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Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim,
    and the kingdom will disappear from Damascus.
    The remaining few from Aram will share Israel’s honor,”
    declares Yahweh Tsebaoth.

“When that day comes, the honor of Jacob’s people will fade away,
    and they will become skin and bones.
That time will be like harvesting bundles of grain by the armful.
    It will be like gathering grain in the Rephaim Valley.

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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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