17 I will indeed bless you(A) and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky(B) and the sand on the seashore.(C) Your offspring will possess the city gates of their[a] enemies.(D)

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  1. 22:17 Lit his

17 I will surely bless you(A) and make your descendants(B) as numerous as the stars in the sky(C) and as the sand on the seashore.(D) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(E)

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They said to me, “The remnant in the province,(A) who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned.”(B)

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They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.(A)

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ט Teth

Zion’s gates have fallen to the ground;(A)
he has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates.
Her king and her leaders live among the nations,
instruction[a] is no more,
and even her prophets receive
no vision from the Lord.(B)

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  1. 2:9 Or the law

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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A sword will whirl through his cities;(A)
it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,[a](B)
because of their schemes.(C)

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  1. 11:6 Or devour his empty talkers, or devour his limbs; Hb obscure

A sword(A) will flash in their cities;
    it will devour(B) their false prophets
    and put an end to their plans.

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13 Look, your troops are like women among you;
your land’s city gates
are wide open to your enemies.
Fire will devour the bars of your gates.

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13 Look at your troops—
    they are all weaklings.(A)
The gates(B) of your land
    are wide open to your enemies;
    fire has consumed the bars of your gates.(C)

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