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Lexicon :: Strong's H2723 - ḥārbâ

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חָרְבָּה
Transliteration
ḥārbâ
Pronunciation
khor-baw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 731d

Strong’s Definitions

חׇרְבָּה chorbâh, khor-baw'; feminine of H2721; properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation:—decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H2723 in the following manner: waste (18x), desolation (8x), desolate places (4x), waste places (4x), desert (3x), desolate (3x), decayed places (1x), destructions (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H2723 in the following manner: waste (18x), desolation (8x), desolate places (4x), waste places (4x), desert (3x), desolate (3x), decayed places (1x), destructions (1x).

  1. a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חׇרְבָּה chorbâh, khor-baw'; feminine of H2721; properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation:—decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
STRONGS H2723: Abbreviations
† חָרְבָּה noun feminine waste, desolation, ruin; — absolute ח׳ Leviticus 26:31 + 15 times + Ezekiel 38:8 (strike out Syriac Version Co) + Ezekiel 38:12 חרבה Greek Version of the LXX Co for חרבות; plural חֳרָבוֺת Psalm 9:7 + 11 times (Ezekiel 38:12, compare above); construct חָרְבוֺת Isaiah 5:17 + 7 times; suffix חָרְבֹתַיִךְ Isaiah 49:19; חָרְבֹתָיו Ezra 9:9; חָרְבֹתֶיהָ Isaiah 51:3; חָרְבוֺתֶיהָ Isaiah 44:26; חָרְבוֺתֵיהֶם Psalm 109:10 2 Chronicles 34:6 (compare חֶרֶב and below); (chiefly mid. and late Hebrew Isa2 + 8 times; Jeremiah + 10 times, Ezekiel + 14 times, — including Ezekiel 38:8, which strike out Co); —
1. waste, ruin, of cities of Israel Leviticus 26:31, 33 (H); Judah Isaiah 44:26; Isaiah 49:19 (|| שֹׁמְמֹת), Isaiah 58:12 (בנה), Jeremiah 25:18; Jeremiah 27:17; Jeremiah 44:2, 6; Ezekiel 5:14; ruins of Jerusalem Isaiah 52:9; Daniel 9:2; also Ezekiel 35:4; compare Malachi 1:4 (with בנה), Ezekiel 36:10 (with בנה) Ezekiel 36:33 (id.); Egypt Ezekiel 29:9, 10 (in both || שְׁמָמָה; חרבות חֹרֶב in Ezekiel 29:10); ruin of temple Ezra 9:9; ＝ruined dwellings Psalm 109:10; compare 2 Chronicles 34:6, where read perhaps בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם for בּחר בתיהם (see חֶרֶב below III. חרב); Jeremiah 22:5; in general ruins (si vera lectio, see Di; object of בנה) Job 3:14; כוס ח׳ Psalm 102:7 an owl of a ruin.
2. of land: waste place amid ruins Isaiah 5:17, compare Isaiah 51:3 (|| מִדְבָּר, עֲרָבָה); land a desolation Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 44:22; Ezekiel 25:13 (Edom) Jeremiah 25:11; Isaiah 64:10 and Ezekiel 33:24, 27 (of Judah), compare Ezekiel 13:4, כְשֻׁעָלִים בח׳ simile of the prophets; הַשֹּׁמֵמוֺת הח׳ Ezekiel 36:4 (of Israel); of desolation of enemies of Israel Psalm 9:7 (לָנֶ֫צַח ח׳); עולם ח׳ ＝old ruins Isaiah 61:4 (with בנה); elsewhere perpetual ruin, desolation Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 49:13 (cities of Bosra); מעולם ה׳ Ezekiel 26:20 (simile of Tyre).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:31; 26:31; 26:33

