For they have consulted together with one [a]consent;
They [b]form a confederacy against You:
(A)The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:5 Lit. heart
  2. Psalm 83:5 Lit. cut a covenant

With one mind they plot together;(A)
    they form an alliance against you—
the tents of Edom(B) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab(C) and the Hagrites,(D)
Byblos,(E) Ammon(F) and Amalek,(G)
    Philistia,(H) with the people of Tyre.(I)
Even Assyria(J) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.[a](K)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of (A)Gaza, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they took captive the whole captivity
To deliver them up to Edom.

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This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Gaza,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she took captive whole communities
    and sold them to Edom,(C)

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Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of (A)Tyre, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom,
And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

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This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Tyre,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,
    disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,(C)

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