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Therefore, as I live, says the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
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Verse 9. Dryness. Septuagint “Damascus shall be abandoned as a heap on the barn-floor, and disappearing for an age.” Bible.—This city is threatened with the rest. Isaiah 17:1. Calmet.—Ever. Septuagint refer this to Damascus, others to Ammon, and so forth Bible.—The latter nations were in desolation for a long time; but had re-established themselves, when the Machabees reduced them again. Jeremiah 48 and 1 Maccabees 5:6.
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