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Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked: This is what the Lord says:
"Arise, and attack Kedar
and destroy the people of the East.
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Their tents and their flocks will be taken;
their shelters will be carried off
with all their goods and camels.
People will shout to them,
'Terror on every side!'
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"Flee quickly away!
Stay in deep caves, you who live in Hazor,"
declares the Lord.
"Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has plotted against you;
he has devised a plan against you.
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"Arise and attack a nation at ease,
which lives in confidence,"
declares the Lord,
"a nation that has neither gates nor bars;
its people live far from danger.
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Their camels will become plunder,
and their large herds will be spoils of war.
I will scatter to the winds those who are in distant places 1
and will bring disaster on them from every side,"
declares the Lord.
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"Hazor will become a haunt of jackals,
a desolate place forever.
No one will live there;
no people will dwell in it."