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Her towns will be deserted forever;[a]
    they will be places for flocks,
    which will lie down, and no one will make them afraid.(A)

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  1. 17.2 Cn Compare Gk: Heb the cities of Aroer are deserted

The cities of Aroer(A) will be deserted
    and left to flocks,(B) which will lie down,(C)
    with no one to make them afraid.(D)

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20 mark out the road for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites or to Judah and to[a] Jerusalem the fortified.(A)

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  1. 21.20 Gk Syr: Heb Judah in

20 Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites(A) and another against Judah and fortified Jerusalem.

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14 Herds shall lie down in it,
    every wild animal of the earth;[a]
the desert owl[b] and the screech owl[c]
    shall lodge on its capitals;
the owl[d] shall hoot at the window,
    the raven[e] croak on the threshold,
    for its cedar work will be laid bare.(A)

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  1. 2.14 Gk: Heb nation
  2. 2.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  3. 2.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  4. 2.14 Cn: Heb a voice
  5. 2.14 Gk Vg: Heb desolation

14 Flocks and herds(A) will lie down there,
    creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(B) and the screech owl(C)
    will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
    rubble will fill the doorways,
    the beams of cedar will be exposed.

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