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8 For the LORD has a day of vengeance, A year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
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For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.
9 Its streams will be turned into pitch, And its loose earth into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch.
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Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch, her dust into burning sulfur; her land will become blazing pitch!
10 It will not be quenched night or day; Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation it will be desolate; None will pass through it forever and ever.
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It will not be quenched night or day; its smoke will rise forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever pass through it again.
11 But pelican and hedgehog will possess it, And owl and raven will dwell in it; And He will stretch over it the line of desolation And the plumb line of emptiness.
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The desert owl and screech owl will possess it; the great owl and the raven will nest there. God will stretch out over Edom the measuring line of chaos and the plumb line of desolation.
12 Its nobles -there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king - And all its princes will be nothing.
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Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom, all her princes will vanish away.
13 Thorns will come up in its fortified towers, Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities; It will also be a haunt of jackals And an abode of ostriches.
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Thorns will overrun her citadels, nettles and brambles her strongholds. She will become a haunt for jackals, a home for owls.
14 The desert creatures will meet with the wolves, The hairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, the night monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place.
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Desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and wild goats will bleat to each other; there the night creatures will also lie down and find for themselves places of rest.
15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there, And it will hatch and gather them under its protection. Yes, the hawks will be gathered there, Every one with its kind.
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The owl will nest there and lay eggs, she will hatch them, and care for her young under the shadow of her wings; there also the falcons will gather, each with its mate.
16 Seek from the book of the LORD , and read: Not one of these will be missing; None will lack its mate. For His mouth has commanded, And His Spirit has gathered them.
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Look in the scroll of the LORD and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate. For it is his mouth that has given the order, and his Spirit will gather them together.
17 He has cast the lot for them, And His hand has divided it to them by line. They shall possess it forever ; From generation to generation they will dwell in it.
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He allots their portions; his hand distributes them by measure. They will possess it forever and dwell there from generation to generation.
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