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Jeremiah 49:26-31 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

26. "Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, And all the men of war will be silenced in that day," declares the Lord of hosts.

27. "I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified towers of Ben-hadad."

28. Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the Lord, "Arise, go up to Kedar And devastate the men of the east.

29. "They will take away their tents and their flocks; They will carry off for themselves Their tent curtains, all their goods and their camels, And they will call out to one another, 'Terror on every side!'

30. "Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor," declares the Lord; "For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you And devised a scheme against you.

31. "Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease, Which lives securely," declares the Lord. "It has no gates or bars; They dwell alone.

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