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The strong, walled cities of Israel will be destroyed.
    The government in Damascus will end.
Those left alive of Aram will be
    like the glory of Israel,” says the Lord of heaven’s armies.

“At that time Israel’s wealth will all be gone.
    Israel will be like a man who has lost much weight from sickness.
That time will be like the grain harvest in the Valley of Rephaim.
    The workers cut the wheat.
Then they cut the heads of grain from the plants.
    And they collect the grain.

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

“In that day(D) the glory(E) of Jacob will fade;
    the fat of his body will waste(F) away.
It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
    gathering(G) the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain(H)
    in the Valley of Rephaim.(I)

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