Genesis 49:5
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5 Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons of violence are their swords.(A)
Genesis 49:7
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7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.(A)
Psalm 83:3-13
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3 They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against those you protect.(A)
4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”(B)
5 They conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—(C)
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,(D)
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
9 Do to them as you did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the Wadi Kishon,(E)
10 who were destroyed at En-dor,
who became dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(F)
12 who said, “Let us take the pastures of God
for our own possession.”(G)
Footnotes
- 83.13 Or a tumbleweed
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