28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did—his might, how he made war, and how he recaptured for Israel, from (A)Damascus and Hamath, (B)what had belonged to Judah—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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28 As for the other events of Jeroboam’s reign, all he did, and his military achievements, including how he recovered for Israel both Damascus(A) and Hamath,(B) which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals(C) of the kings of Israel?

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(A)for before the child [a]shall have knowledge to cry ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ (B)the riches of Damascus and the [b]spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:4 knows how
  2. Isaiah 8:4 plunder

For before the boy knows(A) how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus(B) and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.(C)

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30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
(A)They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
(B)The bars of her gate are broken.

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30 Babylon’s warriors(A) have stopped fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
    they have become weaklings.(B)
Her dwellings are set on fire;(C)
    the bars(D) of her gates are broken.

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Her gates have sunk into the ground;
He has destroyed and (A)broken her bars.
(B)Her king and her princes are among the [a]nations;
(C)The Law is no more,
And her (D)prophets find no [b]vision from the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:9 Gentiles
  2. Lamentations 2:9 Prophetic revelation

Her gates(A) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars(B) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled(C) among the nations,
    the law(D) is no more,
and her prophets(E) no longer find
    visions(F) from the Lord.

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