2 Chronicles

34:6; 34:6

Ezra

9:9; 9:9

Job

3:14

Psalms

9:7; 9:7; 102:7; 109:10; 109:10

Isaiah

5:17; 5:17; 44:26; 44:26; 49:19; 49:19; 51:3; 51:3; 52:9; 58:12; 61:4; 64:10

Jeremiah

7:34; 22:5; 25:9; 25:11; 25:18; 27:17; 44:2; 44:6; 44:22; 49:13

Ezekiel

5:14; 13:4; 25:13; 26:20; 29:9; 29:10; 29:10; 33:24; 33:27; 35:4; 36:4; 36:10; 36:33; 38:8; 38:8; 38:12; 38:12

Daniel

9:2

Malachi

1:4

H2723

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2723 matches the Hebrew חָרְבָּה (ḥārbâ),
which occurs 42 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:31 - ‘I will [fn]lay H5414 waste H2723 your cities H5892 as well and will make H8074 your sanctuaries H4720 desolate, H8074 and I will not smell H7306 your soothing H5207 aromas. H7381

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - ‘You, however, I will scatter H2219 among the nations H1471 and will draw H7324 out a sword H2719 after H310 you, as your land H776 becomes H1961 desolate H8077 and your cities H5892 become H1961 waste. H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - “For we are slaves; H5650 yet in our bondage H5659 our God H430 has not forsaken H5800 us, but has extended H5186 lovingkindness H2617 to us in the sight H6440 of the kings H4428 of Persia, H6539 to give H5414 us reviving H4241 to raise H7311 up the house H1004 of our God, H430 to restore H5975 its ruins H2723 and to give H5414 us a wall H1447 in Judah H3063 and Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:14 - With kings H4428 and with counselors H3289 of the earth, H776
Who rebuilt H1129 ruins H2723 for themselves;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - [fn]The enemy H340 has come H8552 to an end H8552 in perpetual H5331 ruins, H2723
And You have uprooted H5428 the cities; H5892
The very H1992 memory H2143 of them has perished. H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I [fn]resemble H1819 a pelican H6893 of the wilderness; H4057
I have become H1961 like an owl H3563 of the waste H2723 places. H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10 - Let his children H1121 wander H5128 about and beg; H7592
And let them seek H1875 sustenance [fn]far from their ruined H2723 homes. H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:17 - Then the lambs H3532 will graze H7462 as in their pasture, H1699
And strangers H1481 will eat H398 in the waste H2723 places H2723 of the [fn]wealthy. H4220

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26 - Confirming H6965 the word H1697 of His servant H5650
And [fn]performing H7999 the purpose H6098 of His messengers. H4397
It is I who says H559 of Jerusalem, H3389 ‘She shall be inhabited!’ H3427
And of the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 ‘They shall be built.’ H1129
And I will raise H6965 up her ruins H2723 again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 - They did not thirst H6770 when He led H1980 them through the deserts. H2723
He made the water H4325 flow H5140 out of the rock H6697 for them;
He split H1234 the rock H6697 and the water H4325 gushed H2100 forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - “For your waste H2723 and desolate H8074 places and your destroyed H2035 land H776—
Surely H3588 now H6258 you will be too H4480 cramped H6887 for the inhabitants, H3427
And those who swallowed H1104 you will be far H7368 away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - Indeed, H3588 the LORD H3068 will comfort H5162 Zion; H6726
He will comfort H5162 all H3605 her waste H2723 places. H2723
And her wilderness H4057 He will make H7760 like Eden, H5731
And her desert H6160 like the garden H1588 of the LORD; H3068
Joy H8342 and gladness H8057 will be found H4672 in her,
Thanksgiving H8426 and sound H6963 of a melody. H2172

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:9 - Break H6476 forth, H6476 shout H7442 joyfully H7442 together, H3162
You waste H2723 places H2723 of Jerusalem; H3389
For the LORD H3068 has comforted H5162 His people, H5971
He has redeemed H1350 Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:12 - “Those from among you will rebuild H1129 the ancient H5769 ruins; H2723
You will raise H6965 up the age-old H1755 foundations; H4144
And you will be called H7121 the repairer H1443 of the breach, H6556
The restorer H7725 of the [fn]streets H5410 in which to dwell. H3427

