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17 Edom shall become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters. 18 As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbours were overthrown, says the Lord, no one shall live there, nor shall anyone settle in it. 19 Like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom[a] away from it; and I will appoint over it whomsoever I choose.[b] For who is like me? Who can summon me? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

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  1. Jeremiah 49:19 Heb him
  2. Jeremiah 49:19 Or and I will single out the choicest of his rams: Meaning of Heb uncertain

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