| 1 ¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
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| 2 Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
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| 3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
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| 4 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men1 of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
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| 5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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| 6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands,2 and stamped with the feet,3 and rejoiced in heart4 with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
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| 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil5 to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
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| 8 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
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| 9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side6 of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,
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| 10 Unto the men of the east with7 the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
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| 11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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| 12 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by8 taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;
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| 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they9 of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
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| 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
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| 15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the10 Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
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| 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.11
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| 17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance12 upon them.
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