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The cities of Aroer [east of the Jordan] are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

His bulwark [Syria] and the fortress shall disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Syria will be like the [departed] glory of the children of Israel [her ally], says the Lord of hosts.

And in that day the former glory of Jacob [Israel—his might, his population, his prosperity] shall be enfeebled, and the fat of his flesh shall become lean.

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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)
The fortified(E) city will disappear from Ephraim,
    and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
    like the glory(F) of the Israelites,”(G)
declares the Lord Almighty.

“In that day(H) the glory(I) of Jacob will fade;
    the fat of his body will waste(J) away.

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