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10 Because you said, “These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them”—although the Lord was there(A)

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10 “‘Because you have said, “These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession(A) of them,” even though I the Lord was there,

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therefore thus says the Lord God: I am speaking in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who, with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, took my land as their possession, because of its pasture, to plunder it.(A)

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this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my burning(A) zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’(B)

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35 The circumference of the city shall be eighteen thousand cubits. And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The Lord Is There.(A)

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35 “The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.[a]

“And the name of the city from that time on will be:

the Lord is there.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:35 That is, about 6 miles or about 9.5 kilometers

Thus says the Lord God: Because the enemy said of you, “Aha!” and, “The ancient heights have become our possession,”(A)

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This is what the Sovereign Lord says:(A) The enemy said of you, “Aha!(B) The ancient heights(C) have become our possession.(D)”’

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They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
    let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”(A)
They conspire with one accord;
    against you they make a covenant—(B)
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
    Moab and the Hagrites,(C)
Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
    Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Assyria also has joined them;
    they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah

Do to them as you did to Midian,
    as to Sisera and Jabin at the Wadi Kishon,(D)
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,(E)
12 who said, “Let us take the pastures of God
    for our own possession.”(F)

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“Come,” they say, “let us destroy(A) them as a nation,(B)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered(C) no more.”

With one mind they plot together;(D)
    they form an alliance against you—
the tents of Edom(E) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab(F) and the Hagrites,(G)
Byblos,(H) Ammon(I) and Amalek,(J)
    Philistia,(K) with the people of Tyre.(L)
Even Assyria(M) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.[a](N)

Do to them as you did to Midian,(O)
    as you did to Sisera(P) and Jabin(Q) at the river Kishon,(R)
10 who perished at Endor(S)
    and became like dung(T) on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(U)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(V)
12 who said, “Let us take possession(W)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Psalm 48

The Glory and Strength of Zion

A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites.

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
    in the city of our God.
His holy mountain,(A) beautiful in elevation,
    is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
    the city of the great King.(B)
Within its citadels God
    has shown himself a sure defense.(C)

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Psalm 48[a]

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

Great is the Lord,(A) and most worthy of praise,(B)
    in the city of our God,(C) his holy mountain.(D)

Beautiful(E) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon[b](F) is Mount Zion,(G)
    the city of the Great King.(H)
God is in her citadels;(I)
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:1 In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.
  2. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.

For I will be a wall of fire all around it, says the Lord, and I will be the glory within it.”(A)

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And I myself will be a wall(A) of fire(B) around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory(C) within.’(D)

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15 The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
    he has turned away your enemies.
The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;
    you shall fear disaster no more.(A)

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15 The Lord has taken away your punishment,
    he has turned back your enemy.
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;(A)
    never again will you fear(B) any harm.(C)

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13 You should not have entered the gate of my people
    on the day of their calamity;
you should not have joined in the gloating over Judah’s[a] disaster
    on the day of his calamity;
you should not have stolen his goods
    on the day of his calamity.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 13 Heb his

13 You should not march through the gates of my people
    in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity(A)
    in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
    in the day of their disaster.

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Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal[a] Zion,
    for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 12.6 Or O inhabitant of

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion;
    he has desired it for his habitation:(A)
14 “This is my resting place forever;
    here I will reside, for I have desired it.

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13 For the Lord has chosen Zion,(A)
    he has desired it for his dwelling,(B) saying,
14 “This is my resting place for ever and ever;(C)
    here I will sit enthroned,(D) for I have desired it.

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His rock shall pass away in terror,
    and his officers desert the standard in panic,”
says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion
    and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.(A)

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Their stronghold(A) will fall because of terror;
    at the sight of the battle standard(B) their commanders will panic,(C)
declares the Lord,
    whose fire(D) is in Zion,
    whose furnace(E) is in Jerusalem.

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Judgment on the Ammonites

49 Concerning the Ammonites.

Thus says the Lord:

Has Israel no sons?
    Has he no heir?
Why then has Milcom[a] dispossessed Gad
    and his people settled in its towns?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 49.1 Gk Vg Syr: Heb their king

A Message About Ammon

49 Concerning the Ammonites:(A)

This is what the Lord says:

“Has Israel no sons?
    Has Israel no heir?
Why then has Molek[a](B) taken possession of Gad?(C)
    Why do his people live in its towns?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:1 Or their king; also in verse 3