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Because
1you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword
2at the time of their calamity,
3at the time of their final punishment,
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therefore,
4as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you;
5because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you.
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6I will make Mount Seir a waste
7and a desolation, and I will cut off from it
8all who come and go.
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And I will fill
9its mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all
10your ravines
11those slain with the sword shall fall.
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12I will make you a perpetual desolation, and
13your cities shall not be inhabited. Then
14you will know that I am the LORD.
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"Because you said,
15'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and
16we will take possession of them'--although the
17LORD was there--
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therefore,
18as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will deal with you
19according to the anger and
20envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And
21I will make myself known among them, when I judge you.
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And you shall know that I am the LORD.
22"I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, 'They are laid desolate;
23they are given us to devour.'
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And
24you magnified yourselves against me
25with your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it.
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Thus says the Lord GOD:
26While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.
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As you
27rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate,
28Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then
29they will know that I am the LORD.