OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 49:17

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“Edom will become an astonishment. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and will hiss at all its plagues.

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Verse 17. Desolate. The few who survived left their ancient territories, which are now a desert, like most of Stony Arabia. Calmet.—Hiss, out of contempt. The punishment was so great as to excite surprise. Worthington.

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