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28 You, son of man, must speak my message about the Ammonites. They have insulted Israel. This is what the Almighty Lord says:

A sword is ready to destroy them.
It shines brightly like lightning and it is ready to kill.
29 Their visions about the battle have deceived them.
What they think will happen is only lies.
The sword will punish wicked people with death.
The time for their final punishment has now arrived.
30 Now put the sword back in its place![a]
I will judge you in your own land,
in the place where you were born.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:30 Verses 30-32 are probably God's message to the army of Babylon. When they have finished punishing the people of Jerusalem and the Ammonites, they must go back to their own land. Then God will punish them there.