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4 - Then they will rebuild H1129 the ancient H5769 ruins, H2723
They will raise H6965 up the former H7223 devastations; H8074
And they will repair H2318 the ruined H2721 cities, H5892
The desolations H8074 of many H1755 generations. H1755

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:11 - Our holy H6944 and beautiful H8597 house, H1004
Where H834 our fathers H1 praised H1984 You,
Has been H1961 burned H8316 by fire; H784
And all H3605 our precious H4261 things H4261 have become H1961 a ruin. H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - “Then I will make to cease H7673 from the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 and from the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 the voice H6963 of joy H8342 and the voice H6963 of gladness, H8057 the voice H6963 of the bridegroom H2860 and the voice H6963 of the bride; H3618 for the land H776 will become H1961 a ruin. H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:5 - “But if H518 you will not obey H8085 these H428 words, H1697 I swear H7650 by Myself,” declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 “that this H2088 house H1004 will become H1961 a desolation.”’” H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 - behold, H2009 I will send H7971 and take H3947 all H3605 the families H4940 of the north,’ H6828 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon, H894 My servant, H5650 and will bring H935 them against H5921 this H2088 land H776 and against H5921 its inhabitants H3427 and against H5921 all H3605 these H428 nations H1471 round H5439 about; H5439 and I will [fn]utterly H2763 destroy H2763 them and make H7760 them a horror H8047 and a hissing, H8322 and an everlasting H5769 desolation. H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:11 - ‘This H2088 whole H3605 land H776 will be a desolation H2723 and a horror, H8047 and these H428 nations H1471 will serve H5647 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 seventy H7657 years. H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:18 - Jerusalem H3389 and the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 and its kings H4428 and its princes, H8269 to make H5414 them a ruin, H2723 a horror, H8047 a hissing H8322 and a curse, H7045 as it is this H2088 day; H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:17 - “Do not listen H8085 to them; serve H5647 the king H4428 of Babylon, H894 and live! H2421 Why H4100 should this H2088 city H5892 become H1961 a ruin? H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:2 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 ‘You yourselves H859 have seen H7200 all H3605 the calamity H7451 that I have brought H935 on Jerusalem H3389 and all H3605 the cities H5892 of Judah; H3063 and behold, H2009 this H2088 day H3117 they are in ruins H2723 and no H369 one H369 lives H3427 in them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:6 - ‘Therefore My wrath H2534 and My anger H639 were poured H5413 out and burned H1197 in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 and in the streets H2351 of Jerusalem, H3389 so they have H1961 become H1961 a ruin H2723 and a desolation H8077 as it is this H2088 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - “So the LORD H3068 was no H3808 longer H5750 able H3201 to endure H5375 it, because H4480 H6440 of the evil H7455 of your deeds, H4611 because H4480 H6440 of the abominations H8441 which H834 you have committed; H6213 thus your land H776 has become H1961 a ruin, H2723 an object H8047 of horror H8047 and a curse, H7045 without H369 an inhabitant, H3427 as it is this H2088 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:13 - “For I have sworn H7650 by Myself,” declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 “that Bozrah H1224 will become H1961 an object H8047 of horror, H8047 a reproach, H2781 a ruin H2721 and a curse; H7045 and all H3605 its cities H5892 will become H1961 perpetual H5769 ruins.” H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:14 - ‘Moreover, I will make H5414 you a desolation H2723 and a reproach H2781 among the nations H1471 which H834 surround H5439 you, in the sight H5869 of all H3605 who pass H5674 by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:4 - “O Israel, H3478 your prophets H5030 have been H1961 like foxes H7776 among ruins. H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13 - therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “I will also stretch H5186 out My hand H3027 against H5921 Edom H123 and cut H3772 off H3772 man H120 and beast H929 from it. And I will lay H5414 it waste; H2723 from Teman H8487 even to Dedan H1719 they will fall H5307 by the sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:20 - then I will bring H3381 you down H3381 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit, H953 to the people H5971 of old, H5769 and I will make you dwell H3427 in the lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth, H776 like the ancient H5769 waste H2723 places, H2723 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit, H953 so H4616 that you will not [fn]be inhabited; H3427 but I will set H5414 glory H6643 in the land H776 of the living. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:9 - “The land H776 of Egypt H4714 will become H1961 a desolation H8077 and waste. H2723 Then they will know H3045 that I am the LORD. H3068 Because H3282 [fn]you said, H559 ‘The Nile H2975 is mine, and I have made H6213 it,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - therefore, H3651 behold, H2009 I am against H413 you and against H413 your [fn]rivers, H2975 and I will make H5414 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 an utter H2721 waste H2721 and desolation, H8077 from Migdol H4024 to Syene H5482 and even to the border H1366 of [fn]Ethiopia. H3568

