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In reply, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord God: Since you have been ravaged and hounded from all sides, and thus have become the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s gossip and slander, therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God and what the Lord God says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the deserted towns which have been plundered and have become a source of ridicule to the surrounding nations.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: With seething jealousy I am speaking against the rest of the nations, and against the whole of Edom, who, with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, took my country as their possession so that they might plunder its pastures.

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Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they ravaged(A) and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander,(B) therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys,(C) to the desolate ruins(D) and the deserted(E) towns that have been plundered and ridiculed(F) by the rest of the nations around you(G) this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my burning(H) zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’(I)

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