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28 As for you, mortal, prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say:

A sword, a sword! Drawn for slaughter,
    polished to consume,[a] to flash like lightning.(A)

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  1. 21.28 Cn: Heb to contain

Mortal, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.(A)

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13 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead
    in order to enlarge their territory.(A)

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  1. 1.13 Heb cause it to return

I have heard the taunts of Moab
    and the revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
    and made boasts against their territory.(A)

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Therefore, as I live, says the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel,
Moab shall become like Sodom
    and the Ammonites like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits
    and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.(A)

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