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17 “Edom will be destroyed.
    People will be shocked to see the destroyed cities.
    They will whistle from amazement at the destroyed cities.
18 Edom will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them.
    No one will live there.”
This is what the Lord said.

19 “Sometimes a lion will come from the thick bushes near the Jordan River. And it will go into the fields where people put their sheep and cattle. I am like that lion. I will go to Edom. And I will frighten the people and make them run away. None of their young men will stop me. No one is like me. No one will challenge me. None of their leaders will stand up against me.”

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17 “Edom will become an object of horror;(A)
    all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
    because of all its wounds.(B)
18 As Sodom(C) and Gomorrah(D) were overthrown,
    along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell(E) in it.

19 “Like a lion(F) coming up from Jordan’s thickets(G)
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like(H) me and who can challenge me?(I)
    And what shepherd(J) can stand against me?”

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