Jeremiah 49:25-27

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²⁵How the famous city is forsaken,^[a]
    the joyful town!^[b]
²⁶Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares,
    and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day,
says the Lord of hosts.
²⁷And I will kindle a fire at the wall of Damascus,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

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Jeremiah 49:25 Vg: Heb is not forsaken
Jeremiah 49:25 Syr Vg Tg: Heb the town of my joy

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