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Ephraim’s people will no longer have cities with high walls around them.
    Royal power will disappear from Damascus.
Those who are left alive in Aram
    will be like the glory of the people of Israel,”
    announces the Lord who rules over all.

“In days to come, the glory of Jacob’s people will fade.
    Their strength will get weaker and weaker.
It will be as when workers cut and gather grain
    in the Valley of Rephaim.
They gather up stalks in their arms.
    Only a few heads of grain are left.

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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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