“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.”
therefore prophesy to the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, in my jealous wrath I have spoken, because you have suffered the shame of the nations; therefore thus says the Lord God: I swear that the nations that are round about you shall themselves suffer shame, establishing that foreign shame will reverse Israel's humiliation. The oath (marked by 'I swear') emphasizes divine certainty.
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