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19 As when a lion comes up to rich pastures
    from the dense thickets of the Jordan,
so will I in an instant drive away Edom from its land
    and designate those whom I wish to settle there.
For who is like me?
    Who can bring charges against me?
    What shepherd can stand his ground against me?
20 Therefore, hear the plan
    that the Lord has devised against Edom
and the schemes that he has in mind
    to forestall the inhabitants of Teman.
They will be dragged away
    like the smallest of the flock,
    and their pastures will be completely destroyed.
21 At the sound of their downfall,
    the earth will tremble,
and their anguished cries will be heard
    as far away as the Red Sea.

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