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It's like a grove of palm trees[a]
    or a garden beside a river.
You are like tall aloe trees
    that the Lord has planted,
or like cedars
    growing near water.
You and your descendants
will prosper like an orchard
    beside a stream.
Your king will rule with power
and be a greater king
    than Agag the Amalekite.[b]
With the strength of a wild ox,
    God led you out of Egypt.
You will defeat your enemies,
shooting them with arrows[c]
    and crushing their bones.

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Footnotes

  1. 24.6 grove of palm trees: Or “green valley.”
  2. 24.7 Agag the Amalekite: The Amalekites were longtime enemies of the Israelites (see Exodus 17.8-16), and Agag was one of their most powerful kings.
  3. 24.8 shooting them with arrows: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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