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you</c><00:12:37.720><c> really</c><00:12:38.279><c> try</c><00:12:38.519><c> and</c><00:12:38.779><c> piece</c><00:12:38.960><c> together</c> 00:12:39.379 --> 00:12:45.879 Jeremiah<00:12:39.820><c> 49,</c><00:12:41.240><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:41.539><c> 25,</c><00:12:42.740><c> and</c><00:12:42.899><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:43.259><c> 34</c><00:12:43.659><c> and</c><00:12:43.820><c> 35</c><00:12:44.259><c> as</c><00:12:44.580><c> well.</c><00:12:45.059><c> That</c><00:12:45.399><c> tends</c><00:12:45.659><c> to</c> 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:46.919 give<00:12:45.980><c> quite</c><00:12:46.240><c> a</c><00:12:46.399><c> good</c><00:12:46.600><c> picture,</c> 00:12:47.100 --> 00:12:52.799 rounded<00:12:47.340><c> picture,</c><00:12:48.460><c> of</c><00:12:49.740><c> Edom</c><00:12:50.100><c> and</c><00:12:50.220><c> the</c><00:12:50.539><c> destruction</c><00:12:50.879><c> of</c><00:12:51.080><c> Edom</c><00:12:51.539><c> scripturally.</c> 00:12:56.679 --> 00:13:03.159 Well,<00:12:57.399><c> 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Edom's</c><00:24:06.079><c> history?</c> 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:11.880 Well<00:24:07.099><c> the</c><00:24:07.480><c> area</c><00:24:07.940><c> of</c><00:24:08.740><c> that</c><00:24:09.559><c> Esau</c><00:24:10.180><c> and</c><00:24:10.460><c> his</c><00:24:10.640><c> people</c><00:24:10.880><c> moved</c><00:24:11.200><c> into</c> 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:15.259 was<00:24:12.680><c> originally</c><00:24:13.160><c> called</c><00:24:13.440><c> the</c><00:24:13.700><c> country</c><00:24:14.079><c> of</c><00:24:14.500><c> Sila</c> 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:19.700 and<00:24:15.819><c> Sila</c><00:24:16.059><c> in</c><00:24:16.140><c> the</c><00:24:16.339><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:16.519><c> means</c><00:24:17.039><c> a</c><00:24:17.400><c> craggy</c><00:24:17.759><c> rock</c><00:24:17.980><c> or</c><00:24:18.220><c> a</c><00:24:18.400><c> fortress.</c><00:24:19.500><c> So</c> 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.960 the<00:24:19.900><c> first</c><00:24:20.200><c> place</c><00:24:20.460><c> that</c><00:24:20.599><c> they</c><00:24:20.799><c> went</c> 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:25.339 to<00:24:21.099><c> when</c><00:24:21.220><c> they</c><00:24:21.460><c> moved</c><00:24:21.720><c> away</c><00:24:22.200><c> from</c><00:24:22.940><c> the</c><00:24:23.799><c> tents</c><00:24:24.160><c> of</c><00:24:24.619><c> Isaac</c><00:24:25.079><c> and</c> 00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:27.960 they<00:24:25.539><c> went</c><00:24:25.720><c> into</c><00:24:25.960><c> that</c><00:24:26.619><c> hill</c><00:24:26.960><c> country</c><00:24:27.339><c> of</c><00:24:27.599><c> Edom</c> 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:31.599 it<00:24:28.420><c> was</c><00:24:28.720><c> called</c><00:24:28.859><c> the</c><00:24:28.980><c> country</c><00:24:29.279><c> of</c><00:24:29.599><c> Sila</c><00:24:29.960><c> meaning</c><00:24:30.660><c> craggy</c><00:24:31.359><c> rock</c> 00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:35.339 or<00:24:31.900><c> fortress.</c><00:24:34.119><c> And</c><00:24:34.440><c> the</c><00:24:34.599><c> people</c><00:24:34.819><c> who</c><00:24:35.019><c> lived</c><00:24:35.140><c> there</c> 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:39.460 were<00:24:35.539><c> the</c><00:24:35.700><c> Horites.</c><00:24:36.940><c> Now</c><00:24:37.200><c> Hori</c><00:24:37.519><c> was</c><00:24:37.720><c> the</c><00:24:37.920><c> son</c><00:24:38.039><c> of</c><00:24:38.279><c> Lotan</c><00:24:38.920><c> the</c> 00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:42.599 son<00:24:39.700><c> of</c><00:24:40.079><c> Seir</c><00:24:40.440><c> brother</c><00:24:41.079><c> of</c><00:24:41.380><c> Heman</c><00:24:41.640><c> as</c><00:24:42.000><c> we</c><00:24:42.220><c> get</c><00:24:42.359><c> from</c> 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:48.319 Genesis<00:24:42.980><c> 36</c><00:24:43.619><c> verse</c><00:24:43.900><c> 22</c><00:24:44.380><c> and</c><00:24:44.599><c> 30.</c><00:24:45.900><c> So</c><00:24:46.339><c> it</c><00:24:46.660><c> was</c><00:24:47.019><c> originally</c><00:24:47.460><c> inhabited</c><00:24:47.960><c> by</c> 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:50.640 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le</c><00:25:19.140><c>-Omar</c><00:25:19.500><c> in</c><00:25:20.079><c> Genesis</c><00:25:20.420><c> 14</c><00:25:20.900><c> verse</c><00:25:21.220><c> 5</c> 00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:26.160 and<00:25:21.660><c> 6.</c><00:25:22.960><c> The</c><00:25:23.599><c> Horites</c><00:25:24.099><c> were</c><00:25:24.380><c> present</c><00:25:24.859><c> at</c><00:25:25.380><c> that</c><00:25:25.640><c> time</c><00:25:25.819><c> of</c><00:25:26.000><c> the</c> 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:29.640 invasion.<00:25:27.680><c> So</c><00:25:28.000><c> the</c><00:25:28.200><c> land</c><00:25:28.319><c> wasn't</c><00:25:28.640><c> always</c><00:25:29.079><c> inhabited</c> 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:34.619 by<00:25:30.400><c> the</c><00:25:30.599><c> descendants</c><00:25:31.079><c> of</c><00:25:31.500><c> Esau</c><00:25:31.640><c> as</c><00:25:31.859><c> we</c><00:25:32.299><c> obviously</c><00:25:32.740><c> know.</c><00:25:34.380><c> And</c> 00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:36.759 then<00:25:34.799><c> Esau</c><00:25:35.140><c> settled</c><00:25:35.539><c> then</c><00:25:35.779><c> he</c><00:25:35.920><c> began</c><00:25:36.160><c> the</c><00:25:36.420><c> centuries</c> 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:42.740 of<00:25:36.960><c> opposition</c><00:25:37.579><c> to</c><00:25:38.299><c> natural</c><00:25:38.700><c> Jacob.</c><00:25:41.059><c> But</c><00:25:41.420><c> the</c><00:25:41.819><c> Edomites</c><00:25:42.359><c> were</c> 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:44.839 weakened<00:25:43.160><c> when</c><00:25:43.539><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:25:44.140><c> came</c><00:25:44.380><c> into</c><00:25:44.640><c> the</c> 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:49.480 land<00:25:45.019><c> around</c><00:25:45.380><c> about</c><00:25:45.859><c> the</c><00:25:46.099><c> 6th</c><00:25:46.420><c> century</c><00:25:46.740><c> BC</c><00:25:47.259><c> when</c><00:25:48.000><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:25:48.799><c> began</c><00:25:49.200><c> his</c> 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:51.339 last<00:25:49.859><c> wave</c><00:25:50.079><c> of</c><00:25:50.319><c> invasions</c> 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:55.460 into<00:25:52.019><c> Judah.</c><00:25:52.819><c> And</c><00:25:53.039><c> they</c><00:25:53.160><c> were</c><00:25:53.380><c> weakened</c><00:25:53.599><c> as</c><00:25:53.940><c> well.</c><00:25:55.160><c> Edom</c><00:25:55.299><c> of</c> 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:58.680 course<00:25:55.700><c> was</c><00:25:55.960><c> really</c><00:25:56.660><c> first</c><00:25:57.039><c> very</c><00:25:57.819><c> keen</c><00:25:58.039><c> and</c><00:25:58.359><c> eager</c> 00:25:58.680 --> 00:26:03.619 to<00:25:59.259><c> capitalize</c><00:25:59.779><c> on</c><00:26:00.400><c> the</c><00:26:00.799><c> invasion</c><00:26:01.259><c> of</c><00:26:01.519><c> Judah</c><00:26:01.759><c> by</c><00:26:02.019><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c><00:26:03.259><c> But</c><00:26:03.420><c> of</c> 00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.859 course<00:26:03.880><c> after</c><00:26:04.200><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c> 00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:08.019 sorted<00:26:05.200><c> out</c><00:26:05.660><c> Judah,</c><00:26:06.519><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:26:07.019><c> sorted</c><00:26:07.380><c> out</c><00:26:07.640><c> everybody</c> 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:10.380 else<00:26:08.319><c> in</c><00:26:08.460><c> the</c><00:26:08.599><c> area</c><00:26:08.839><c> as</c><00:26:09.079><c> well</c><00:26:09.240><c> and</c><00:26:09.400><c> that</c><00:26:09.599><c> included</c> 00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:15.079 the<00:26:11.140><c> Edomites.</c><00:26:12.039><c> So</c><00:26:12.200><c> they</c><00:26:12.339><c> were</c><00:26:12.539><c> weakened</c><00:26:12.740><c> quite</c><00:26:13.140><c> considerably</c><00:26:13.640><c> during</c><00:26:13.980><c> that</c><00:26:14.240><c> time.