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You people living in the town of Dedan,
    ·run away [flee] and hide in deep caves,
because I will bring ·disaster [calamity] on the people of Esau.
    It is time for me to punish them.
If workers came and picked the grapes from your vines,
    they would leave ·a few grapes [gleanings] behind.
If robbers came at night,
    they would steal only enough for themselves.
10 But I will strip Esau [C Edom] bare.
    I will ·find [expose] all their hiding places,
    so they will not be able to hide from me.
The ·children [L seed], ·relatives [brothers], and neighbors will die,
    And they [C Edom] will be no more.

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Turn and flee, hide in deep caves,(A)
    you who live in Dedan,(B)
for I will bring disaster on Esau
    at the time when I punish him.
If grape pickers came to you,
    would they not leave a few grapes?
If thieves came during the night,
    would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
10 But I will strip Esau bare;
    I will uncover his hiding places,(C)
    so that he cannot conceal himself.
His armed men are destroyed,
    also his allies and neighbors,
    so there is no one(D) to say,

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