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Edom

11 Thus says the Lord:

For three crimes of Edom, and now four—
    I will not take it back—
Because he pursued his brother[a] with the sword,
    suppressing all pity,
Persisting in his anger,
    his wrath raging without end,
12 I will send fire upon Teman,
    and it will devour the strongholds of Bozrah.[b]

Ammon

13 Thus says the Lord:

For three crimes of the Ammonites, and now four—
    I will not take it back—
Because they ripped open pregnant women in Gilead,(A)
    in order to extend their territory,

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Footnotes

  1. 1:11 Pursued his brother: “brother” here may denote a fellow vassal or subject of Israel.
  2. 1:12 Teman…Bozrah: two of the chief cities of Edom; cf. Jer 49:20.