</c> 00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:20.759 After<00:26:17.579><c> that</c><00:26:17.880><c> the</c><00:26:18.240><c> Nabatean</c><00:26:18.819><c> Arabs</c><00:26:19.359><c> who</c><00:26:19.839><c> were</c><00:26:20.059><c> descended</c><00:26:20.420><c> from</c> 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:23.460 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it</c><00:26:48.279><c> was</c><00:26:48.460><c> a</c> 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.900 great<00:26:48.799><c> place.</c><00:26:49.599><c> It</c><00:26:49.680><c> was</c> 00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:53.779 a<00:26:50.039><c> place</c><00:26:50.240><c> where</c><00:26:50.480><c> there</c><00:26:50.599><c> was</c><00:26:50.920><c> trade.</c><00:26:51.319><c> There</c><00:26:51.480><c> were</c><00:26:51.880><c> trade</c><00:26:52.240><c> camels</c><00:26:52.720><c> moving</c><00:26:53.059><c> upwards</c><00:26:53.440><c> and</c> 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.440 down<00:26:53.980><c> up</c><00:26:54.339><c> and</c><00:26:54.519><c> down</c><00:26:54.640><c> the</c> 00:26:55.500 --> 00:27:00.440 bringing<00:26:55.940><c> in</c><00:26:56.640><c> wealth</c><00:26:57.059><c> and</c><00:26:57.859><c> treasures.</c><00:26:59.160><c> And</c><00:26:59.160><c> of</c><00:26:59.299><c> course</c><00:26:59.539><c> culture</c><00:27:00.099><c> and</c> 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:02.240 art<00:27:00.680><c> 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around</c><00:27:31.980><c> BC</c><00:27:32.339><c> 128</c><00:27:33.079><c> that</c><00:27:33.359><c> John</c> 00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:37.359 Hyrcanus<00:27:34.319><c> defeated</c><00:27:34.740><c> the</c><00:27:34.960><c> Edomites</c><00:27:35.559><c> and</c><00:27:36.079><c> he</c><00:27:36.440><c> forced</c><00:27:36.619><c> them</c><00:27:37.019><c> to</c> 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:39.640 proselyte<00:27:37.880><c> and</c><00:27:38.119><c> convert</c><00:27:38.460><c> to</c><00:27:38.700><c> Judaism.</c> 00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:43.859 Now<00:27:40.599><c> of</c><00:27:40.759><c> course</c><00:27:40.960><c> this</c><00:27:41.259><c> meant</c><00:27:41.480><c> then</c><00:27:41.720><c> that</c><00:27:41.859><c> they</c><00:27:42.140><c> became</c><00:27:42.539><c> an</c><00:27:42.920><c> extra</c><00:27:43.400><c> tribe</c><00:27:43.680><c> a</c> 00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:46.500 little<00:27:44.119><c> wart</c><00:27:44.539><c> within</c><00:27:45.099><c> Israel</c><00:27:45.700><c> that</c><00:27:46.160><c> was</c> 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:52.099 continuously<00:27:47.339><c> gnawing</c><00:27:47.900><c> away</c><00:27:48.299><c> at</c><00:27:48.500><c> the</c><00:27:48.700><c> fabric</c><00:27:49.079><c> of</c><00:27:49.680><c> Jewish</c><00:27:49.900><c> society.</c><00:27:51.200><c> They</c><00:27:51.420><c> became</c><00:27:51.680><c> known</c><00:27:51.920><c> as</c> 00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:53.420 the<00:27:52.259><c> Idumeans</c> 00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:57.140 from<00:27:54.039><c> Eden</c><00:27:54.460><c> the</c><00:27:54.660><c> Edomites</c><00:27:55.180><c> to</c><00:27:55.420><c> Idumeans.</c><00:27:56.519><c> And</c><00:27:56.700><c> of</c><00:27:56.859><c> course</c><00:27:57.019><c> we</c> 00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:59.539 know<00:27:57.319><c> that</c><00:27:57.660><c> Herod</c><00:27:57.900><c> was</c><00:27:58.099><c> an</c><00:27:58.339><c> Idumean</c> 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:04.400 and<00:27:59.839><c> they</c><00:28:00.099><c> 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Zirad.</c><00:32:15.500><c> I</c><00:32:15.500><c> don't</c><00:32:15.680><c> know</c><00:32:15.740><c> if</c> 00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:17.480 you<00:32:15.900><c> can</c><00:32:16.160><c> see</c><00:32:16.319><c> that</c><00:32:16.519><c> probably</c><00:32:16.799><c> not</c><00:32:17.119><c> that</c><00:32:17.319><c> well</c> 00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:22.019 there.<00:32:18.339><c> Brook</c><00:32:18.640><c> Zirad</c><00:32:19.279><c> and</c><00:32:20.279><c> then</c><00:32:20.480><c> the</c><00:32:20.700><c> king's</c><00:32:21.099><c> highway</c><00:32:21.299><c> of</c><00:32:21.460><c> course</c><00:32:21.700><c> ran</c> 00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:23.660 from<00:32:22.380><c> Isi</c><00:32:22.660><c> and</c><00:32:22.799><c> Geva</c><00:32:23.079><c> right</c><00:32:23.339><c> in</c><00:32:23.500><c> the</c> 00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:28.319 Gulf<00:32:23.799><c> of</c><00:32:24.119><c> Aqaba</c><00:32:24.420><c> all</c><00:32:24.700><c> the</c><00:32:24.839><c> way</c><00:32:25.000><c> 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stretched</c><00:33:13.700><c> down</c> 00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:16.900 as<00:33:14.700><c> far</c><00:33:14.839><c> as</c><00:33:15.039><c> Isi</c><00:33:15.259><c> and</c><00:33:15.380><c> Geva</c><00:33:15.579><c> but</c><00:33:15.720><c> there's</c><00:33:16.000><c> no</c><00:33:16.180><c> real</c><00:33:16.380><c> indication</c> 00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:19.140 of<00:33:17.180><c> that.</c><00:33:18.259><c> So</c><00:33:18.460><c> it's</c><00:33:18.619><c> a</c><00:33:18.740><c> tiny</c><00:33:18.920><c> little</c> 00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:24.059 country<00:33:19.680><c> but</c><00:33:20.200><c> it</c><00:33:20.440><c> caused</c><00:33:20.700><c> Israel</c><00:33:21.180><c> no</c><00:33:21.500><c> end</c><00:33:21.779><c> of</c><00:33:22.059><c> suffering.</c><00:33:23.859><c> Now</c> 00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:25.920 you<00:33:24.180><c> notice</c><00:33:24.460><c> remember</c><00:33:24.819><c> God</c><00:33:25.079><c> had</c><00:33:25.299><c> said</c><00:33:25.420><c> that</c><00:33:25.720><c> the</c> 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:29.460 area<00:33:26.279><c> of</c><00:33:26.440><c> the</c><00:33:26.579><c> Edomites</c><00:33:27.119><c> was</c><00:33:27.480><c> not</c><00:33:27.779><c> to</c><00:33:27.940><c> be</c><00:33:28.079><c> given</c><00:33:28.200><c> to</c><00:33:28.380><c> the</c><00:33:28.480><c> children</c><00:33:28.700><c> of</c><00:33:28.900><c> Israel.</c><00:33:29.220><c> No</c> 00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:31.039 not<00:33:29.759><c> even</c><00:33:30.059><c> as</c><00:33:30.279><c> much</c><00:33:30.480><c> as</c><00:33:30.920><c> a</c> 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:34.680 foot<00:33:31.200><c> spread.</c><00:33:32.279><c> And</c><00:33:32.559><c> there's</c><00:33:32.880><c> the</c><00:33:33.079><c> definition</c><00:33:33.460><c> of</c><00:33:33.660><c> the</c><00:33:33.900><c> promised</c><00:33:34.119><c> land</c> 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:36.539 and<00:33:35.240><c> there's</c><00:33:35.500><c> the</c><00:33:35.660><c> area</c><00:33:35.839><c> of</c><00:33:36.059><c> Edom</c><00:33:36.319><c> and</c> 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:41.759 you<00:33:36.700><c> notice</c><00:33:36.980><c> the</c><00:33:37.220><c> distinction.</c><00:33:38.740><c> They</c><00:33:38.839><c> are</c><00:33:39.019><c> not</c><00:33:39.319><c> given</c><00:33:39.700><c> one</c><00:33:40.440><c> ounce</c><00:33:41.039><c> of</c> 00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:43.140 the<00:33:42.000><c> Edomite</c><00:33:42.420><c> territory</c><00:33:42.779><c> as</c><00:33:43.000><c> their</c> 00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:49.819 possession.<00:33:44.319><c> It</c><00:33:44.460><c> was</c><00:33:44.740><c> not</c><00:33:44.920><c> to</c><00:33:45.099><c> be</c><00:33:45.299><c> part</c><00:33:45.619><c> of</c><00:33:46.160><c> the</c><00:33:46.380><c> original</c><00:33:46.740><c> promised</c><00:33:47.140><c> land.</c><00:33:49.480><c> And</c> 00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:51.380 the<00:33:49.940><c> New</c><00:33:50.140><c> Testament</c><00:33:50.559><c> times</c><00:33:51.039><c> you</c> 00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:53.980 notice<00:33:51.660><c> that</c><00:33:51.859><c> the</c><00:33:52.019><c> map</c><00:33:52.200><c> says</c><00:33:52.480><c> now</c><00:33:52.759><c> here</c><00:33:52.980><c> that</c><00:33:53.380><c> this</c><00:33:53.640><c> is</c><00:33:53.819><c> now</c> 00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:56.559 called<00:33:54.160><c> Nabatea</c><00:33:54.680><c> because</c><00:33:55.000><c> the</c><00:33:55.440><c> Nabatean</c><00:33:55.880><c> Arabs</c><00:33:56.220><c> had</c> 00:33:56.559 --> 00:34:01.240 moved<00:33:56.759><c> into</c><00:33:57.019><c> this</c><00:33:57.299><c> area,</c><00:33:58.539><c> displaced</c><00:33:58.859><c> the</c><00:33:59.400><c> natural</c><00:33:59.740><c>-born</c><00:34:00.000><c> Edomites,</c><00:34:00.940><c> the</c> 00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:03.720 descendants<00:34:01.680><c> of</c><00:34:02.339><c> Esau,</c><00:34:03.059><c> and</c><00:34:03.319><c> they</c><00:34:03.559><c> had</c> 00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:06.799 moved<00:34:03.880><c> up</c><00:34:04.160><c> here</c><00:34:04.339><c> into</c><00:34:04.559><c> this</c><00:34:04.859><c> area</c><00:34:05.240><c> in</c><00:34:05.539><c> southern</c><00:34:05.779><c> Judea.