Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
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Hebrew original
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י בְנֵֽי עַמּ֔וֹן וְ/עַל אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑/נּוּ עַל בִּקְעָ/ם֙ הָר֣וֹת הַ/גִּלְעָ֔ד לְמַ֖עַן הַרְחִ֥יב אֶת גְּבוּלָֽ/ם
Louis Segond 1910
Ainsi parle l'Eternel: A cause de trois crimes des enfants d'Ammon, Même de quatre, je ne révoque pas mon arrêt, Parce qu'ils ont fendu le ventre des femmes enceintes de Galaad, Afin d'agrandir leur territoire.
KJV
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
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