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\c 34
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\q1
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\v 1 You people of all nations, come near and listen;
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\q2 pay careful attention.
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\q1 I want the world and everything that is in it to hear what I say.
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\q1
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\v 2 Yahweh is angry with the people of all nations;
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\q2 he is furious with all their armies.
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\q1 He has decided that they must be destroyed,
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\q2 and he will slaughter them.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 Their corpses will not be buried,
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\q2 and as a result their bodies will stink,
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\q2 and their blood will fill the streams that flow down the mountains.
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\q1
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\v 4 The sky will disappear like a scroll that is rolled up and thrown away.
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\q2 Stars will fall from the sky
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\q1 like withered leaves fall from grapevines,
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\q2 or like shriveled figs fall from fig trees.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 When Yahweh has finished his work of destroying objects in the sky,
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\q2 he will punish the people of Edom,
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\q2 the people group that he has said must be destroyed.
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\q1
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\v 6 It is as though Yahweh will have a sword that is covered with blood and fat—
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\q2 the blood of lambs and goats
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\q2 and the fat of the kidneys of rams to be sacrificed.
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\q1 It is as though Yahweh will offer a sacrifice in Bozrah
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\q2 and kill many people in other cities in Edom.
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\q1
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\v 7 Even wild oxen will be killed,
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\q2 as well as young calves and big bulls.
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\q1 The ground will be soaked with blood,
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\q2 and the dirt will be covered with the fat of those animals.
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\b
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 8 That will be the time when Yahweh gets revenge
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\q2 for what those people did to the people of Judah.
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\q1
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\v 9 The streams in Edom will be full of burning pitch,
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\q2 and the ground will be covered with burning sulfur and burning pitch.
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\q1
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\v 10 Yahweh will never finish punishing Edom with fire;
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\q2 the smoke will rise forever.
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\q1 No one will ever live in that land,
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\q2 and no one will even travel through it.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 11 Ravens and various kinds of owls and small animals will live there.
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\q1 Yahweh will measure that land carefully;
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\q2 he will measure it to to decide where to cause chaos and destruction.
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\q1
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\v 12 There will be no more princes;
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\q2 the people who have authority will have no kingdom to rule; the princes will disappear.
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\q1
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\v 13 The deserted palaces and fortified buildings will be full of thorns and thistles.
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\q1 The ruins will be places for jackals and ostriches to live.
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\q1
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\v 14 Animals that live in the desert and hyenas will be there,
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\q2 and wild goats will bleat to each other.
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\q1 There will also be creatures that roam around at night and rest there.
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\v 15 Owls will make their nests there and lay their eggs in the nests;
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\q2 and when the eggs hatch, the mother birds will cover them with their wings.
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\q1 There will also be hawks there,
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\q2 each with its mate.
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\b
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\p
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\v 16 If you read what is written in the book that contains messages from Yahweh, you will find out what he will do to Edom.
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\q1 All of those animals and birds will be there,
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\q2 and each one will have a mate,
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\q1 because that is what Yahweh has promised,
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\q2 and his spirit will cause them all to gather there.
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\q1
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\v 17 He has decided what parts of the land of Edom each will live in,
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\q2 and those are the places where each bird or animal will live.
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\q1 Their descendants will possess those areas forever,
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\q2 throughout all generations.
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