</c><00:34:06.619><c> And</c> 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:10.239 that's<00:34:07.019><c> the</c><00:34:07.160><c> area</c><00:34:07.279><c> called</c><00:34:08.400><c> Idumea</c><00:34:09.300><c> and</c><00:34:09.920><c> they</c><00:34:10.059><c> were</c> 00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:13.360 the<00:34:10.420><c> thorn</c><00:34:10.539><c> in</c><00:34:10.739><c> the</c><00:34:10.980><c> side</c><00:34:11.239><c> internally.</c><00:34:12.400><c> Internal</c><00:34:12.860><c> divisions</c> 00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:15.940 in<00:34:13.559><c> Israel</c><00:34:13.980><c> caused</c><00:34:14.400><c> by</c><00:34:15.059><c> those</c><00:34:15.440><c> people</c><00:34:15.739><c> who</c> 00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:20.420 now<00:34:16.199><c> are</c><00:34:16.360><c> part</c><00:34:16.619><c> of</c><00:34:17.280><c> the</c><00:34:17.460><c> tribes</c><00:34:17.719><c> of</c><00:34:17.920><c> Israel.</c><00:34:19.539><c> Let's</c><00:34:20.039><c> zoom</c><00:34:20.239><c> in</c> 00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:23.420 there<00:34:20.579><c> again.</c><00:34:21.579><c> So</c><00:34:21.739><c> it</c><00:34:21.739><c> was</c><00:34:21.920><c> the</c><00:34:22.059><c> Nabatean</c><00:34:22.539><c> area</c><00:34:22.980><c> here</c> 00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:27.219 and<00:34:23.860><c> Idumea</c><00:34:24.420><c> was</c><00:34:24.780><c> right</c><00:34:25.039><c> on</c><00:34:25.239><c> this</c><00:34:25.480><c> side</c><00:34:25.719><c> now</c><00:34:26.239><c> off</c><00:34:26.639><c> the</c><00:34:26.920><c> Jordan</c> 00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:31.500 Rift<00:34:27.500><c> Valley</c><00:34:28.000><c> to</c><00:34:29.039><c> the</c><00:34:29.500><c> west</c><00:34:30.179><c> of</c><00:34:30.400><c> Masada.</c> 00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:37.599 And<00:34:34.320><c> there's</c><00:34:34.460><c> the</c><00:34:34.679><c> King's</c><00:34:35.019><c> Highway.</c><00:34:35.940><c> Here's</c><00:34:36.460><c> one</c><00:34:36.880><c> of</c><00:34:37.000><c> the</c><00:34:37.139><c> borders</c><00:34:37.380><c> of</c> 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.960 the<00:34:37.780><c> road</c><00:34:37.980><c> and</c><00:34:38.099><c> there's</c><00:34:38.380><c> the</c><00:34:38.519><c> other</c><00:34:38.699><c> border</c> 00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:43.519 of<00:34:39.159><c> the</c><00:34:39.340><c> road.</c><00:34:39.980><c> This</c><00:34:40.159><c> is</c><00:34:40.340><c> actually</c><00:34:40.679><c> part</c><00:34:40.940><c> of</c><00:34:41.159><c> the</c><00:34:41.340><c> Roman</c><00:34:42.119><c> construction</c><00:34:43.320><c> of</c> 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.719 the<00:34:43.679><c> King's</c><00:34:44.039><c> Highway.</c><00:34:44.300><c> The</c><00:34:44.440><c> Romans</c> 00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:49.480 did<00:34:44.960><c> it</c><00:34:45.139><c> up</c><00:34:45.440><c> as</c><00:34:45.980><c> the</c><00:34:46.219><c> engineers</c><00:34:46.519><c> will</c><00:34:46.800><c> want</c><00:34:46.920><c> to</c><00:34:47.119><c> do</c><00:34:47.199><c> all</c><00:34:47.400><c> over</c><00:34:47.619><c> the</c><00:34:47.780><c> empire.</c><00:34:48.500><c> There's</c><00:34:48.800><c> in</c><00:34:48.960><c> fact</c><00:34:49.139><c> a</c> 00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.380 Roman<00:34:49.820><c> milestone</c> 00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:52.880 which<00:34:50.619><c> has</c><00:34:50.940><c> fallen</c><00:34:51.139><c> over.</c><00:34:52.039><c> And</c><00:34:52.179><c> you</c><00:34:52.260><c> can</c><00:34:52.400><c> see</c><00:34:52.440><c> it's</c><00:34:52.639><c> actually</c> 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:54.500 a<00:34:53.099><c> very</c><00:34:53.260><c> good</c><00:34:53.440><c> place</c><00:34:53.679><c> for</c><00:34:53.860><c> building</c><00:34:54.079><c> a</c><00:34:54.320><c> road.</c> 00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:57.280 You<00:34:54.760><c> know</c><00:34:54.900><c> why?</c><00:34:55.739><c> They're</c><00:34:55.840><c> the</c><00:34:56.000><c> modern</c><00:34:56.320><c> road</c><00:34:56.579><c> builders.</c><00:34:56.860><c> They've</c><00:34:57.199><c> built</c> 00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:59.099 one<00:34:57.559><c> along</c><00:34:57.719><c> there</c><00:34:57.960><c> as</c><00:34:58.159><c> well.</c><00:34:58.739><c> It</c><00:34:58.900><c> was</c> 00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:01.400 well<00:34:59.380><c> chosen.</c><00:34:59.880><c> It</c><00:34:59.960><c> was</c><00:35:00.139><c> an</c><00:35:00.380><c> appropriate</c><00:35:00.699><c> place</c><00:35:01.000><c> for</c><00:35:01.179><c> a</c><00:35:01.280><c> road</c> 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:06.940 to<00:35:01.639><c> be.</c><00:35:05.039><c> And</c><00:35:05.320><c> you</c><00:35:05.460><c> notice</c><00:35:05.679><c> the</c><00:35:05.900><c> elevation</c><00:35:06.300><c> as</c><00:35:06.619><c> well</c> 00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:09.539 of<00:35:07.159><c> this</c><00:35:07.460><c> area.</c><00:35:07.840><c> We're</c><00:35:08.019><c> looking</c><00:35:08.199><c> at</c><00:35:08.380><c> this</c><00:35:08.599><c> area</c><00:35:08.840><c> down</c><00:35:09.139><c> here.</c> 00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:12.139 It's<00:35:10.059><c> actually</c><00:35:10.360><c> very</c><00:35:10.800><c> high</c><00:35:10.980><c> and</c><00:35:11.219><c> relatively</c><00:35:11.739><c> hilly.</c> 00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:14.099 When<00:35:12.579><c> you</c><00:35:12.780><c> have</c><00:35:12.880><c> a</c><00:35:12.920><c> look</c><00:35:13.039><c> at</c><00:35:13.159><c> the</c><00:35:13.340><c> overall</c><00:35:13.599><c> heights</c><00:35:13.860><c> here,</c> 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:16.260 darkest<00:35:14.500><c> being</c><00:35:14.960><c> highest,</c> 00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:18.820 we<00:35:16.519><c> notice</c><00:35:16.820><c> Mount</c><00:35:17.139><c> Hermon</c><00:35:17.380><c> at</c><00:35:17.519><c> the</c><00:35:17.719><c> top</c><00:35:17.860><c> being</c><00:35:18.099><c> very</c><00:35:18.519><c> dark.</c> 00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:21.420 The<00:35:19.420><c> Judean</c><00:35:19.780><c> hills</c><00:35:20.039><c> were</c><00:35:20.239><c> significantly</c><00:35:20.920><c> lower</c> 00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:24.880 than<00:35:21.880><c> the</c><00:35:22.039><c> hills</c><00:35:22.199><c> of</c><00:35:22.420><c> the</c><00:35:22.579><c> Edomites</c><00:35:22.960><c> down</c><00:35:23.239><c> here.</c><00:35:24.519><c> It</c><00:35:24.619><c> was</c><00:35:24.800><c> a</c> 00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:27.559 very<00:35:25.199><c> high</c><00:35:25.400><c> and</c><00:35:25.559><c> lofty</c><00:35:25.940><c> place</c><00:35:26.360><c> that</c><00:35:26.920><c> the</c><00:35:27.079><c> Edomites</c> 00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:32.940 were<00:35:27.760><c> possessing.</c><00:35:29.780><c> If</c><00:35:29.940><c> you</c><00:35:30.079><c> have</c><00:35:30.159><c> a</c><00:35:30.159><c> look</c><00:35:30.300><c> at</c><00:35:30.460><c> the</c><00:35:30.659><c> relief</c><00:35:30.980><c> map,</c><00:35:31.679><c> there's</c><00:35:32.039><c> Zohar,</c><00:35:32.619><c> where</c><00:35:32.760><c> Lot</c> 00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:34.079 fled<00:35:33.260><c> to</c><00:35:33.519><c> of</c><00:35:33.699><c> course.</c> 00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:40.739 And<00:35:34.679><c> here</c><00:35:35.099><c> is</c><00:35:36.380><c> Sila,</c><00:35:37.559><c> Basra,</c><00:35:38.860><c> and</c><00:35:39.099><c> Petra.</c><00:35:40.300><c> And</c><00:35:40.400><c> you</c><00:35:40.460><c> notice</c> 00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:42.940 that<00:35:40.980><c> the</c><00:35:41.139><c> hills</c><00:35:41.320><c> here</c><00:35:41.500><c> are</c><00:35:41.780><c> very</c><00:35:42.079><c> rugged.