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Why do you unfaithful people boast? Your strength is failing. Why do you trust in your power and say that no one would dare attack you?
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I will bring terror on you from every side. You will all run away. Each one will run for his life, and there will be no one to bring your troops together again.
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"But later on I will make Ammon prosperous again. I, the Lord, have spoken."
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This is what the Lord Almighty said about Edom: "Have the people of Edom lost their good judgment? Can their advisers no longer tell them what to do? Has all their wisdom disappeared?
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People of Dedan, turn and run! Hide! I am going to destroy Esau's descendants because the time has come for me to punish them.
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When people pick grapes, they leave a few on the vines, and when robbers come at night, they take only what they want.
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But I have stripped Esau's descendants completely and uncovered their hiding places, so that they can no longer hide. All the people of Edom are destroyed. Not one of them is left.
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Leave your orphans with me, and I will take care of them. Your widows can depend on me.
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"If even those who did not deserve to be punished had to drink from the cup of punishment, do you think that you will go unpunished? No, you must drink from the cup!
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I myself have sworn that the city of Bozrah will become a horrifying sight and a desert; people will make fun of it and use its name as a curse. All the nearby villages will be in ruins forever. I, the Lord, have spoken."
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I said, "Edom, I have received a message from the Lord. He has sent a messenger to tell the nations to assemble their armies and to get ready to attack you.