among the heathen H1471 , and despised H959 among men H120 .
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16. Edom, you frightened other nations, but your pride has fooled you. You live in the hollow places of the cliff and control the high places of the hills. Even if you build your home as high as an eagle's nest, I will bring you down from there," says the Lord.
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16. Thy terribleness H8606 hath deceived H5377 thee, and the pride H2087 of thine heart H3820 , O thou that dwellest H7931 in the clefts H2288 of the rock H5553 , that holdest H8610 the height H4791 of the hill H1389 : though H3588 thou shouldest make thy nest H7064 as high H1361 as the eagle H5404 , I will bring thee down H3381 from thence H4480 H8033 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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17. "Edom will be destroyed. People who pass by will be shocked to see the destroyed cities, and they will be amazed at all her injuries.
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17. Also Edom H123 shall be H1961 a desolation H8047 : every one H3605 that goeth H5674 by H5921 it shall be astonished H8074 , and shall hiss H8319 at H5921 all H3605 the plagues H4347 thereof.
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18. Edom will be destroyed like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them," says the Lord. "No one will live there! No one will stay in Edom."
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18. As in the overthrow H4114 of Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017 and the neighbor H7934 cities thereof, saith H559 the LORD H3068 , no H3808 man H376 shall abide H3427 there H8033 , neither H3808 shall a son H1121 of man H120 dwell H1481 in it.
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19. "Like a lion coming up from the thick bushes near the Jordan River to attack a strong pen for sheep, I will suddenly chase Edom from its land. Who is the one I have chosen to do this? There is no one like me, no one who can take me to court. None of their leaders can stand up against me."
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19. Behold H2009 , he shall come up H5927 like a lion H738 from the swelling H4480 H1347 of Jordan H3383 against H413 the habitation H5116 of the strong H386 : but H3588 I will suddenly H7280 make him run away H7323 from H4480 H5921 her : and who H4310 is a chosen H977 man, that I may appoint H6485 over H413 her? for H3588 who H4310 is like me H3644 ? and who H4310 will appoint H3259 me the time? and who H4310 is that H2088 shepherd H7462 that H834 will stand H5975 before H6440 me?
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20. So listen to what the Lord has planned to do against Edom. Listen to what he has decided to do to the people in the town of Teman. He will surely drag away the young ones of Edom. Their hometowns will surely be shocked at what happens to them.
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20. Therefore H3651 hear H8085 the counsel H6098 of the LORD H3068 , that H834 he hath taken H3289 against H413 Edom H123 ; and his purposes H4284 , that H834 he hath purposed H2803 against H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Teman H8487 : Surely H518 H3808 the least H6810 of the flock H6629 shall draw them out H5498 : surely H518 H3808 he shall make their habitations H5116 desolate H8074 with H5921 them.
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21. At the sound of Edom's fall, the earth will shake. Their cry will be heard all the way to the Red Sea.
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21. The earth H776 is moved H7493 at the noise H4480 H6963 of their fall H5307 , at the cry H6818 the noise H6963 thereof was heard H8085 in the Red H5488 sea H3220 .
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22. The Lord is like an eagle swooping down and spreading its wings over the city of Bozrah. very frightened, like a woman having a baby.
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22. Behold H2009 , he shall come up H5927 and fly H1675 as the eagle H5404 , and spread H6566 his wings H3671 over H5921 Bozrah H1224 : and at that H1931 day H3117 shall the heart H3820 of the mighty men H1368 of Edom H123 be H1961 as the heart H3820 of a woman H802 in her pangs H6887 .
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23. This message is to the city of Damascus: "The towns of Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, because they have heard bad news. They are discouraged. They are troubled like the tossing sea.
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23. Concerning Damascus H1834 . Hamath H2574 is confounded H954 , and Arpad H774 : for H3588 they have heard H8085 evil H7451 tidings H8052 : they are fainthearted H4127 ; there is sorrow H1674 on the sea H3220 ; it cannot H3808 H3201 be quiet H8252 .
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24. The city of Damascus has become weak. The people want to run away; they are ready to panic. The people feel pain and suffering, like a woman giving birth to a baby.
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24. Damascus H1834 is waxed feeble H7503 , and turneth herself H6437 to flee H5127 , and fear H7374 hath seized H2388 on her : anguish H6869 and sorrows H2256 have taken H270 her , as a woman in travail H3205 .
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25. Damascus was a city of my joy. Why have the people not left that famous city yet?
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25. How H349 is the city H5892 of praise H8416 not H3808 left H5800 , the city H7151 of my joy H4885 !
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26. Surely the young men will die in the city squares, and all her soldiers will be killed at that time," says the Lord All-Powerful.
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26. Therefore H3651 her young men H970 shall fall H5307 in her streets H7339 , and all H3605 the men H376 of war H4421 shall be cut off H1826 in that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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27. "I will set fire to the walls of Damascus, and it will completely burn the strong cities of King Ben-Hadad."