</c> 00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:45.460 Compared<00:35:43.300><c> with</c><00:35:43.539><c> the</c><00:35:43.760><c> relative</c><00:35:44.239><c> smoothness</c><00:35:44.780><c> of</c><00:35:44.960><c> the</c><00:35:45.159><c> terrain</c> 00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:47.599 here,<00:35:46.179><c> these</c><00:35:46.420><c> are</c><00:35:46.619><c> very</c><00:35:46.860><c> rugged</c><00:35:47.159><c> hills.</c> 00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:53.119 You<00:35:48.119><c> notice</c><00:35:48.420><c> of</c><00:35:48.639><c> course</c><00:35:48.860><c> that</c><00:35:49.300><c> the</c><00:35:49.780><c> King's</c><00:35:50.119><c> Highway</c><00:35:50.500><c> stuck</c><00:35:51.099><c> very</c><00:35:51.500><c> closely</c><00:35:51.800><c> along</c><00:35:52.139><c> here</c><00:35:52.340><c> and</c><00:35:52.460><c> went</c><00:35:52.619><c> up</c><00:35:52.840><c> this</c> 00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:57.000 route<00:35:53.340><c> here.</c><00:35:54.360><c> Of</c><00:35:54.559><c> course</c><00:35:54.659><c> it's</c><00:35:54.820><c> very</c><00:35:55.079><c> difficult</c><00:35:55.300><c> to</c><00:35:56.019><c> move</c><00:35:56.219><c> down</c><00:35:56.579><c> here</c><00:35:56.860><c> and</c> 00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:58.500 up<00:35:57.179><c> so</c><00:35:57.599><c> it</c><00:35:57.800><c> was</c><00:35:57.980><c> an</c><00:35:58.179><c> appropriate</c> 00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:03.619 place<00:35:58.820><c> for</c><00:35:59.019><c> the</c><00:35:59.179><c> highway</c><00:35:59.400><c> to</c><00:35:59.679><c> run.</c><00:36:02.599><c> That</c><00:36:02.800><c> was</c><00:36:03.019><c> Petra</c><00:36:03.400><c> there</c> 00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:06.500 and<00:36:03.920><c> Basra</c><00:36:04.219><c> there.</c><00:36:05.079><c> Two</c><00:36:05.260><c> very</c><00:36:05.559><c> important</c> 00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:11.400 Edomite<00:36:07.300><c> cities.</c><00:36:09.539><c> Now</c><00:36:09.739><c> in</c><00:36:09.980><c> comparison,</c><00:36:10.900><c> you</c><00:36:11.000><c> have</c><00:36:11.079><c> a</c><00:36:11.139><c> look</c><00:36:11.239><c> at</c> 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.800 the<00:36:11.559><c> Judean</c><00:36:11.840><c> hills.</c><00:36:12.179><c> There</c><00:36:12.280><c> were</c><00:36:12.420><c> generally</c> 00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:17.519 much<00:36:13.099><c> more</c><00:36:13.360><c> rolling</c><00:36:13.679><c> hills,</c><00:36:14.219><c> softer</c><00:36:14.440><c> hills.</c><00:36:16.320><c> And</c><00:36:16.480><c> we</c><00:36:16.679><c> look</c><00:36:16.920><c> at</c> 00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:21.019 the<00:36:18.039><c> satellite</c><00:36:18.420><c> view</c><00:36:18.639><c> now</c><00:36:19.119><c> coming</c><00:36:19.519><c> in</c><00:36:19.719><c> at</c><00:36:19.860><c> an</c><00:36:20.099><c> angle.</c> 00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:25.179 You<00:36:21.260><c> notice</c><00:36:21.639><c> here</c><00:36:22.019><c> it's</c><00:36:22.400><c> a</c><00:36:22.500><c> modern</c><00:36:22.760><c> view.</c><00:36:23.059><c> There's</c><00:36:23.300><c> the</c><00:36:23.460><c> bottom</c><00:36:23.679><c> of</c><00:36:23.860><c> the</c><00:36:23.980><c> Dead</c><00:36:24.159><c> Sea</c><00:36:24.320><c> which</c><00:36:24.480><c> is</c><00:36:24.800><c> partially</c> 00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:29.099 drained.<00:36:26.179><c> And</c><00:36:26.280><c> here's</c><00:36:26.559><c> the</c><00:36:26.719><c> Great</c><00:36:26.940><c> Drift</c><00:36:27.119><c> Valley</c><00:36:27.440><c> moving</c><00:36:27.820><c> down.</c><00:36:28.940><c> And</c> 00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:30.920 here's<00:36:29.539><c> Basra</c><00:36:29.960><c> and</c><00:36:30.219><c> here's</c><00:36:30.619><c> Petra.</c> 00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:34.360 Very<00:36:31.420><c> rocky,</c><00:36:32.079><c> craggy</c><00:36:32.280><c> area.</c><00:36:32.719><c> And</c><00:36:32.860><c> here</c><00:36:33.280><c> is</c><00:36:33.800><c> the</c><00:36:33.940><c> area</c><00:36:34.039><c> for</c><00:36:34.219><c> the</c> 00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:36.320 King's<00:36:34.679><c> Highway.</c><00:36:35.380><c> Significantly</c><00:36:35.900><c> smoother.</c> 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:39.599 As<00:36:36.980><c> you</c><00:36:37.099><c> can</c><00:36:37.300><c> see,</c><00:36:37.480><c> the</c><00:36:37.659><c> coastal</c><00:36:37.940><c> plains,</c><00:36:38.360><c> that</c><00:36:38.639><c> route</c><00:36:38.960><c> being</c> 00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:41.860 significantly<00:36:40.280><c> smoother</c><00:36:40.679><c> as</c><00:36:40.980><c> well.</c> 00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:48.440 This<00:36:45.099><c> is</c><00:36:45.340><c> a</c><00:36:45.380><c> very</c><00:36:45.579><c> interesting</c><00:36:46.199><c> model.</c><00:36:47.320><c> What</c><00:36:47.460><c> it</c><00:36:47.699><c> is,</c><00:36:48.159><c> is</c><00:36:48.239><c> when</c> 00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:50.219 the<00:36:48.699><c> space</c><00:36:48.860><c> shuttle</c><00:36:49.139><c> flew</c><00:36:49.440><c> over</c><00:36:49.760><c> the</c><00:36:50.039><c> area,</c> 00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:53.019 they<00:36:50.400><c> put</c><00:36:50.780><c> a</c><00:36:51.300><c> radar</c><00:36:51.519><c> underneath</c><00:36:51.900><c> the</c><00:36:52.159><c> space</c><00:36:52.320><c> shuttle</c><00:36:52.559><c> to</c><00:36:52.820><c> pick</c> 00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.960 up<00:36:53.239><c> the</c><00:36:53.500><c> terrain</c> 00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:56.679 off<00:36:54.519><c> the</c><00:36:54.639><c> earth</c><00:36:54.820><c> and</c><00:36:54.940><c> they've</c><00:36:55.139><c> done</c><00:36:55.219><c> it</c><00:36:55.400><c> over</c><00:36:55.559><c> the</c><00:36:55.679><c> whole</c><00:36:55.900><c> world.</c><00:36:56.579><c> And</c> 00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.800 this<00:36:56.820><c> is</c><00:36:57.119><c> over</c><00:36:57.340><c> the</c><00:36:57.599><c> area,</c> 00:36:58.159 --> 00:37:00.519 interestingly<00:36:58.300><c> of</c><00:36:58.559><c> Edom,</c><00:36:58.960><c> they</c><00:36:59.039><c> managed</c><00:36:59.260><c> to</c><00:36:59.519><c> get</c><00:36:59.940><c> a</c><00:37:00.159><c> slice</c><00:37:00.340><c> of</c> 00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:03.679 it.<00:37:01.440><c> And</c><00:37:01.679><c> what</c><00:37:02.119><c> it's</c><00:37:02.400><c> actually</c><00:37:02.699><c> showing</c><00:37:03.019><c> is</c><00:37:03.360><c> that</c> 00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:09.320 this<00:37:04.019><c> is</c><00:37:04.239><c> showing</c><00:37:04.460><c> the</c><00:37:05.340><c> heights</c><00:37:05.719><c> of</c><00:37:05.960><c> the</c><00:37:06.179><c> terrain.</c><00:37:08.400><c> And</c><00:37:08.500><c> don't</c> 00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:11.300 worry<00:37:09.579><c> about</c><00:37:09.820><c> the</c><00:37:10.059><c> coloring.</c><00:37:10.679><c> It's</c><00:37:10.920><c> synthetic</c> 00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:16.300 coloring.<00:37:11.780><c> But</c><00:37:11.940><c> what's</c><00:37:12.260><c> interesting</c><00:37:12.559><c> to</c><00:37:12.800><c> notice</c><00:37:13.119><c> is</c><00:37:13.659><c> this</c><00:37:13.900><c> lightish</c><00:37:14.420><c> band</c><00:37:14.699><c> here.</c><00:37:15.739><c> And</c><00:37:15.960><c> this</c><00:37:16.119><c> is</c> 00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.460 where<00:37:16.440><c> there</c><00:37:16.699><c> was</c> 00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:21.559 a<00:37:18.599><c> difference</c><00:37:18.900><c> in</c><00:37:19.119><c> the</c><00:37:19.360><c> geology</c><00:37:19.739><c> between</c><00:37:20.239><c> the</c><00:37:20.500><c> area</c><00:37:20.780><c> over</c><00:37:21.119><c> here</c><00:37:21.380><c> and</c> 00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.619 the<00:37:21.780><c> area</c><00:37:21.980><c> over</c><00:37:22.320><c> here.</c> 00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:26.059 And<00:37:23.300><c> this</c><00:37:23.519><c> is</c><00:37:23.639><c> why</c><00:37:23.860><c> this</c><00:37:24.119><c> area</c><00:37:24.360><c> could</c><00:37:24.639><c> support</c><00:37:25.039><c> so</c><00:37:25.320><c> much</c><00:37:25.500><c> life.