Therefore thus says the Lord God: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman to Dedan; they shall fall by the sword. The judgment against Edom is total: it encompasses both human and animal populations, and the geographical scope (Teman to Dedan) indicates complete territorial devastation. The military means ('fall by the sword') suggests that conquest and warfare execute the divine judgment, linking human military action to God's purposive will.

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