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And him that holdeth the sceptre from Beth-Eden, And the people of Syria shall be led captive to Kir; Jehovah hath said it.

Thus saith Jehovah :

For three transgressions of Gaza,

And for four, I will not turn away its punishment; For they led captive all that fell into their hands, And delivered them up to Edom.

7 But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, Which shall devour her palaces.

8 And I will destroy the inhabitant from Ashdod, And him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon; And I will turn my hand against Ekron,

And the residue of the Philistines shall perish.

The Lord, Jehovah, hath said it.

Thus saith Jehovah :

For three transgressions of Tyre,

And for four, will I not turn away its punishment; Because they delivered up all their captives to Edom,

And remembered not the brotherly covenant.

10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,

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Which shall devour her palaces.

Thus saith Jehovah :

For three transgressions of Edom,

And for four, will I not turn away his punishment;

For he pursued his brother with the sword,

And cast off all pity,

And his anger tore perpetually;

Yea, he kept his wrath for ever.

12 But I will send a fire upon Teman,

Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

For three trangressions of the children of Ammon,
And for four, will I not turn away their punishment;
For they ripped up the women with child of Gilead,
That they might enlarge their border.

14 But I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah,
Which shall devour her palaces,

Amid shouting in the day of battle,

In a whirlwind in the day of the storm.

15 Their king shall go into captivity,

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He and his princes together, saith Jehovah.

Thus saith Jehovah :

For three transgressions of Moab,

And for four, will I not turn away his punishment;
For he burned the bones of the king of Edom into

lime ;

2 But I will send a fire on Moab,

Which shall devour the palaces of Kirioth;
And Moab shall die amid tumults,

Amid shouting, and the sound of the trumpet.

3 I will destroy the judge from the midst of him, And slay all the princes with him, saith Jehovah.

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Thus saith Jehovah:

For three transgressions of Judah,

And for four, will I not turn away their punishment; For they have despised the law of Jehovah,

And have not kept his statutes,

And their idols have caused them to err,

After which their fathers walked.

• But I will send a fire upon Judah,

Which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

And for four, will I not turn away their punishment. For they sell the righteous for silver,

And the needy for a pair of shoes;

7 They delight to cover the heads of the poor with

dust,

And to pervert the cause of the afflicted.

The son and the father go in to the same damsel,
To dishonor my holy name.

8 They lay themselves down upon pledged garments, Near every altar;

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And drink wine, extorted by fines,

In the house of their gods.

Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them,

Who were tall as the cedars,

And strong as the oaks.

I destroyed their fruit above,

And their roots beneath..

10 I brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you in the desert forty years,

That ye might possess the land of the Amorite.

11 Of your sons also I raised up prophets,

And of your young men Nazarites;

Is it not even so, O ye sons of Israel, saith Jehovah?

12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink,

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And commanded the prophets,

Saying, Prophesy not!

Behold, I will press you down,

As a wagon is pressed, that is full of sheaves.

14 And flight shall fail the swift,

And the strong shall not exert his strength,
And the mighty shall not save his life,

15 And he that handleth the bow shall not stand,
And the swift of foot shall not save himself,
And the horseman shall not escape with his life.
16 He that is strong in heart amongst the mighty,
Shall, in that day, flee away naked, saith Jehovah.

II.

Punishment threatened against the whole race of the Hebrews on account of injustice, luxury, and idolatry. — CH. 111.

1 HEAR these words, which Jehovah speaketh against you, ye sons of Israel;

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Against the whole family, which I brought up out of the land of Egypt!

You only have I known of all the families of the

earth;

Therefore will I punish you for all your iniquities. 3 Can two walk together,

Unless they agree together?

4 Will the lion roar in the forest,

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When he seeth no prey?

Will the young lion cry aloud from his den,

If he have nothing to seize?

Can a bird fall into a snare upon the earth,

Where none is set for him?

Will one take up a snare from the ground,
When it hath caught nothing?

6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city
And the people not be afraid?
Shall there be evil upon the city,

And Jehovah not have done it?

7 Surely the Lord Jehovah doeth nothing, But he revealeth his secret

To his servants the prophets.

8 When the lion roareth, who will not fear?

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When the Lord Jehovah speaketh, who will not prophesy?

Proclaim ye, in the palaces in Ashdod,

And in the palaces in the land of Egypt,

And say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of
Samaria;

Behold the great tumults in the midst of her,

And the oppressed within her!

10 For they have no care to do right, saith Jehovah; They treasure up rapine and robbery in their palaces.

11 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah;

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An enemy shall encompass the land,

And shall bring down thy strength from thee,
And thy palaces shall be plundered.

Thus saith Jehovah,

As the shepherd taketh out of the lion's mouth,
Two legs, or a portion of an ear,

So shall the children of Israel be taken out,
Who in Samaria sit in the corners of their sofas,
And upon their damascene couches.

Hear ye, and testify to the house of Jacob,
Saith the Lord, Jehovah, God of hosts!

14 In the day when I punish the transgressions of Israel,