</c> 00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:28.679 Because<00:37:26.679><c> at</c><00:37:26.940><c> the</c><00:37:27.179><c> juncture</c><00:37:27.539><c> between</c><00:37:27.980><c> these</c><00:37:28.380><c> two</c> 00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:31.780 geological<00:37:29.340><c> formations,</c><00:37:29.920><c> there</c><00:37:30.000><c> was</c><00:37:30.199><c> a</c><00:37:30.260><c> lot</c><00:37:30.420><c> of</c><00:37:30.679><c> water.</c><00:37:31.599><c> And</c> 00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:33.820 the<00:37:31.940><c> water</c><00:37:32.119><c> was</c><00:37:32.420><c> pushed</c><00:37:32.639><c> up</c><00:37:32.860><c> between</c><00:37:33.199><c> these</c><00:37:33.539><c> two</c> 00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:37.460 that<00:37:34.179><c> gave</c><00:37:34.500><c> life</c><00:37:34.820><c> to</c><00:37:34.980><c> an</c><00:37:35.199><c> otherwise</c><00:37:35.539><c> absolutely</c><00:37:36.219><c> arid</c><00:37:36.539><c> area.</c> 00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:39.239 If<00:37:37.699><c> you</c><00:37:37.860><c> have</c><00:37:37.960><c> a</c><00:37:38.039><c> look</c><00:37:38.139><c> at</c><00:37:38.260><c> the</c><00:37:38.500><c> rainfall</c><00:37:38.820><c> chart</c> 00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:43.519 of<00:37:39.500><c> the</c><00:37:39.699><c> Middle</c><00:37:39.960><c> East,</c><00:37:40.820><c> the</c><00:37:41.059><c> Edomite</c><00:37:41.559><c> area</c><00:37:41.840><c> is</c><00:37:42.019><c> one</c><00:37:42.219><c> of</c><00:37:42.340><c> the</c><00:37:42.599><c> driest</c><00:37:42.940><c> parts</c><00:37:43.320><c> of</c> 00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.840 the<00:37:43.679><c> whole</c><00:37:43.820><c> of</c><00:37:44.000><c> the</c><00:37:44.099><c> Middle</c><00:37:44.340><c> East.</c> 00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:48.739 And<00:37:45.679><c> this</c><00:37:45.960><c> really</c><00:37:46.280><c> helped</c><00:37:46.539><c> sustain</c><00:37:47.039><c> their</c><00:37:47.260><c> life.</c><00:37:48.119><c> We</c><00:37:48.320><c> zoom</c><00:37:48.539><c> in</c> 00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:50.900 on<00:37:48.880><c> it</c><00:37:49.079><c> there.</c><00:37:49.840><c> That's</c><00:37:50.340><c> the</c><00:37:50.460><c> area</c><00:37:50.599><c> looking</c> 00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:55.019 to<00:37:51.159><c> the</c><00:37:51.179><c> north.</c><00:37:52.260><c> Here's</c><00:37:52.539><c> Mount</c><00:37:52.840><c> Seir,</c><00:37:54.019><c> and</c><00:37:54.380><c> that's</c><00:37:54.760><c> Petra</c> 00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:59.440 over<00:37:55.260><c> here.</c><00:37:56.199><c> Very</c><00:37:56.739><c> craggy</c><00:37:57.280><c> area,</c><00:37:58.280><c> very</c><00:37:58.639><c> hilly.</c> 00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:12.380 Here's<00:38:08.500><c> Basra,</c><00:38:09.619><c> one</c><00:38:09.820><c> of</c><00:38:10.059><c> the</c><00:38:10.519><c> key</c><00:38:10.719><c> cities,</c><00:38:11.059><c> of</c><00:38:11.300><c> course,</c><00:38:11.860><c> towards</c><00:38:12.139><c> the</c> 00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:15.199 north.<00:38:12.980><c> Very</c><00:38:13.239><c> well</c><00:38:13.559><c> defensible.</c><00:38:14.659><c> It's</c><00:38:14.940><c> got,</c> 00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:18.059 you<00:38:15.500><c> know,</c><00:38:16.519><c> very</c><00:38:16.519><c> difficult</c><00:38:17.079><c> approaches</c><00:38:17.559><c> if</c><00:38:17.739><c> you're</c><00:38:17.940><c> coming</c> 00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:20.840 from<00:38:18.300><c> the</c><00:38:18.440><c> north</c><00:38:18.619><c> to</c><00:38:18.900><c> try</c><00:38:19.039><c> and</c><00:38:19.639><c> attack</c><00:38:19.800><c> Basra.</c> 00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:24.139 It's<00:38:21.019><c> not</c><00:38:21.159><c> easy</c><00:38:21.519><c> to</c><00:38:22.420><c> win</c><00:38:22.679><c> a</c><00:38:22.840><c> battle</c><00:38:23.039><c> when</c><00:38:23.239><c> everybody's</c><00:38:23.739><c> sitting</c><00:38:23.820><c> on</c><00:38:23.980><c> the</c> 00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:26.860 top<00:38:24.280><c> there</c><00:38:24.400><c> with</c><00:38:24.579><c> rocks</c><00:38:24.900><c> and</c><00:38:26.420><c> various</c> 00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:30.159 other<00:38:27.159><c> artillery</c><00:38:27.500><c> pieces.</c><00:38:28.840><c> Brook's</c><00:38:29.099><c> Ered</c><00:38:29.260><c> is</c><00:38:29.420><c> actually</c><00:38:29.860><c> down</c> 00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:32.719 in<00:38:30.679><c> the</c><00:38:30.900><c> valley</c><00:38:31.159><c> here.</c><00:38:31.760><c> Brook's</c><00:38:32.079><c> Ered,</c><00:38:32.280><c> of</c><00:38:32.480><c> course,</c> 00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:35.840 was<00:38:33.159><c> the</c><00:38:33.380><c> northern</c><00:38:33.639><c> boundary</c><00:38:34.119><c> of</c><00:38:34.340><c> the</c><00:38:34.519><c> Edomite</c><00:38:35.119><c> territory</c> 00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:37.920 before<00:38:36.480><c> they</c><00:38:36.699><c> went</c><00:38:36.860><c> into</c><00:38:37.059><c> the</c><00:38:37.219><c> land.</c><00:38:37.440><c> And</c><00:38:37.500><c> look,</c><00:38:37.760><c> it's</c> 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:42.019 absolutely<00:38:38.440><c> bone</c><00:38:38.739><c> dry.</c><00:38:39.760><c> And</c><00:38:39.980><c> if</c><00:38:40.099><c> it</c><00:38:40.320><c> weren't</c><00:38:40.440><c> for</c><00:38:40.719><c> that</c><00:38:41.039><c> juncture</c><00:38:41.519><c> between</c><00:38:41.820><c> the</c> 00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:43.300 two<00:38:42.139><c> geological</c><00:38:42.840><c> interfaces,</c> 00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:48.599 they'd<00:38:43.599><c> have</c><00:38:43.739><c> no</c><00:38:43.960><c> water</c><00:38:44.280><c> or</c><00:38:44.760><c> very</c><00:38:45.059><c> little</c><00:38:45.260><c> water.</c><00:38:46.960><c> This</c><00:38:47.179><c> is</c><00:38:47.380><c> Jibal</c><00:38:47.739><c> Harunin</c><00:38:48.340><c> in</c> 00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:50.360 Edom.<00:38:49.139><c> Jibal</c><00:38:49.619><c> being</c><00:38:49.920><c> an</c><00:38:50.119><c> Arabic</c> 00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:53.940 word.<00:38:50.639><c> Jibal</c><00:38:50.880><c> means</c><00:38:51.159><c> mountain,</c><00:38:52.539><c> like</c><00:38:52.739><c> you</c><00:38:52.880><c> get</c><00:38:53.280><c> the</c><00:38:53.719><c> Arabs.</c> 00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:57.280 What<00:38:54.079><c> do</c><00:38:54.179><c> they</c><00:38:54.360><c> call</c><00:38:54.800><c> Mount</c><00:38:55.880><c> Nebo?</c><00:38:56.480><c> They</c><00:38:56.539><c> call</c><00:38:56.699><c> it</c> 00:38:57.280 --> 00:39:03.539 Jibal<00:38:57.639><c> Musa.</c><00:38:59.179><c> That's</c><00:38:59.539><c> right.</c><00:39:00.320><c> And</c><00:39:00.619><c> the</c><00:39:02.139><c> mountain</c><00:39:02.559><c> of</c><00:39:03.039><c> Moses.</c> 00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:05.780 So<00:39:04.059><c> this</c><00:39:04.300><c> was</c><00:39:04.480><c> one</c><00:39:04.659><c> of</c><00:39:04.760><c> the</c><00:39:04.920><c> high</c><00:39:05.099><c> mountains</c><00:39:05.539><c> in</c> 00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:12.360 Edom.<00:39:06.119><c> You</c><00:39:06.139><c> see,</c><00:39:06.400><c> they</c><00:39:06.539><c> really</c><00:39:06.780><c> are</c><00:39:07.099><c> craggy.</c><00:39:10.360><c> And</c><00:39:10.619><c> interestingly,</c><00:39:11.199><c> here</c><00:39:11.320><c> is</c><00:39:11.579><c> the</c><00:39:11.840><c> copper</c><00:39:12.059><c> in</c> 00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:13.280 the<00:39:12.539><c> mountains</c><00:39:12.800><c> of</c><00:39:13.039><c> Edom.</c> 00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:18.719 When<00:39:13.780><c> copper</c><00:39:14.219><c> oxidizes,</c><00:39:15.260><c> it</c><00:39:15.519><c> forms</c><00:39:15.739><c> a</c><00:39:16.460><c> blue</c><00:39:16.619><c>-green</c><00:39:18.179><c> compound</c> 00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:22.059 in<00:39:19.519><c> its</c><00:39:19.800><c> oxidized</c><00:39:20.659><c> form.</c><00:39:21.559><c> And</c><00:39:21.659><c> here</c><00:39:21.820><c> it</c><00:39:21.900><c> is</c> 00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:24.880 in<00:39:22.219><c> the</c><00:39:22.380><c> rocks,</c><00:39:22.639><c> oxidized.</c><00:39:23.239><c> It's</c><00:39:23.420><c> a</c><00:39:23.500><c> little</c><00:39:23.599><c> bit</c><00:39:23.980><c> slightly</c><00:39:24.280><c> redder.