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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! ”