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27. And I will kindle H3341 a fire H784 in the wall H2346 of Damascus H1834 , and it shall consume H398 the palaces H759 of Ben H1130 -hadad.
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28. This message is to the tribe of Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. This is what the Lord says: "Go and attack the people of Kedar, and destroy the people of the East.
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28. Concerning Kedar H6938 , and concerning the kingdoms H4467 of Hazor H2674 , which H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 shall smite H5221 , thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Arise H6965 ye , go up H5927 to H413 Kedar H6938 , and spoil H7703 H853 the men H1121 of the east H6924 .
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29. Their tents and flocks will be taken away. Their belongings will be carried off -- their tents, all their goods, and their camels. Men will shout to them, 'Terror on every side!'
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29. Their tents H168 and their flocks H6629 shall they take away H3947 : they shall take H5375 to themselves their curtains H3407 , and all H3605 their vessels H3627 , and their camels H1581 ; and they shall cry H7121 unto H5921 them, Fear H4032 is on every side H4480 H5439 .
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30. "Run away quickly! People in Hazor, find a good place to hide!" says the Lord. "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has made plans against you and wants to defeat you.
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30. Flee H5127 , get H5110 you far off H3966 , dwell H3427 deep H6009 , O ye inhabitants H3427 of Hazor H2674 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 ; for H3588 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 hath taken H3289 counsel H6098 against H5921 you , and hath conceived H2803 a purpose H4284 against H5921 you.
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31. "Get up! Attack the nation that is comfortable, that is sure no one will defeat it," says the Lord. "It does not have gates or fences to protect it. Its people live alone.
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31. Arise H6965 , get you up H5927 unto H413 the wealthy H7961 nation H1471 , that dwelleth H3427 without care H983 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , which have neither H3808 gates H1817 nor H3808 bars H1280 , which dwell H7931 alone H910 .
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32. The enemy will steal their camels and their large herds of cattle as war prizes. I will scatter the people who cut their hair short to every part of the earth, and I will bring disaster on them from everywhere," says the Lord.
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32. And their camels H1581 shall be H1961 a booty H957 , and the multitude H1995 of their cattle H4735 a spoil H7998 : and I will scatter H2219 into all H3605 winds H7307 them that are in the utmost H7112 corners H6285 ; and I will bring H935 H853 their calamity H343 from all H4480 H3605 sides H5676 thereof, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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33. "The city of Hazor will become a home for wild dogs; it will be an empty desert forever. No one will live there, and no one will stay in it."
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33. And Hazor H2674 shall be H1961 a dwelling H4583 for dragons H8577 , and a desolation H8077 forever H5704 H5769 : there shall no H3808 man H376 abide H3427 there H8033 , nor H3808 any son H1121 of man H120 dwell H1481 in it.
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34. Soon after Zedekiah became king of Judah, the Lord spoke this word to Jeremiah the prophet. This message is to the nation of Elam.
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34. The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 that H834 came H1961 to H413 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 against H413 Elam H5867 in the beginning H7225 of the reign H4438 of Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , saying H559 ,
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35. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "I will soon break Elam's bow, its greatest strength.
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35. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; Behold H2009 , I will break H7665 H853 the bow H7198 of Elam H5867 , the chief H7225 of their might H1369 .
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36. I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the skies. I will scatter its people everywhere the four winds blow; its captives will go to every nation.
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36. And upon H413 Elam H5867 will I bring H935 the four H702 winds H7307 from the four H4480 H702 quarters H7098 of heaven H8064 , and will scatter H2219 them toward all H3605 those H428 winds H7307 ; and there shall be H1961 no H3808 nation H1471 whither H834 H8033 the outcasts H5080 of Elam H5867 shall not H3808 come H935 .
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37. I will terrify Elam in front of their enemies, who want to destroy them. and show them how angry I am!" says the Lord. "I will send a sword to chase Elam until I have killed them all.
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37. For I will cause H853 Elam H5867 to be dismayed H2865 before H6440 their enemies H341 , and before H6440 them that seek H1245 their life H5315 : and I will bring H935 evil H7451 upon H5921 them, even H853 my fierce H2740 anger H639 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 ; and I will send H7971 H853 the sword H2719 after H310 them, till H5704 I have consumed H3615 them:
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38. I will set up my throne in Elam to show that I am king, and I will destroy its king and its officers!" says the Lord.
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38. And I will set H7760 my throne H3678 in Elam H5867 , and will destroy H6 from thence H4480 H8033 the king H4428 and the princes H8269 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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39. "But I will make good things happen to Elam again in the future," says the Lord.
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39. But it shall come to pass H1961 in the latter H319 days H3117 , that I will bring again H7725 H853 the captivity H7622 of Elam H5867 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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