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Psalm 83:12

who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”

10who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
13My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.
14As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
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Notice

“God’s pasture lands” are the target of a hostile claim, and the surrounding prayer for destruction shows how grave this threat to Israel has become.

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Where else Scripture says this

5 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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2 Chronicles 20:11behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.Both passages describe enemies seeking to take land identified as God’s possession.
Ezekiel 35:12You will know that I, the LORD, have heard all your insults which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They have been laid desolate. They …Both passages record hostile claims to Israel’s land; Ezekiel also states that God has heard those claims.
Psalm 83:4“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”The plan to seize God’s pasture lands belongs to the same psalm as the plot to erase Israel’s name.
Psalm 74:7–8They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.Psalm 83 records a plan to seize God’s pasture lands; Psalm 74 reports the burning of God’s sanctuary.
Ezekiel 7:24Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong to cease. Their holy places will …Both passages speak of seizure of land or homes; Ezekiel names God as the one bringing the invaders.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Read verses 11–14, marking who claims the land

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Encouragement

The enemies speak as though they can seize what belongs to God. Their threat is real, yet their claim does not make them the rightful owners.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).