“‘This is what the Lord God says: Certainly in my burning zeal I speak against the rest of the nations and all of Edom,(A) who took[a] my land as their own possession with wholehearted rejoicing and utter contempt(B) so that its pastureland became[b] plunder. Therefore, prophesy concerning Israel’s land, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: This is what the Lord God says: Look, I speak in my burning zeal(C) because you have endured the insults of the nations. Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I swear[c] that the nations all around you will endure their own insults.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 36:5 Lit gave
  2. 36:5 Or contempt, to empty it of; Hb obscure
  3. 36:7 Lit lift up my hand

this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my burning(A) zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’(B) Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations.(C) Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand(D) that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.(E)

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