All your allies have driven you to your border;
    those at peace with you have deceived you;
they have prevailed against you;
    (A)those who eat your bread[a] have set a trap beneath you—
    (B)you have[b] no understanding.

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  1. Obadiah 1:7 Hebrew lacks those who eat
  2. Obadiah 1:7 Hebrew he has

Even my (A)close friend in whom I trusted,
    who (B)ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

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Judgment on Edom

Concerning (A)Edom.

Thus says the Lord of hosts:

(B)“Is wisdom no more in (C)Teman?
    (D)Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    (E)Has their wisdom vanished?

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14 (A)All your lovers have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of (B)an enemy,
    the punishment (C)of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
    (D)because your sins are flagrant.

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18 (A)I am not speaking of all of you; I know (B)whom I have chosen. But (C)the Scripture will be fulfilled,[a] (D)‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

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  1. John 13:18 Greek But in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled

12 And (A)the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings (B)for one hour, together with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast. 14 They (C)will make war on the Lamb, and (D)the Lamb will conquer them, for he is (E)Lord of lords and (F)King of kings, and those with him are (G)called and chosen and faithful.”

15 And the angel[a] said to me, (H)“The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. 16 And (I)the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast (J)will hate the prostitute. They will make her (K)desolate and (L)naked, and (M)devour her flesh and (N)burn her up with fire, 17 for (O)God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and (P)handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

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  1. Revelation 17:15 Greek he

13 (A)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
    but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
    (B)at the opening of the womb.

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22 Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I will stir up against you your lovers (A)from whom you turned in disgust, (B)and I will bring them against you from every side: 23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, (C)Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, (D)desirable young men, (E)governors and commanders all of them, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses. 24 And they shall come against you from the north[a] with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples. (F)They shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet; and (G)I will commit the judgment to them, and (H)they shall judge you according to their judgments. 25 And I will direct my jealousy against you, (I)that they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. (J)They shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire.

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  1. Ezekiel 23:24 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown

19 “I called to (A)my lovers,
    but they deceived me;
my priests and elders
    perished in the city,
while (B)they sought food
    to revive their strength.

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22 Behold, all the women left in the house of the king of Judah were being led out to the officials of the king of Babylon and were saying,

(A)“‘Your trusted friends have deceived you
    and prevailed against you;
now that your feet are sunk in the mud,
    they turn away from you.’

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10 (A)For I hear many whispering.
    (B)Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! (C)Let us denounce him!”
    say all my (D)close friends,
    (E)watching for (F)my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then (G)we can overcome him
    and take our revenge on him.”

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30 And you, O desolate one,
what do you mean that you dress in scarlet,
    (A)that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
    (B)that you enlarge your eyes with paint?
In vain you beautify yourself.
    (C)Your lovers despise you;
    they seek your life.

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11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
    women come and make a fire of them.
(A)For this is a people without discernment;
    therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
    he who formed them will show them no favor.

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11 The princes of (A)Zoan are utterly foolish;
    the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am a son of the wise,
    a son of ancient kings”?
12 Where then are your (B)wise men?
    Let them tell you
    that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
13 The princes of (C)Zoan have become fools,
    and the princes of (D)Memphis are deluded;
those who are the (E)cornerstones of her tribes
    have made Egypt stagger.
14 The Lord has mingled within her (F)a spirit of confusion,
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
    (G)as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

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12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
    then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who (A)deals insolently with me—
    then I could hide from him.
13 (B)But it is you, a man, my equal,
    my companion, my familiar friend.

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