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)

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I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste(A) and cut off from it all who come and go.(B)

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13 Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited
    but will be completely desolate.(A)
All who pass Babylon will be appalled;(B)
    they will scoff(C) because of all her wounds.(D)

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13 I swear(A) by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah(B) will become a ruin and a curse,[a] an object of horror(C) and reproach;(D) and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:13 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.

37 Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
    a haunt(A) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,(B)
    a place where no one lives.(C)

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16 Their land will be an object of horror(A)
    and of lasting scorn;(B)
all who pass by will be appalled(C)
    and will shake their heads.(D)

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This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[a] who pass by will be appalled(A) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’(B)

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  1. 1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all

15 This is the city of revelry(A)
    that lived in safety.(B)
She said to herself,
    “I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(C)
What a ruin she has become,
    a lair for wild beasts!(D)
All who pass by her scoff(E)
    and shake their fists.(F)

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16 You have observed the statutes of Omri(A)
    and all the practices of Ahab’s(B) house;
    you have followed their traditions.(C)
Therefore I will give you over to ruin(D)
    and your people to derision;
    you will bear the scorn(E) of the nations.[a]

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  1. Micah 6:16 Septuagint; Hebrew scorn due my people

15 Because you rejoiced(A) when the inheritance of Israel became desolate, that is how I will treat you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir,(B) you and all of Edom.(C) Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

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13 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand(A) against Edom and kill both man and beast.(B) I will lay it waste, and from Teman(C) to Dedan(D) they will fall by the sword.(E)

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15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(F)

16 All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;(G)
they scoff and gnash their teeth(H)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.(I)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”(J)

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Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    her dust into burning sulfur;(A)
    her land will become blazing pitch!
10 It will not be quenched(B) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.(C)
From generation to generation(D) it will lie desolate;(E)
    no one will ever pass through it again.
11 The desert owl[a](F) and screech owl[b] will possess it;
    the great owl[c] and the raven(G) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom(H)
    the measuring line of chaos(I)
    and the plumb line(J) of desolation.
12 Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
    all her princes(K) will vanish(L) away.
13 Thorns(M) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.(N)
She will become a haunt for jackals,(O)
    a home for owls.(P)
14 Desert creatures(Q) will meet with hyenas,(R)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures(S) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.
15 The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
    she will hatch them, and care for her young
    under the shadow of her wings;(T)
there also the falcons(U) will gather,
    each with its mate.

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  1. Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
  3. Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.

20 then I will uproot(A) Israel from my land,(B) which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule(C) among all peoples. 21 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[a] who pass by will be appalled(D) and say,(E) ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 7:21 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now so imposing, all

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