therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely I have spoken in (A)my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and (B)against all Edom, who (C)gave my land to themselves as a possession (D)with wholehearted joy and (E)utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey. Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to (F)the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God: (G)Behold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered (H)the reproach of the nations. Therefore thus says the Lord God: (I)I swear that the nations that are all around you (J)shall themselves suffer reproach.

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this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my burning(A) zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’(B) Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations.(C) Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand(D) that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.(E)

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