Jeremiah 49:17-19

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¹⁷ Edom shall become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.^{(A) 18} As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors were overthrown, says the Lord, no one shall live there, nor shall anyone settle in it.^{(B) 19} Like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a perennial pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom^[a] away from it, and I will appoint over it whomever I choose.^[b] For who is like me? Who can summon me? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?^(C)