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Concerning Edom, thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts;
Is
wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel
perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
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Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants
of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time
that
I will visit him.
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If
grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave
some
gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they
will destroy till they have enough.
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But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places,
and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours,
and he is not.
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Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve
them
alive; and let thy widows trust
in me.
12
For thus saith the L
ORD
; Behold, they whose judgment
was
not to drink of the cup have
assuredly drunken; and
art
thou he
that
shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished,
but thou shalt surely drink
of it.
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For I have sworn by myself, saith the L
ORD
, that Bozrah shall
become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual
wastes.
14
I have heard a rumour from the L
ORD
, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen,
saying,
Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
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For, lo, I will make thee small
among the heathen,
and
despised among men.
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Thy terribleness hath deceived thee,
and
the pride
of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though
thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the
L
ORD
.
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Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall
hiss at all the plagues thereof.
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As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour
cities
thereof, saith the L
ORD
, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
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Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the
strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who
is
a chosen
man, that
I may
appoint over her? for who
is
like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who
is
that shepherd
that will stand before me?
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Therefore hear the counsel of the L
ORD
, that he hath taken against
Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least
of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
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The
earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
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Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day
shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
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Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings:
they are fainthearted;
there is
sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
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Damascus is waxed feeble,
and
turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on
her:
anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a
woman in travail.
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How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
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Therefore her young
men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the L
ORD
of
hosts.
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And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of
Ben-hadad.
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Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon shall smite, thus saith the L
ORD
; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
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