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We will overwhelm them;[a] their mountains will be drunk with their blood, and their fields will be full of their dead. Not even their footprints will survive our attack; they will utterly perish. So says King Nebuchadnezzar, lord of the whole earth. For he has spoken; none of his words shall be in vain.(A)

“As for you, Achior, you Ammonite mercenary, you have said these words in a moment of perversity; you shall not see my face again from this day until I take revenge on this people that came out of Egypt.(B) Then at my return the sword of my army and the spear[b] of my servants shall pierce your sides, and you shall fall among their wounded.

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  1. 6.4 Other ancient authorities add with it
  2. 6.6 OL Syr: Gk people