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Ezekiel 6:6

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6:6 In all your dwellings, the cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined so that your altars will be laid waste and ruined, your idols will be shattered and demolished, your incense altars will be broken down, and your works wiped out. 1 

Ezekiel 25:12

Context
A Prophecy Against Edom

25:12 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Edom 2  has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable 3  by taking vengeance 4  on them. 5 

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[6:6]  1 tn The Hebrew verb translated “wiped out” is used to describe the judgment of the Flood (Gen 6:7; 7:4, 23).

[25:12]  2 sn Edom was located south of Moab.

[25:12]  3 tn Heb “and they have become guilty, becoming guilty.” The infinitive absolute following the finite verb makes the statement emphatic and draws attention to the degree of guilt incurred by Edom due to its actions.

[25:12]  4 tn Heb “and they have taken vengeance.”

[25:12]  5 sn Edom apparently in some way assisted in the destruction of Jerusalem in 587/6 b.c. (Ps 137:7; Lam 5:21, 23; Joel 3:19; Obadiah).



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