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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from the book of

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Jeremiah, chapters 48 and 49. Chapter 48. Against

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Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of

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Israel. Woe to Nebo, for it is plundered. Kirjathim

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is shamed and taken. The high stronghold is shamed

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and dismayed. No more praise of Moab. In Hejbon

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they have devised evil against her. Come and

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let us cut her off as a nation. You also shall

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be cut down, O madmen. The sword shall pursue

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you. A voice of crying shall be from Horonim,

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plundering and great destruction. Moab is destroyed.

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Her little ones have caused the cry to be heard.

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For in the ascent of Luhit they ascend with continual

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weeping. For in the descent of Horonim the enemies

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have heard a cry of destruction. Flee, save your

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lives, and be like the juniper in the wilderness.

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For because you have trusted in your works and

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your treasures, you also shall be taken. And

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Shemash shall go forth into captivity, his priests

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and his princes together. And the plunderer shall

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come against every city. No one shall escape.

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The valley also shall perish, and the plain shall

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be destroyed, as the Lord has spoken. Give wings

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to Moab, that she may flee and get away. for

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her cities shall be desolate without any to dwell

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in them. Cursed is he who does the work of the

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Lord deceitfully, and cursed is he who keeps

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back his sword from blood. Moab has been at ease

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from his youth. He has settled on his dregs,

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and he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel.

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Nor has he gone into captivity, therefore his

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taste remained in him, and his scent has not

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changed. Therefore, behold, the days are coming.

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says the lord that i shall send him wine workers

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who will tip him over and empty his vessels and

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break the bottles moab shall be ashamed of shamash

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as the house of israel was ashamed of bethel

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their confidence how can you say we are mighty

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and strong men for the war moab is plundered

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and gone up from her cities her chosen young

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men have gone down to the slaughter says the

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king whose name is the lord of hosts The calamity

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of Moab is near at hand, and his affliction comes

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quickly. Bemoan him, all you who are around him,

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and all you who know his name, say how the strong

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staff is broken, the beautiful rod. O daughter

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inhabiting Dibon, come down from your glory,

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and sit in thirst, for the plunderer of Moab

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has come against you. He has destroyed your strongholds,

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O inhabitant of Aror. Stand by the way, and watch.

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Ask him who flees, and her who escapes, say,

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What has happened? Moab is shamed, for he is

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broken down. Wail and cry. Tell it in Arnon,

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that Moab is plundered. And judgment has come

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on the plain country, on Holon, and Jasa, and

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Mephat, on Debon, and Nebo, and Beit Deblatim,

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on Kirjasim, and Beit Gamul, and Beit Meon, on

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Kiryat, and Buzra, on all the cities of the land

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of Moab, far or near. The horn of Moab is cut

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off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord. Make

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him drunk, because he exalted himself against

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the Lord. Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and

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he shall also be in derision. For was not Israel

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a derision to you? Was he found among thieves?

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For whenever you speak of him, you shake your

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head in scorn. You who dwell in Moab, leave the

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cities and dwell in the rock, and be like the

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dove which makes her nest in the sides of the

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cave's mouth. We have heard the pride of Moab,

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he is exceedingly proud, of his loftiness and

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arrogance and pride, and the haughtiness of his

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heart. I know his wrath, says the Lord, but it

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is not right. His lies have made nothing right.

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Therefore I will wail for Moab, and I will cry

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out for all Moab. I will mourn for the men of

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Kir Heres, O vine of Sibma. I will weep for you

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with the weeping of Jazer. Your plans have gone

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over the sea, they reach to the sea of Jazer.

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The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit

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and your vintage. Joy and gladness are taken.

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From the plentiful field and from the land of

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Moab, I have caused wine to fail from the wine

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presses. No one will tread with joyous shouting,

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not joyous shouting. From the cry of Heshbon

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to Eliela and to Jehaz, they have uttered their

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voice, from Zohar to Horonim, like a three -year

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-old heifer. For the waters of Nimrim also shall

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be desolate. Moreover, says the Lord, I will

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cause to cease in Moab the one who offers sacrifices

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in the high places and burns incense to his gods.

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Therefore my heart shall wail like flutes for

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Moab, and like flutes my heart shall wail for

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the men of Kirheris. Therefore the riches they

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have acquired have perished. For every head shall

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be bald and every beard clipped. On all the hands

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shall be cuts and on the loins sackcloth. A general

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lamentation on all the housetops of Moab and

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in its streets. For I have broken Moab like a

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vessel in which is no pleasure, says the Lord.

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They shall wail how she is broken down, how Moab

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has turned her back with shame. So Moab shall

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be a derision and a dismay to all those about

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her. For thus says the Lord, Behold, one shall

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fly like an eagle, and spread his wings over

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Moab. Kiriath is taken, and the strongholds are

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surprised. The mighty men's hearts in Moab on

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that day shall be like the heart of a woman in

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birth pangs. And Moab shall be destroyed as a

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people, because he exalted himself against the

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Lord. Fear in the pit and the snare shall be

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upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the Lord.

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He who flees from the fear shall fall into the

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pit. And he who gets out of the pit shall be

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caught in a snare. For upon Moab, upon it I will

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bring the year of their punishment, says the

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Lord. Those who fled stood under the shadow of

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Hezbon because of exhaustion. But a fire shall

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come out of Hezbon, a flame from the midst of

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Sihon, and shall devour the brow of Moab, the

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crown of the head of the sons of Tumult. Woe

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to you, O Moab! the people of Shemesh perish,

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for your sons have been taken captive and your

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daughters captive. Yet I will bring back the

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captives of Moab in the latter days, says the

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Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. Chapter

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49 Against the Ammonites Thus says the Lord,

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Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then

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does Milcom inherit Gad, and his people dwell

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in its cities? Therefore behold, the days are

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coming, says the Lord. that I will cause to be

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heard an alarm of war in Rabah of the Ammonites.