</c><00:39:24.679><c> It's</c><00:39:24.800><c> a</c> 00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:27.679 different<00:39:25.119><c> oxidation</c><00:39:25.719><c> state.</c><00:39:27.360><c> But</c><00:39:27.559><c> you</c> 00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:30.099 notice<00:39:27.940><c> it's</c><00:39:28.260><c> literally</c><00:39:28.619><c> dropping</c><00:39:28.960><c> out</c><00:39:29.159><c> of</c><00:39:29.239><c> the</c><00:39:29.420><c> rocks.</c><00:39:29.920><c> It's</c> 00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:31.539 a<00:39:30.199><c> place</c><00:39:30.380><c> where</c><00:39:30.519><c> they</c><00:39:30.639><c> could</c><00:39:30.860><c> get</c><00:39:31.039><c> their</c><00:39:31.320><c> pink</c> 00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:36.199 copper<00:39:31.800><c> from.</c><00:39:33.840><c> And</c><00:39:33.940><c> look</c><00:39:34.019><c> at</c><00:39:34.119><c> the</c><00:39:34.340><c> craggy</c><00:39:34.679><c> rocks.</c><00:39:35.340><c> It</c><00:39:35.559><c> was</c><00:39:35.940><c> a</c> 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:39.199 hairy<00:39:36.400><c> place</c><00:39:36.739><c> to</c><00:39:36.980><c> live.</c><00:39:38.219><c> And</c><00:39:38.500><c> the</c><00:39:38.519><c> scriptures</c><00:39:38.719><c> describe</c> 00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:43.340 it<00:39:39.320><c> as</c><00:39:39.539><c> a</c><00:39:39.760><c> rough</c><00:39:39.940><c> place.</c><00:39:40.599><c> It's</c><00:39:40.739><c> a</c><00:39:40.900><c> rough</c><00:39:41.340><c> textured</c><00:39:41.900><c> place,</c><00:39:43.159><c> as</c> 00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:46.019 Esau<00:39:43.579><c> was</c><00:39:43.940><c> from</c><00:39:44.219><c> his</c><00:39:44.420><c> mother's</c><00:39:45.519><c> womb.</c> 00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:50.760 Virtually<00:39:47.619><c> inhospitable.</c><00:39:49.019><c> Just</c><00:39:49.199><c> a</c><00:39:49.320><c> couple</c><00:39:49.460><c> of</c><00:39:49.780><c> plants</c><00:39:50.039><c> in</c><00:39:50.619><c> the</c><00:39:50.760><c> in</c> 00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.679 the<00:39:50.880><c> valleys.</c> 00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:54.380 Very<00:39:52.079><c> difficult</c><00:39:52.460><c> to</c><00:39:52.800><c> sustain</c><00:39:53.079><c> life.</c><00:39:53.380><c> And</c><00:39:53.559><c> this</c><00:39:53.739><c> is</c><00:39:53.940><c> where</c><00:39:54.099><c> an</c> 00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:58.340 entire<00:39:54.840><c> population</c><00:39:55.500><c> lived.</c><00:39:56.539><c> And</c><00:39:56.860><c> they</c><00:39:57.119><c> thrived</c><00:39:57.519><c> here.</c> 00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:03.900 Very<00:40:02.659><c> barren</c><00:40:03.079><c> place.</c> 00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:12.599 And<00:40:08.840><c> now</c><00:40:09.059><c> we're</c><00:40:09.239><c> going</c><00:40:09.260><c> to</c><00:40:09.400><c> be</c><00:40:09.599><c> coming</c><00:40:09.760><c> up</c><00:40:10.219><c> towards</c><00:40:10.980><c> Petra</c><00:40:11.539><c> itself,</c><00:40:12.400><c> the</c> 00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:14.079 capital<00:40:12.960><c> city.</c> 00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:22.320 And<00:40:16.300><c> this</c><00:40:16.500><c> is</c><00:40:16.699><c> called</c><00:40:16.860><c> the</c><00:40:17.179><c> Siq,</c><00:40:17.920><c> S</c><00:40:18.500><c>-I</c><00:40:18.719><c>-Q,</c><00:40:19.139><c> which</c><00:40:19.500><c> means</c><00:40:19.820><c> the</c><00:40:20.059><c> cleft</c><00:40:20.280><c> and</c><00:40:20.460><c> the</c><00:40:20.639><c> rock.</c><00:40:21.420><c> And</c><00:40:21.739><c> this</c><00:40:22.099><c> is</c> 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:23.260 the<00:40:22.579><c> path</c><00:40:22.800><c> for</c><00:40:22.960><c> those</c> 00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:28.219 of<00:40:23.780><c> us</c><00:40:24.639><c> who</c><00:40:24.780><c> haven't</c><00:40:24.980><c> been</c><00:40:25.219><c> there.</c><00:40:25.519><c> I</c><00:40:25.519><c> know</c><00:40:25.699><c> some</c><00:40:25.900><c> of</c><00:40:26.059><c> us</c><00:40:26.920><c> tonight</c><00:40:27.639><c> have</c> 00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:30.219 been<00:40:28.599><c> through</c><00:40:28.880><c> here.</c><00:40:29.539><c> It's</c><00:40:29.800><c> this</c><00:40:29.940><c> little</c> 00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:32.539 cleft<00:40:30.460><c> and</c><00:40:30.619><c> the</c><00:40:30.780><c> rock.</c><00:40:30.980><c> And</c><00:40:31.119><c> you</c><00:40:31.199><c> walk</c><00:40:31.440><c> through</c><00:40:31.699><c> it.</c><00:40:32.219><c> And</c><00:40:32.460><c> you</c> 00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:33.380 come<00:40:32.719><c> across</c><00:40:32.980><c> these</c><00:40:33.380><c> beautiful</c><00:40:33.380><c> rocks.</c><00:40:33.380><c> And</c><00:40:33.380><c> you</c> 00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:36.800 see<00:40:34.000><c> these</c><00:40:34.000><c> beautiful</c><00:40:34.000><c> pink,</c><00:40:34.940><c> red</c><00:40:35.019><c>-colored</c><00:40:35.659><c> rocks.</c><00:40:36.380><c> It</c><00:40:36.500><c> was</c> 00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:41.420 the<00:40:37.099><c> area</c><00:40:37.400><c> of</c><00:40:37.699><c> red</c><00:40:38.219><c> stone.</c><00:40:40.119><c> And</c><00:40:40.260><c> here's</c><00:40:40.500><c> the</c><00:40:40.699><c> red</c><00:40:40.880><c> hairy</c><00:40:41.139><c> man</c> 00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:42.420 living<00:40:41.659><c> there.</c> 00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:48.300 And<00:40:45.760><c> the</c><00:40:45.920><c> rocks</c><00:40:46.159><c> almost</c><00:40:46.480><c> seem</c><00:40:46.659><c> to</c><00:40:46.940><c> close</c><00:40:47.119><c> in</c><00:40:47.500><c> on</c><00:40:47.760><c> the</c><00:40:47.980><c> person.</c> 00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:50.179 Many<00:40:48.980><c> people</c><00:40:49.239><c> have</c><00:40:49.400><c> said</c><00:40:49.639><c> that</c><00:40:49.860><c> it</c><00:40:50.099><c> almost</c> 00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:53.380 feels<00:40:50.519><c> claustrophobic</c><00:40:51.199><c> that</c><00:40:51.380><c> the</c><00:40:51.559><c> rocks</c><00:40:52.139><c> seem</c><00:40:52.539><c> to</c><00:40:53.099><c> feel</c><00:40:53.239><c> as</c> 00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:55.719 if<00:40:53.519><c> they're</c><00:40:53.699><c> falling</c><00:40:53.960><c> in</c><00:40:54.159><c> on</c><00:40:54.340><c> you</c><00:40:54.679><c> as</c><00:40:55.039><c> you</c><00:40:55.199><c> walk</c><00:40:55.460><c> through</c> 00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:59.719 this<00:40:55.920><c> area.</c><00:40:57.480><c> And</c><00:40:57.760><c> you</c><00:40:57.900><c> come</c><00:40:58.099><c> across</c><00:40:58.480><c> the</c><00:40:58.760><c> amazing</c><00:40:59.219><c> Nabataean</c> 00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:02.460 building<00:41:00.019><c> at</c><00:41:00.260><c> the</c><00:41:00.380><c> end</c><00:41:00.579><c> of</c><00:41:00.679><c> it.</c><00:41:01.079><c> Absolutely</c><00:41:01.599><c> amazing</c> 00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:05.519 construction.<00:41:03.820><c> Of</c><00:41:04.079><c> course,</c><00:41:04.280><c> a</c><00:41:04.420><c> lot</c><00:41:04.519><c> of</c><00:41:04.599><c> it</c><00:41:04.760><c> has</c><00:41:04.920><c> been</c><00:41:05.179><c> eroded</c> 00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:07.320 over<00:41:05.880><c> time.</c><00:41:06.079><c> But</c><00:41:06.239><c> the</c><00:41:06.440><c> fact</c><00:41:06.559><c> that</c><00:41:06.760><c> so</c><00:41:07.000><c> much</c><00:41:07.179><c> of</c> 00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:10.920 it<00:41:07.480><c> is</c><00:41:07.699><c> stood,</c><00:41:08.440><c> there's</c><00:41:09.539><c> a</c><00:41:09.659><c> whole</c><00:41:09.780><c> lot</c><00:41:09.880><c> of</c><00:41:10.099><c> construction</c><00:41:10.659><c> at</c> 00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:14.940 the<00:41:11.099><c> end,</c><00:41:11.400><c> some</c><00:41:11.639><c> monasteries.</c><00:41:13.079><c> And</c><00:41:13.320><c> this</c><00:41:13.420><c> is</c><00:41:13.559><c> some</c><00:41:13.719><c> of</c><00:41:14.000><c> the</c> 00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:20.760 work<00:41:15.440><c> at</c><00:41:15.639><c> the</c><00:41:15.860><c> top.