21 And I will hand it over to the (A)foreigners as plunder, and to the wicked of the earth as spoils; and they will profane it.

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21 I will give their wealth as plunder(A) to foreigners
    and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
    who will defile it.(B)

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21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

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Therefore, behold, I am going to bring (A)strangers against you,
The (B)most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And profane your splendor.

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I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;(A)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom(B)
    and pierce your shining splendor.(C)

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Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

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12 Moreover, I will make the (A)Nile canals dry
And (B)sell the land into the hands of evil men.
And I will make the land desolate
And [a]all that is in it,
By the hand of strangers; I the Lord have spoken.”

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  1. Ezekiel 30:12 Lit her fullness

12 I will dry up(A) the waters of the Nile(B)
    and sell the land to an evil nation;
by the hand of foreigners
    I will lay waste(C) the land and everything in it.

I the Lord have spoken.

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12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the Lord have spoken it.

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For behold, I am (A)raising up the Chaldeans,
That [a]grim and impetuous people
Who march [b]throughout the earth,
To (B)take possession of dwelling places that are not theirs.

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  1. Habakkuk 1:6 Lit bitter
  2. Habakkuk 1:6 Lit the breadth of

I am raising up the Babylonians,[a](A)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth(B)
    to seize dwellings not their own.(C)

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  1. Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans

For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's.

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