28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a (A)heap of ruins, as it is to this day.

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Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
    declares the Lord,
when I will cause (A)the battle cry to be heard
    against (B)Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate (C)mound,
    and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
    says the Lord.

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An Oracle Concerning Damascus

17 An (A)oracle concerning (B)Damascus.

Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city
    and will become a heap of ruins.

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For you have made the city (A)a heap,
    the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners' palace is a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.

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18 “Thus says the Lord:
Behold, (A)I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
    and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city shall be rebuilt on (B)its mound,
    and the palace shall stand where it used to be.

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