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1"I have loved you," says the LORD. 2But you say, "How have you loved us?""Is not Esau 3Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet 4I have loved Jacob
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but Esau I have hated. 5I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert."
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If Edom says, "We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins," the LORD of hosts says, "They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called 'the wicked country,' and 'the people with whom the LORD is angry forever.'"
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6Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, "Great is the LORD beyond the border of Israel!"