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1. All you nations, come near and listen! Listen, all you people. The earth and everyone on it should listen to these things. Everything in this world should hear this.
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1. Come near H7126 , ye nations H1471 , to hear H8085 ; and hearken H7181 , ye people H3816 : let the earth H776 hear H8085 , and all that is therein H4393 ; the world H8398 , and all things H3605 that come forth H6631 of it.
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2. The Lord is angry with all the nations and their armies. He will destroy them all and put them to death.
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2. For H3588 the indignation H7110 of the LORD H3068 is upon H5921 all H3605 nations H1471 , and his fury H2534 upon H5921 all H3605 their armies H6635 : he hath utterly destroyed H2763 them , he hath delivered H5414 them to the slaughter H2874 .
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3. Their bodies will be thrown outside. The stink will rise from the bodies, and the blood will flow down the mountains.
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3. Their slain H2491 also shall be cast out H7993 , and their stink H889 shall come up H5927 out of their carcasses H6297 , and the mountains H2022 shall be melted H4549 with their blood H4480 H1818 .
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4. The skies will be rolled shut like a scroll, and the stars will die and fall like leaves from a vine or a fig tree. All the stars in the sky will rot away.
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4. And all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 shall be dissolved H4743 , and the heavens H8064 shall be rolled together H1556 as a scroll H5612 : and all H3605 their host H6635 shall fall down H5034 , as the leaf H5929 falleth off H5034 from the vine H4480 H1612 , and as a falling H5034 fig from the fig tree H4480 H8384 .
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5. The Lord says, "This will happen when my sword in the sky is covered with blood." Look, the Lord's sword will cut through Edom. He judged them guilty, and they must die.
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5. For H3588 my sword H2719 shall be bathed H7301 in heaven H8064 : behold H2009 , it shall come down H3381 upon H5921 Idumea H123 , and upon H5921 the people H5971 of my curse H2764 , to judgment H4941 .
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6. He decided there should be a time for killing in Bozrah and in Edom. So the Lord's sword is covered with blood and fat. The blood is from the "goats." The fat is from the kidneys of the "rams."
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6. The sword H2719 of the LORD H3068 is filled H4390 with blood H1818 , it is made fat H1878 with fatness H4480 H2459 , and with the blood H4480 H1818 of lambs H3733 and goats H6260 , with the fat H4480 H2459 of the kidneys H3629 of rams H352 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath a sacrifice H2077 in Bozrah H1224 , and a great H1419 slaughter H2874 in the land H776 of Idumea H123 .
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7. So the rams, the cattle, and the strong bulls will be killed. The land will be filled with their blood. The dirt will be covered with their fat.
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7. And the unicorns H7214 shall come down H3381 with H5973 them , and the bullocks H6499 with H5973 the bulls H47 ; and their land H776 shall be soaked H7301 with blood H4480 H1818 , and their dust H6083 made fat H1878 with fatness H4480 H2459 .
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8. This will happen because the Lord has chosen a time for punishment. He has chosen a year when people must pay for the wrong they did to Zion.
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8. For H3588 it is the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 's vengeance H5359 , and the year H8141 of recompenses H7966 for the controversy H7379 of Zion H6726 .
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9. Edom's rivers will be like hot tar. Edom's ground will be like burning sulfur.
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9. And the streams H5158 thereof shall be turned H2015 into pitch H2203 , and the dust H6083 thereof into brimstone H1614 , and the land H776 thereof shall become H1961 burning H1197 pitch H2203 .
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10. The fires will burn day and night�no one will stop the fire. The smoke will rise from Edom forever. The land will be destroyed forever and ever. No one will ever travel through that land again.
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10. It shall not H3808 be quenched H3518 night H3915 nor day H3119 ; the smoke H6227 thereof shall go up H5927 forever H5769 : from generation H4480 H1755 to generation H1755 it shall lie waste H2717 ; none H369 shall pass through H5674 it forever H5331 and ever H5331 .
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11. Birds and small animals will own that land. Owls and ravens will live there. People will call it the "Empty Desert."
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11. But the cormorant H6893 and the bittern H7090 shall possess H3423 it ; the owl H3244 also and the raven H6158 shall dwell H7931 in it : and he shall stretch out H5186 upon H5921 it the line H6957 of confusion H8414 , and the stones H68 of emptiness H922 .
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12. The freemen and leaders will all be gone, and there will be nothing left for them to rule.
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12. They shall call H7121 the nobles H2715 thereof to the kingdom H4410 , but none H369 shall be there H8033 , and all H3605 her princes H8269 shall be H1961 nothing H657 .
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13. Thorns and wild bushes will grow in all the beautiful homes there. Wild dogs and owls will live in them. Wild animals will make their homes there. Big birds will live in the grasses that grow there.
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13. And thorns H5518 shall come up H5927 in her palaces H759 , nettles H7057 and brambles H2336 in the fortresses H4013 thereof : and it shall be H1961 a habitation H5116 of dragons H8565 , and a court H2681 for owls H1323 H3284 .
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14. Wild cats will live there with hyenas. Wild goats will call to their friends. Night animals will spend some time there and find a place to rest.
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14. The wild beasts of the desert H6728 shall also meet H6298 with H854 the wild beasts of the island H338 , and the satyr H8163 shall cry H7121 to H5921 his fellow H7453 ; the screech owl H3917 also H389 shall rest H7280 there H8033 , and find H4672 for herself a place of rest H4494 .
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15. Snakes will make their homes there and lay their eggs. The eggs will open, and small snakes will crawl from the dark places. Birds that eat dead things will gather there like women visiting their friends.
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15. There H8033 shall the great owl H7091 make her nest H7077 , and lay H4422 , and hatch H1234 , and gather H1716 under her shadow H6738 : there H8033 shall the vultures H1772 also H389 be gathered H6908 , every one H802 with her mate H7468 .
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16. Look at the Lord's scroll and read what is written there. Nothing is missing. It is written in that scroll that these animals will be together. God said he will gather them together, so his Spirit will gather them together.
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16. Seek H1875 ye out of H4480 H5921 the book H5612 of the LORD H3068 , and read H7121 : no H3808 one H259 of these H4480 H2007 shall fail H5737 , none H3808 H802 shall want H6485 her mate H7468 : for H3588 my mouth H6310 it H1931 hath commanded H6680 , and his spirit H7307 it H1931 hath gathered H6908 them.
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17. God decided what he should do with them, and then he chose a place for them. He drew a line and showed them their land. So the animals will own that land forever. They will live there year after year.
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17. And he H1931 hath cast H5307 the lot H1486 for them , and his hand H3027 hath divided H2505 it unto them by line H6957 : they shall possess H3423 it forever H5704 H5769 , from generation H1755 to generation H1755 shall they dwell H7931 therein.
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