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Wild oxen shall fall with them
    and young steers with the mighty bulls.
Their land shall be soaked with blood,
    and their soil made rich with fat.(A)

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11 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Edom,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because he pursued his brother with the sword
    and cast off all pity;
he maintained his anger perpetually[b]
    and kept his wrath[c] forever.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.11 Heb cause it to return
  2. 1.11 Syr Vg: Heb and his anger tore perpetually
  3. 1.11 Gk Syr Vg: Heb and his wrath kept

12 So I will send a fire on Teman,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.(A)

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Proud Edom Will Be Brought Low

The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom:
We have heard a report from the Lord,
    and a messenger has been sent among the nations:
“Rise up! Let us rise against it for battle!”(A)

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16 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain,
    all the nations shall drink continually;
they shall drink and gulp down[a]
    and shall be as though they had never been.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 16 Meaning of Heb uncertain