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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,

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Footnotes

  1. 1:11 Pursued his brother: “brother” here may denote a fellow vassal or subject of Israel.

11 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Edom,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he pursued his brother with a sword(B)
    and slaughtered the women of the land,
because his anger raged continually
    and his fury flamed unchecked,(C)

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