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Rh :For I will suddenly make him run away from it,
 * And whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it;
 * For who is like Me? and who will appoint Me a time?
 * And who is that shepherd that will stand before Me?
 * Therefore hear ye the counsel of the ,
 * That He hath taken against Edom;
 * And His purposes, that He hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
 * Surely the least of the flock shall drag them away,
 * Surely their habitation shall be appalled at them.
 * The earth quaketh at the noise of their fall;
 * There is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.
 * Behold, he shall come up and swoop down as the vulture,
 * And spread out his wings against Bozrah;
 * And the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day
 * Shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Of Damascus.


 * Hamath is ashamed, and Arpad;
 * For they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away;
 * There is trouble in the sea;
 * It cannot be quiet.
 * Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee,
 * And trembling hath seized on her;
 * Anguish and pangs have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
 * 'How is the city of praise left unrepaired,
 * The city of my joy?'
 * Therefore her young men shall fall in her broad places,
 * And all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day,
 * Saith the of hosts.
 * And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,
 * And it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote.


 * Thus saith the :
 * Arise ye, go up against Kedar,
 * And spoil the children of the east.
 * Their tents and their flocks shall they take,
 * They shall carry away for themselves their curtains,
 * And all their vessels, and their camels;
 * And they shall proclaim against them a terror on every side.
 * Flee ye, flit far off, dwell deep,
 * O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the ;
 * For Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you,
 * And hath conceived a purpose against you.
 * Arise, get you up against a nation that is at ease,
 * That dwelleth without care, saith the ;
 * That have neither gates nor bars,
 * That dwell alone.
 * And their camels shall be a booty,
 * And the multitude of their cattle a spoil;
 * And I will scatter unto all winds them that have the corners polled;
 * And I will bring their calamity from every side of them, saith the.