Ezekiel 25:12

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A Prophecy Against Edom

¹²“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Edom^(A) took revenge on Judah and became very guilty by doing so,

Ezekiel 25:12 in all English translations

Isaiah 21:11-12

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A Prophecy Against Edom

¹¹A prophecy against Dumah^[a]:^(A)

Someone calls to me from Seir,^(B)
    “Watchman, what is left of the night?
    Watchman, what is left of the night?”
¹²The watchman replies,
    “Morning is coming, but also the night.
If you would ask, then ask;
    and come back yet again.”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 21:11 Dumah, a wordplay on Edom, means silence or stillness.

Amos 1:11

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¹¹This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Edom,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he pursued his brother with a sword^(B)
    and slaughtered the women of the land,
because his anger raged continually
    and his fury flamed unchecked,^(C)

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Malachi 1:4

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⁴Edom^(A) may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild^(B) the ruins.”

But this is what the Lord Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish.^(C) They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the Lord.^(D)

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