</c><00:41:17.059><c> Interestingly</c><00:41:17.440><c> enough,</c><00:41:17.820><c> and</c><00:41:17.940><c> you</c><00:41:18.139><c> see</c><00:41:18.320><c> here,</c><00:41:19.139><c> these</c><00:41:19.380><c> are</c><00:41:19.639><c> bodies</c><00:41:20.019><c> of</c> 00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:23.900 eagles.<00:41:22.340><c> Bear</c><00:41:22.500><c> that</c><00:41:22.699><c> in</c><00:41:22.940><c> mind.</c> 00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:26.659 Their<00:41:24.300><c> heads</c><00:41:24.460><c> have</c><00:41:24.679><c> long</c><00:41:24.900><c> since</c><00:41:25.219><c> been</c><00:41:25.440><c> worn</c><00:41:25.679><c> off.</c><00:41:26.400><c> But</c><00:41:26.500><c> those</c> 00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:29.199 are<00:41:26.800><c> bodies</c><00:41:27.039><c> of</c><00:41:27.320><c> eagles</c><00:41:27.559><c> sitting</c><00:41:27.820><c> on</c><00:41:28.000><c> the</c><00:41:28.199><c> top</c><00:41:28.360><c> there.</c> 00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:35.699 And,<00:41:31.719><c> oh,</c><00:41:32.559><c> go</c><00:41:32.800><c> back</c><00:41:33.059><c> one.</c><00:41:33.800><c> Here's</c><00:41:34.119><c> the</c><00:41:34.719><c> issue</c><00:41:35.000><c> of</c><00:41:35.219><c> dwelling</c><00:41:35.380><c> in</c> 00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:39.980 caves.<00:41:36.039><c> The</c><00:41:36.199><c> Horites</c><00:41:36.559><c> dwelt</c><00:41:36.900><c> in</c><00:41:37.159><c> caves.</c><00:41:37.960><c> And</c><00:41:38.219><c> so</c><00:41:38.420><c> did</c><00:41:38.519><c> the</c><00:41:38.679><c> people</c><00:41:39.000><c> of</c> 00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:43.000 Edom,<00:41:40.360><c> all</c><00:41:40.539><c> of</c><00:41:40.659><c> the</c><00:41:40.760><c> Edomites.</c><00:41:41.659><c> They</c><00:41:41.860><c> were</c><00:41:42.039><c> natural</c><00:41:42.460><c> caves.</c> 00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:45.400 And<00:41:43.679><c> then,</c><00:41:43.840><c> of</c><00:41:43.980><c> course,</c><00:41:44.179><c> they</c><00:41:44.360><c> helped</c><00:41:44.579><c> hollow</c><00:41:44.820><c> them</c><00:41:45.059><c> out</c><00:41:45.199><c> and</c> 00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:47.500 turn<00:41:45.579><c> them</c><00:41:45.719><c> into</c><00:41:46.000><c> these</c><00:41:46.659><c> areas</c><00:41:47.019><c> to</c><00:41:47.239><c> live</c><00:41:47.340><c> in.</c> 00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:50.539 And<00:41:47.900><c> the</c><00:41:48.039><c> reason,</c><00:41:48.360><c> apparently,</c><00:41:48.599><c> they</c><00:41:48.820><c> did</c><00:41:48.940><c> that</c><00:41:49.199><c> because</c><00:41:50.300><c> the</c> 00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:52.400 temperatures<00:41:50.980><c> were</c><00:41:51.260><c> so</c><00:41:51.480><c> horrendously</c><00:41:52.000><c> high</c> 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:55.739 that<00:41:52.920><c> they</c><00:41:53.079><c> had</c><00:41:53.239><c> to</c><00:41:53.380><c> be</c><00:41:53.599><c> shielded</c><00:41:53.900><c> from</c><00:41:54.059><c> the</c><00:41:54.260><c> sun</c><00:41:54.380><c> and</c><00:41:54.579><c> go</c><00:41:54.800><c> subterranean</c><00:41:55.500><c> to</c> 00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:56.980 try<00:41:55.940><c> and</c><00:41:56.119><c> survive</c><00:41:56.539><c> the</c><00:41:56.760><c> heat.</c> 00:41:56.980 --> 00:42:00.380 In<00:41:57.559><c> fact,</c><00:41:57.760><c> you</c><00:41:57.980><c> find</c><00:41:58.260><c> some</c><00:41:58.539><c> parts</c><00:41:58.739><c> of</c><00:41:59.000><c> Spain,</c><00:41:59.880><c> the</c><00:42:00.079><c> Spanish,</c> 00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:01.579 digging<00:42:00.739><c> into</c><00:42:00.980><c> the</c><00:42:01.159><c> hillside,</c> 00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:04.119 doing<00:42:01.880><c> just</c><00:42:02.159><c> the</c><00:42:02.340><c> same</c><00:42:02.579><c> thing</c><00:42:02.900><c> as</c><00:42:03.039><c> this,</c><00:42:03.260><c> even</c><00:42:03.480><c> to</c><00:42:03.659><c> this</c><00:42:03.880><c> day.</c> 00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:06.079 It's<00:42:04.679><c> a</c><00:42:04.800><c> great</c><00:42:04.920><c> way</c><00:42:05.079><c> to</c><00:42:05.360><c> escape</c><00:42:05.519><c> the</c><00:42:05.719><c> heat,</c> 00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:09.539 because<00:42:06.519><c> the</c><00:42:06.760><c> temperatures</c><00:42:07.059><c> contain</c><00:42:07.519><c> 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often</c><00:45:05.960><c> viewed</c><00:45:06.340><c> in</c><00:45:06.659><c> a</c> 00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:11.219 negative<00:45:07.539><c> light</c><00:45:07.860><c> of</c><00:45:08.139><c> bad</c><00:45:08.440><c> news,</c><00:45:08.900><c> of</c><00:45:08.960><c> painful</c><00:45:09.360><c> news.</c><00:45:10.719><c> So</c><00:45:11.000><c> this</c> 00:45:11.219 --> 00:45:13.579 was<00:45:11.460><c> a</c><00:45:11.599><c> messenger</c><00:45:11.860><c> who</c><00:45:12.019><c> was</c><00:45:12.260><c> bringing</c><00:45:12.559><c> bad</c><00:45:12.940><c> news</c> 00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:21.820 to<00:45:14.039><c> Edom.</c><00:45:15.880><c> And</c><00:45:16.000><c> it's</c><00:45:16.380><c> interesting</c><00:45:16.599><c> in</c><00:45:18.079><c> Obadiah</c><00:45:18.719><c> chapter,</c><00:45:19.599><c> Obadiah</c><00:45:20.119><c> verse</c><00:45:20.400><c> one,</c><00:45:21.179><c> that</c><00:45:21.300><c> this</c><00:45:21.539><c> is</c> 00:45:21.820 --> 00:45:23.000 a<00:45:21.920><c> message</c><00:45:22.300><c> to</c><00:45:22.659><c> all</c> 00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:27.760 nations.<00:45:24.639><c> We</c><00:45:24.820><c> know</c><00:45:25.039><c> that</c><00:45:25.579><c> there's</c><00:45:26.440><c> a</c><00:45:26.780><c> limited</c><00:45:27.159><c> application</c> 00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:31.000 of<00:45:28.079><c> the</c><00:45:28.179><c> prophecy</c><00:45:28.559><c> to</c><00:45:29.260><c> certain</c><00:45:29.559><c> nations,</c><00:45:30.059><c> but</c><00:45:30.619><c> the</c> 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:35.239 ultimate<00:45:31.460><c> projection</c><00:45:31.920><c> of</c><00:45:32.099><c> this</c><00:45:32.340><c> prophecy</c><00:45:32.639><c> is</c><00:45:32.920><c> to</c><00:45:33.099><c> all</c><00:45:33.340><c> nations.</c><00:45:34.820><c> And</c><00:45:34.940><c> we're</c><00:45:35.119><c> going</c><00:45:35.119><c> to</c> 00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:35.800 see,<00:45:35.460><c> God</c><00:45:35.599><c> willing,</c> 00:45:35.800 --> 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as</c><00:45:53.059><c> I</c><00:45:53.260><c> said,</c><00:45:53.519><c> with</c><00:45:53.619><c> the</c><00:45:53.960><c> tenses</c><00:45:54.739><c> in</c><00:45:55.500><c> Obadiah.</c><00:45:56.480><c> If</c> 00:45:56.679 --> 00:45:57.719 you<00:45:56.800><c> have</c><00:45:56.880><c> a</c><00:45:56.880><c> look</c><00:45:57.000><c> at</c><00:45:57.119><c> the</c><00:45:57.320><c> NIV</c> 00:45:57.719 --> 00:46:00.800 and<00:45:58.099><c> most</c><00:45:58.400><c> modern</c><00:45:58.780><c> translations,</c><00:45:59.380><c> you</c><00:45:59.639><c> see</c><00:45:59.860><c> that</c><00:46:00.199><c> it's</c><00:46:00.539><c> been</c> 00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:03.920 translated,<00:46:01.820><c> see,</c><00:46:02.280><c> I</c><00:46:02.679><c> will</c><00:46:02.940><c> make</c><00:46:03.179><c> you</c><00:46:03.440><c> small</c><00:46:03.679><c> among</c> 00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:09.420 the<00:46:04.340><c> nations.</c><00:46:05.039><c> You</c><00:46:05.179><c> will</c><00:46:05.500><c> be</c><00:46:05.679><c> utterly</c><00:46:06.059><c> despised.</c><00:46:07.119><c> It's</c><00:46:07.340><c> a</c><00:46:07.500><c> future</c><00:46:07.800><c> event</c><00:46:08.360><c> spoken</c><00:46:09.239><c> off</c> 00:46:09.420 --> 00:46:10.699 by<00:46:09.699><c> God</c><00:46:09.900><c> as</c><00:46:10.079><c> if</c><00:46:10.199><c> it's</c><00:46:10.420><c> really</c> 00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:20.960 happened.<00:46:17.380><c> And</c><00:46:17.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:17.880><c> speaks</c><00:46:18.320><c> twice</c><00:46:18.960><c> to</c><00:46:19.699><c> the</c><00:46:19.840><c> nation,</c><00:46:20.599><c> doesn't</c><00:46:20.820><c> he?</c> 00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:24.380 He<00:46:21.179><c> speaks</c><00:46:21.420><c> twice</c><00:46:21.780><c> to</c><00:46:22.639><c> Edom.