10 But I have (A)stripped Esau bare,
I have uncovered his hiding places
So that he will not be able to conceal himself;
His [a]offspring have been destroyed along with his [b]brothers
And his neighbors, and (B)he no longer exists.

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  1. Jeremiah 49:10 Lit seed
  2. Jeremiah 49:10 Or relatives

16 As for the terror you cause,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of [a]the (A)rock,
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as (B)high as an eagle’s,
I will (C)bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

17 “Edom will become an (D)object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will [b](E)hiss at all its wounds. 18 Like the (F)overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Lord, “(G)no one will live there, nor will [c]anyone of mankind reside in it.

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  1. Jeremiah 49:16 Or Sela
  2. Jeremiah 49:17 Or whistle
  3. Jeremiah 49:18 Lit a son of man

and say to it, ‘This is what the Lord [a]God says:

“Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir,
And I will (A)reach out with My hand against you
And make you a (B)desolation and a waste.
I will (C)turn your cities to ruins,
And you will become a desolation.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.

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  1. Ezekiel 35:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will eliminate from it one who passes through and returns. I will (A)fill its mountains with its slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

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15 As you (A)rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, (B)so I will do to you. You will be a (C)desolation, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”’

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