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17 “And Edom will become as a horror,
    everyone who passes by it[a] will be appalled,
    and will hiss because of all its blows.
18 As the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
    and their neighbors,” says Yahweh,
no one[b] will live there,
    and the son of humankind will not dwell as an alien in it.
19 Look, like a lion he comes up from the thickets of the Jordan
    to a pastureland by a constantly flowing stream.[c]
So I will chase him away hurriedly[d] from it.
    And whoever is chosen I will appoint over it.
For who is like me, and who can summon me?
    And who is this, the shepherd who can stand before me?”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:17 Literally “all who passes by it”
  2. Jeremiah 49:18 Literally “not a man”
  3. Jeremiah 49:19 Literally “a pasture of everflowing”
  4. Jeremiah 49:19 Literally “I will do in an instant I will chase him away”
  5. Jeremiah 49:19 Literally “to the face of me”

17 “Edom will become an object of horror;(A)
    all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
    because of all its wounds.(B)
18 As Sodom(C) and Gomorrah(D) were overthrown,
    along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell(E) in it.

19 “Like a lion(F) coming up from Jordan’s thickets(G)
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like(H) me and who can challenge me?(I)
    And what shepherd(J) can stand against me?”

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