but Esau I have hated. (A)I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.”

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but Esau I have hated,(A) and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland(B) and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.(C)

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Edom's Violence Against Jacob

10 (A)Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,
    shame shall cover you,
    (B)and you shall be cut off forever.

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10 Because of the violence(A) against your brother Jacob,(B)
    you will be covered with shame;
    you will be destroyed forever.(C)

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19 (A)“Egypt shall become a desolation
    and (B)Edom a desolate wilderness,
(C)for the violence done to the people of Judah,
    because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

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19 But Egypt(A) will be desolate,
    Edom(B) a desert waste,
because of violence(C) done to the people of Judah,
    in whose land they shed innocent blood.

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and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: (A)Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and (B)I will stretch out my hand against you, (C)and I will make you a desolation and a waste. (D)I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord.

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and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand(A) against you and make you a desolate waste.(B) I will turn your towns into ruins(C) and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(D)

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16 The horror you inspire has deceived you,
    and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,[a]
    who hold the height of the hill.
Though you (A)make your nest as high as the eagle's,
    I will bring you down from there,
declares the Lord.

17 (B)“Edom shall become a horror. (C)Everyone who passes by it will be horrified (D)and will hiss because of all its disasters. 18 (E)As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their (F)neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, (G)no man shall dwell there, (H)no man shall sojourn in her.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:16 Or of Sela

16 The terror you inspire
    and the pride(A) of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,(B)
    who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest(C) as high as the eagle’s,
    from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.
17 “Edom will become an object of horror;(D)
    all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
    because of all its wounds.(E)
18 As Sodom(F) and Gomorrah(G) were overthrown,
    along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell(H) in it.

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18 (A)The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
    and the house of Joseph a flame,
    and the house of Esau (B)stubble;
they shall burn them and consume them,
    (C)and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.

The Kingdom of the Lord

19 Those of (D)the Negeb (E)shall possess (F)Mount Esau,
    and those of the Shephelah shall possess (G)the land of the Philistines;
they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of (H)Samaria,
    and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of this host of the people of Israel
    shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as (I)Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
21 (J)Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion
    to rule (K)Mount Esau,
    and (L)the kingdom shall be the Lord's.

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18 Jacob will be a fire
    and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
    and they will set him on fire(A) and destroy(B) him.
There will be no survivors(C)
    from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

19 People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.(D)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,(E)
    and Benjamin(F) will possess Gilead.
20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(G)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.(H)
21 Deliverers(I) will go up on[a] Mount Zion
    to govern the mountains of Esau.
    And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:21 Or from

14 therefore you shall no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the Lord God. 15 And I will not let you hear anymore (A)the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord God.”

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14 therefore you will no longer devour people or make your nation childless, declares the Sovereign Lord. 15 No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign Lord.(A)’”

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For (A)behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and (B)you shall be tilled and sown.

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I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown,(A)

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Therefore thus says the Lord God: (A)I swear that the nations that are all around you (B)shall themselves suffer reproach.

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Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand(A) that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.(B)

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therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because (A)they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and (B)you became the talk and evil gossip of the people, therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to (C)the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, (D)the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become (E)a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around,

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Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they ravaged(A) and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander,(B) therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys,(C) to the desolate ruins(D) and the deserted(E) towns that have been plundered and ridiculed(F) by the rest of the nations around you(G)

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13 therefore thus says the Lord God, (A)I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from (B)Teman even to (C)Dedan they shall fall by the sword. 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom (D)by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and (E)they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.

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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) 14 I will take vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with my anger(F) and my wrath; they will know my vengeance, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”(G)

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37 and Babylon shall become (A)a heap of ruins,
    (B)the haunt of jackals,
(C)a horror (D)and a hissing,
    without inhabitant.

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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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10 (A)But I have stripped Esau bare;
    (B)I have uncovered his hiding places,
    and he is not able to conceal himself.
His children are destroyed, and his brothers,
    and his neighbors; and (C)he is no more.

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10 But I will strip Esau bare;
    I will uncover his hiding places,(A)
    so that he cannot conceal himself.
His armed men are destroyed,
    also his allies and neighbors,
    so there is no one(B) to say,

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