They have said, “Come, and (A)let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

For they have consulted together with one [a]consent;
They [b]form a confederacy against You:
(B)The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

Deal with them as with (C)Midian,
As with (D)Sisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
10 Who perished at En Dor,
(E)Who became as refuse on the earth.
11 Make their nobles like (F)Oreb and like Zeeb,
Yes, all their princes like (G)Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, “Let us take for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession.”

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  1. Psalm 83:5 Lit. heart
  2. Psalm 83:5 Lit. cut a covenant

“Come,” they say, “let us destroy(A) them as a nation,(B)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered(C) no more.”

With one mind they plot together;(D)
    they form an alliance against you—
the tents of Edom(E) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab(F) and the Hagrites,(G)
Byblos,(H) Ammon(I) and Amalek,(J)
    Philistia,(K) with the people of Tyre.(L)
Even Assyria(M) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.[a](N)

Do to them as you did to Midian,(O)
    as you did to Sisera(P) and Jabin(Q) at the river Kishon,(R)
10 who perished at Endor(S)
    and became like dung(T) on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(U)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(V)
12 who said, “Let us take possession(W)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Thus says the Lord God: “Because (A)the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! (B)The [a]ancient heights (C)have become our possession,’ ” ’

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  1. Ezekiel 36:2 Or everlasting

This is what the Sovereign Lord says:(A) The enemy said of you, “Aha!(B) The ancient heights(C) have become our possession.(D)”’

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therefore thus says the Lord God: (A)“Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, (B)who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and [a]spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.” ’

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  1. Ezekiel 36:5 Lit. scorning souls

this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my burning(A) zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’(B)

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