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It shall be a desolate mound, and her villages

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shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall

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take possession of his inheritance, says the

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Lord. Wail, O Heshbon, for I is plundered. Cry,

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you daughters of Rabah. Gird yourselves with

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sackcloth. Lament and run to and fro by the walls.

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For Milcom shall go into captivity with his priests

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and his princes together. Why do you boast in

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the valleys, your flowing valley, O backsliding

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daughter, who trusted in her treasures, saying,

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Who will come against me? Behold, I will bring

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fear upon you, says the Lord God of hosts. From

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all those who are around you, you shall be driven

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out, everyone headlong, and no one will gather

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those who wander off. But afterward I will bring

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back the captives of the people of Ammon, says

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the Lord. against Edom, thus says the Lord of

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hosts. Is wisdom no more in Timan? Has counsel

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perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?

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Flee, turn back, dwell in the depth, O inhabitants

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of Dedan, for I will bring the calamity of Esau

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upon him, the time that I will punish him. If

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grape -gatherers came to you, would they not

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leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves by night,

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would they not destroy until they have enough?

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But I have made Esau bare. I have uncovered his

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secret places, and he shall not be able to hide

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himself. His descendants are plundered, his brethren

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and his neighbors, and he is no more. Leave your

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fatherless children. I will preserve them alive,

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and let your widows trust in me. For thus says

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the Lord, Behold, those whose judgment was not

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to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk. And

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are you the one who will altogether go unpunished?

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You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely

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drink of it. For I have sworn by myself, says

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the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation,

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a reproach, a waste, and a curse, and all its

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cities shall be perpetual wastes. I have heard

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a message from the Lord, and an ambassador has

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been sent to the nations. Gather together, come

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against her, and rise up to battle. For indeed

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I will make you small among nations, despised

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among men. Your fierceness has deceived you,

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the pride of your heart. O you who dwell in the

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clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the

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hill! Though you make your nest as high as the

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eagle, I will bring you down from there, says

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the Lord. Edom also shall be an astonishment.

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Everyone who goes by it will be astonished, and

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will hiss at all its plagues, as in the overthrow

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of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says

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the Lord. No one shall remain there, nor shall

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a son of man dwell in it. Behold, he shall come

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up like a lion from the floodplain of the Jordan

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against the dwelling place of the strong. But

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I will suddenly make him run away from her. And

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who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?

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For who is like me? Who will arraign me? And

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who is that shepherd who will withstand me? Therefore

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hear the counsel of the Lord that he has taken

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against Edom, and his purposes that he has proposed

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against the inhabitants of Teman. Surely the

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least of the flock shall draw them out. Surely

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he shall make their dwelling places desolate

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with them. The earth shakes at the noise of their

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fall, and the cry its noise is heard at the Red

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Sea. Behold, he shall come up and fly like an

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eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah. The

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heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall

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be like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.

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Against Damascus Hamath and Arpad are shamed,

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for they have heard bad news, they are faint

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-hearted. There is trouble on the sea, it cannot

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be quiet. Damascus has grown feeble, she turns

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to flee, and fear has seized her. Anguish and

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sorrows have taken her like a woman in labor.

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Why is the city of praise not deserted, the city

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of my joy? Therefore her young men shall fall

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in her streets, and all the men of war shall

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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,

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and it shall consume the palaces of Ben -Hadad.

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Against Kedar and against the kingdoms of Hazor,

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which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, shall

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strike, thus says the Lord. Arise, go up to Kedar,

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and devastate the men of the east. Their tents

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and their flocks they shall take away. They shall

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take for themselves their curtains, all their

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vessels and their camels, and they shall cry

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out to them, Fear is on every side. Flee, get

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far away. Dwell in the depth, O inhabitants of

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Hazor, says the Lord. For Nebuchadnezzar, king

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of Babylon, has taken counsel against you, and

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has conceived a plan against you. Arise, go up

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to the wealthy nation that dwells securely, says

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the Lord, which has neither gates nor bars. dwelling

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alone. Their camels shall be for booty, and the

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multitude of their cattle for plunder. I will

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scatter to all winds those in the farthest corners,

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and I will bring their calamity from all its

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sides, says the Lord. Hazor shall be a dwelling

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for jackals, a desolation for ever. No one shall

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reside there, nor son of man dwell in it. The

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word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet

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against Elam in the beginning of the reign of

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Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, Thus says the

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Lord of hosts, Behold, I will break the bow of

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Elam, the foremost of their might. Against Elam

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I will bring the four winds from the four quarters

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of heaven, and scatter them toward all those

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winds. There shall be no nations where the outcasts

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of Elam will not go. For I will cause Elam to

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be dismayed before their enemies and before those

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who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon

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them, my fierce anger, says the Lord. And I will

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send the sword after them until I have consumed

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them. I will set my throne in Elam and will destroy

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from there the king and the princes, says the

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Lord. But it shall come to pass in the latter

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days I will bring back the captives of Elam,

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says the Lord. I hope you enjoyed today's reading

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as much as I did and I look forward to seeing

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you again tomorrow to continue on our journey.

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God bless you and have a great day.