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I will soon bring terror on you
    from everyone around you,”
    says the Lord God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; T of hosts].
“You will all be ·forced to run [driven] away,
    and no one will be able to gather you.

“But the time will come
    when I will ·make good things happen to [restore the fortunes of] the ·Ammonites [L sons of Ammon] again,”
    says the Lord.

A Message to Edom

This message is to Edom [Gen. 36; Num. 20:14–21; Ps. 137:7; Lam. 4:22; Obad. 10–14]. This is what the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; T of hosts] says:

“Is there no more wisdom in the town of Teman [Job 2:11]?
    Can the wise men [C of Edom] no longer give good advice?
    Have they lost their wisdom?

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I will bring terror on you
    from all those around you,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
“Every one of you will be driven away,
    and no one will gather the fugitives.(A)

“Yet afterward, I will restore(B) the fortunes of the Ammonites,”
declares the Lord.

A Message About Edom(C)(D)

Concerning Edom:(E)

This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?(F)
    Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    Has their wisdom decayed?

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