13 (A)Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
    nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of (B)jackals,
    an abode for ostriches.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 34:13 Or owls

13 Thorns(A) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.(B)
She will become a haunt for jackals,(C)
    a home for owls.(D)

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10 (A)But I have stripped Esau bare;
    (B)I have uncovered his hiding places,
    and he is not able to conceal himself.
His children are destroyed, and his brothers,
    and his neighbors; and (C)he is no more.

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10 But I will strip Esau bare;
    I will uncover his hiding places,(A)
    so that he cannot conceal himself.
His armed men are destroyed,
    also his allies and neighbors,
    so there is no one(B) to say,

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18 (A)As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their (B)neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, (C)no man shall dwell there, (D)no man shall sojourn in her.

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18 As Sodom(A) and Gomorrah(B) were overthrown,
    along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell(C) in it.

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and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: (A)Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and (B)I will stretch out my hand against you, (C)and I will make you a desolation and a waste. (D)I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord.

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and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand(A) against you and make you a desolate waste.(B) I will turn your towns into ruins(C) and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(D)

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19 (A)“Egypt shall become a desolation
    and (B)Edom a desolate wilderness,
(C)for the violence done to the people of Judah,
    because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

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19 But Egypt(A) will be desolate,
    Edom(B) a desert waste,
because of violence(C) done to the people of Judah,
    in whose land they shed innocent blood.

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