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:24 - “Son H1121 of man, H120 they who live H3427 in these H428 waste H2723 places H2723 in the land H127 of Israel H3478 are saying, H559 ‘Abraham H85 was only one, H259 yet he possessed H3423 the land; H776 so to us who H7227 are many H7227 the land H776 has been given H5414 as a possession.’ H4181

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - “Thus H3541 you shall say H559 to them, ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “As I live, H2416 surely H518 H3808 those who H834 are in the waste H2723 places H2723 will fall H5307 by the sword, H2719 and whoever H834 is in the [fn]open H6440 field H7704 I will give H5414 to the beasts H2416 to be devoured, H398 and those who H834 are in the strongholds H4679 and in the caves H4631 will die H4191 of pestilence. H1698

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:4 - “I will lay H7760 waste H2723 your cities H5892
And you will become H1961 a desolation. H8077
Then you will know H3045 that I am the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:4 - ‘Therefore, H3651 O mountains H2022 of Israel, H3478 hear H8085 the word H1697 of the Lord H136 GOD. H3068 Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 to the mountains H2022 and to the hills, H1389 to the ravines H650 and to the valleys, H1516 to the desolate H8074 wastes H2723 and to the forsaken H5800 cities H5892 which H834 have become H1961 a prey H957 and a derision H3933 to the rest H7611 of the nations H1471 which H834 are round H5439 about, H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:10 - ‘I will multiply H7235 men H120 on you, all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 all H3605 of it; and the cities H5892 will be inhabited H3427 and the waste H2723 places H2723 will be rebuilt. H1129

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:33 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “On the day H3117 that I cleanse H2891 you from all H3605 your iniquities, H5771 I will cause the cities H5892 to be inhabited, H3427 and the waste H2723 places H2723 will be rebuilt. H1129

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:8 - “After H4480 many H7227 days H3117 you will be summoned; H6485 in the latter H319 years H8141 you will come H935 into the land H776 that is restored H7725 from the sword, H2719 whose inhabitants have been gathered H6908 from many H7227 [fn]nations H5971 to the mountains H2022 of Israel H3478 which H834 had been H1961 a continual H8548 waste; H2723 but [fn]its people were brought H3318 out from the [fn]nations, H5971 and they are living H3427 securely, H983 all H3605 of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12 - to capture H7997 spoil H7998 and to seize H962 plunder, H957 to turn H7725 your hand H3027 against H5921 the waste H2723 places H2723 which are now inhabited, H3427 and against H413 the people H5971 who are gathered H622 from the nations, H1471 who have acquired H6213 cattle H4735 and goods, H7075 who live H3427 at the [fn]center H2872 of the world.’ H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:2 - in the first H259 year H8141 of his reign, H4427 I, Daniel, H1840 observed H995 in the books H5612 the number H4557 of the years H8141 which H834 was revealed as the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 to Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 for the completion H4390 of the desolations H2723 of Jerusalem, H3389 namely, seventy H7657 years. H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Though H3588 Edom H123 says, H559 “We have been beaten H7567 down, H7567 but we will [fn]return H7725 and build H1129 up the ruins”; H2723 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 “They may build, H1129 but I will tear H2040 down; H2040 and men will call H7121 them the [fn]wicked H7562 territory, H1366 and the people H5971 [fn]toward whom H834 the LORD H3068 is indignant H2194 forever.” H5704 H5769
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