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They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation.[a]
Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
Yes,[b] they devise a unified strategy;[c]
they form an alliance[d] against you.
It includes[e] the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:4 tn Heb “we will cause them to disappear from [being] a nation.”
  2. Psalm 83:5 tn Or “for.”
  3. Psalm 83:5 tn Heb “they consult [with] a heart together.”
  4. Psalm 83:5 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
  5. Psalm 83:6 tn The words “it includes” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  6. Psalm 83:6 sn The Hagrites are also mentioned in 1 Chr 5:10, 19-20.

“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)

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