Take millstones and grind flour;(A)
remove your veil,
strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,
wade through the streams.
Your nakedness will be uncovered,
and your disgrace will be exposed.(B)
I will take vengeance;
I will spare no one.”[a]

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  1. 47:3 Hb obscure

Take millstones(A) and grind(B) flour;
    take off your veil.(C)
Lift up your skirts,(D) bare your legs,
    and wade through the streams.
Your nakedness(E) will be exposed
    and your shame(F) uncovered.
I will take vengeance;(G)
    I will spare no one.(H)

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10 But I will strip Esau bare;
I will uncover his secret places.(A)
He will try to hide,(B) but he will be unable.
His descendants will be destroyed
along with his relatives and neighbors.
He will exist no longer.(C)

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10 But I will strip Esau bare;
    I will uncover his hiding places,(A)
    so that he cannot conceal himself.
His armed men are destroyed,
    also his allies and neighbors,
    so there is no one(B) to say,

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I am against you.(A)
This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
I will lift your skirts over your face
and display your nakedness to nations,
your shame to kingdoms.(B)

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“I am against(A) you,” declares the Lord Almighty.
    “I will lift your skirts(B) over your face.
I will show the nations your nakedness(C)
    and the kingdoms your shame.

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