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How Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures searched out!
Obadiah 1:6 In-Context
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Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
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“If thieves came to you, if robbers in the night— oh, what a disaster awaits you!— would they not steal only as much as they wanted? If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes?
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But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged!
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All your allies will force you to the border; your friends will deceive and overpower you; those who eat your bread will set a trap for you,but you will not detect it.
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“In that day,” declares the LORD, “will I not destroy the wise men of Edom, those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?