</c><00:46:23.920><c> He</c><00:46:24.119><c> speaks</c> 00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:28.400 firstly<00:46:24.780><c> in</c><00:46:25.019><c> Obadiah</c><00:46:25.539><c> verse</c><00:46:25.840><c> two,</c><00:46:27.340><c> and</c><00:46:27.519><c> in</c><00:46:27.719><c> Jeremiah</c><00:46:28.059><c> quotes</c> 00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:30.980 from<00:46:28.619><c> Obadiah</c><00:46:29.039><c> verse</c><00:46:29.340><c> two,</c><00:46:29.719><c> in</c><00:46:29.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:46:30.219><c> 49</c><00:46:30.719><c> verse</c> 00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:37.500 14<00:46:31.380><c> to</c><00:46:31.519><c> 15.</c><00:46:32.800><c> God</c><00:46:33.079><c> says</c><00:46:33.360><c> it</c><00:46:33.599><c> to</c><00:46:33.780><c> Edom</c><00:46:34.179><c> twice.</c><00:46:34.840><c> Why?</c><00:46:36.659><c> Why</c><00:46:37.039><c> are</c><00:46:37.219><c> there</c><00:46:37.360><c> all</c> 00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:39.659 those<00:46:37.820><c> parallels</c><00:46:38.179><c> between</c><00:46:38.659><c> Obadiah</c><00:46:39.179><c> and</c> 00:46:39.659 --> 00:46:43.579 Jeremiah?<00:46:40.519><c> Why</c><00:46:40.679><c> does</c><00:46:40.900><c> God</c><00:46:41.099><c> say</c><00:46:41.320><c> it</c><00:46:41.480><c> twice?</c><00:46:43.059><c> Scripture</c><00:46:43.380><c> gives</c> 00:46:43.579 --> 00:46:47.239 us<00:46:44.239><c> the</c><00:46:44.440><c> example.</c><00:46:45.519><c> In</c><00:46:45.659><c> Genesis</c><00:46:46.000><c> 41</c><00:46:46.539><c> verse</c><00:46:46.840><c> 32,</c> 00:46:47.420 --> 00:46:51.599 the<00:46:47.460><c> principle</c><00:46:47.900><c> is</c><00:46:48.739><c> for</c><00:46:49.320><c> that</c><00:46:49.539><c> the</c><00:46:49.820><c> dream</c><00:46:50.019><c> was</c><00:46:50.559><c> doubled</c><00:46:51.119><c> unto</c> 00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:55.199 Pharaoh<00:46:51.920><c> twice.</c><00:46:53.639><c> It</c><00:46:53.840><c> is</c><00:46:54.099><c> because</c><00:46:54.420><c> the</c><00:46:54.719><c> thing</c><00:46:54.800><c> is</c> 00:46:55.199 --> 00:46:58.099 established<00:46:55.980><c> by</c><00:46:56.400><c> God,</c><00:46:56.920><c> and</c><00:46:56.920><c> God</c><00:46:57.139><c> will</c><00:46:57.380><c> shortly</c><00:46:57.579><c> bring</c><00:46:57.800><c> it</c><00:46:57.960><c> to</c> 00:46:58.099 --> 00:47:00.960 pass.<00:46:58.780><c> It</c><00:46:58.940><c> is</c><00:46:59.260><c> firm.</c><00:46:59.860><c> It</c><00:46:59.960><c> is</c><00:47:00.239><c> fixed.</c><00:47:00.699><c> It</c><00:47:00.699><c> is</c> 00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:06.820 non<00:47:01.239><c>-negotiable.</c><00:47:01.940><c> It's</c><00:47:02.119><c> done</c><00:47:02.340><c> deal.</c><00:47:03.360><c> Edom</c><00:47:03.739><c> will</c><00:47:04.260><c> be</c><00:47:04.500><c> destroyed,</c><00:47:05.900><c> hence</c><00:47:06.099><c> the</c><00:47:06.360><c> doubling</c><00:47:06.579><c> of</c> 00:47:06.820 --> 00:47:07.659 the<00:47:07.019><c> prophecies</c> 00:47:07.659 --> 00:47:10.880 and<00:47:08.059><c> the</c><00:47:08.260><c> repetition</c><00:47:08.699><c> of</c><00:47:08.940><c> the</c><00:47:09.099><c> words.</c><00:47:09.800><c> God</c><00:47:10.019><c> doesn't</c><00:47:10.239><c> need</c><00:47:10.400><c> to</c> 00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:14.760 pre<00:47:11.219><c>-refer</c><00:47:12.420><c> to</c><00:47:12.619><c> another</c><00:47:13.059><c> prophet,</c><00:47:14.260><c> does</c><00:47:14.500><c> he?</c> 00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:18.300 He<00:47:15.280><c> knows</c><00:47:15.559><c> it</c><00:47:15.780><c> all,</c><00:47:16.500><c> but</c><00:47:16.599><c> he</c><00:47:16.820><c> says</c><00:47:16.980><c> it</c><00:47:17.219><c> twice</c><00:47:17.460><c> for</c><00:47:17.639><c> the</c><00:47:17.820><c> reason</c> 00:47:18.300 --> 00:47:21.280 of<00:47:18.739><c> redoubling</c><00:47:19.239><c> and</c><00:47:19.539><c> emphasizing</c><00:47:20.199><c> the</c><00:47:20.800><c> emphatic</c> 00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:26.099 nature<00:47:21.639><c> of</c><00:47:21.860><c> his</c><00:47:22.039><c> judgment</c><00:47:22.440><c> on</c><00:47:22.719><c> Edom.</c><00:47:24.900><c> And</c><00:47:25.119><c> these</c><00:47:25.380><c> were</c><00:47:25.579><c> a</c><00:47:25.760><c> people</c><00:47:25.940><c> who</c> 00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:28.320 were<00:47:26.480><c> despised</c><00:47:26.900><c> by</c><00:47:27.159><c> God.</c><00:47:27.480><c> Why?</c><00:47:27.960><c> What</c><00:47:28.039><c> was</c> 00:47:28.320 --> 00:47:31.900 the<00:47:28.519><c> cause</c><00:47:28.719><c> of</c><00:47:28.920><c> God</c><00:47:29.139><c> despising</c><00:47:29.659><c> them</c><00:47:29.820><c> in</c><00:47:29.980><c> verse</c><00:47:30.239><c> two?</c><00:47:31.719><c> Well,</c> 00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:34.500 they<00:47:32.039><c> were</c><00:47:32.360><c> despised</c><00:47:32.719><c> because</c><00:47:33.099><c> of</c><00:47:33.280><c> their</c><00:47:33.539><c> pride,</c> 00:47:34.980 --> 00:47:41.380 their<00:47:35.159><c> rejection</c><00:47:35.659><c> of</c><00:47:35.920><c> God,</c><00:47:36.420><c> and</c><00:47:36.659><c> their</c><00:47:36.820><c> behavior</c><00:47:37.199><c> towards</c><00:47:37.559><c> Israel.</c><00:47:38.900><c> They</c><00:47:39.119><c> had</c><00:47:39.300><c> walked</c><00:47:39.500><c> out</c><00:47:40.059><c> of</c><00:47:40.619><c> the</c> 00:47:41.639 --> 00:47:45.900 family<00:47:42.159><c> of</c><00:47:42.360><c> Israel</c><00:47:42.840><c> and</c><00:47:43.119><c> started</c><00:47:43.460><c> their</c><00:47:43.739><c> own</c><00:47:43.940><c> life</c><00:47:44.420><c> down</c><00:47:45.019><c> in</c> 00:47:45.900 --> 00:47:49.380 Mount<00:47:46.360><c> Seir.</c><00:47:47.400><c> They</c><00:47:47.659><c> had</c><00:47:47.820><c> left</c><00:47:48.019><c> God</c><00:47:48.360><c> and</c><00:47:48.579><c> done</c><00:47:48.619><c> their</c> 00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:54.380 own<00:47:51.440><c> thing.</c><00:47:52.840><c> And</c><00:47:52.900><c> then</c><00:47:53.119><c> not</c><00:47:53.300><c> only</c><00:47:53.599><c> did</c><00:47:53.739><c> they</c><00:47:53.920><c> do</c><00:47:54.099><c> their</c><00:47:54.219><c> own</c> 00:47:54.380 --> 00:47:56.079 thing,<00:47:54.500><c> but</c><00:47:54.619><c> they</c><00:47:54.780><c> started</c><00:47:55.079><c> interfering</c><00:47:55.539><c> with</c><00:47:55.780><c> Israel.</c> 00:47:56.579 --> 00:48:00.500 Thence<00:47:57.059><c> will</c><00:47:57.280><c> I</c><00:47:57.679><c> bring</c><00:47:57.920><c> thee</c><00:47:58.119><c> down,</c><00:47:58.599><c> saith</c><00:47:58.679><c> Yahweh.</c><00:48:00.059><c> So</c><00:48:00.300><c> you</c> 00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:02.039 see,<00:48:00.579><c> they</c><00:48:00.719><c> were</c><00:48:00.920><c> deceived</c><00:48:01.300><c> by</c><00:48:01.539><c> the</c><00:48:01.739><c> pride</c><00:48:01.900><c> of</c> 00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:06.360 their<00:48:02.260><c> own</c><00:48:02.480><c> heart.</c><00:48:04.199><c> It</c><00:48:04.280><c> was</c><00:48:04.639><c> pride</c><00:48:05.119><c> which</c><00:48:05.500><c> is</c><00:48:05.820><c> so</c><00:48:05.980><c> abhorrent</c> 00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:09.679 to<00:48:06.539><c> God,</c><00:48:06.820><c> isn't</c><00:48:07.000><c> it?</c><00:48:07.860><c> These</c><00:48:08.139><c> people</c><00:48:08.460><c> who</c><00:48:08.719><c> dwell</c><00:48:08.960><c> in</c><00:48:09.480><c> the</c> 00:48:09.679 --> 00:48:15.139 clefts<00:48:10.019><c> of</c><00:48:10.139><c> the</c><00:48:10.320><c> rock.</c><00:48:11.699><c> And</c><00:48:11.800><c> we</c><00:48:11.880><c> know</c><00:48:12.019><c> from</c><00:48:12.219><c> scripture</c><00:48:12.599><c> that</c><00:48:12.820><c> pride</c><00:48:13.079><c> of</c><00:48:13.320><c> heart</c><00:48:13.559><c> in</c><00:48:14.360><c> Proverbs</c><00:48:14.780><c> 6</c> 00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:17.300 verse<00:48:15.380><c> 16</c><00:48:16.460><c> to</c><00:48:16.679><c> 19,</c> 00:48:17.300 --> 00:48:23.880 these<00:48:18.199><c> six</c><00:48:18.500><c> things</c><00:48:19.239><c> doth</c><00:48:19.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:48:20.340><c> hate,</c><00:48:21.039><c> yea</c><00:48:21.219><c> seven</c><00:48:21.480><c> are</c><00:48:21.719><c> an</c><00:48:21.880><c> abomination</c><00:48:22.380><c> unto</c><00:48:22.659><c> him,</c><00:48:23.599><c> a</c> 00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:24.940 proud<00:48:24.119><c> look,</c> 00:48:24.980 --> 00:48:28.539 a<00:48:25.179><c> lying</c><00:48:25.420><c> tongue,</c><00:48:26.380><c> and</c><00:48:26.579><c> hands</c><00:48:26.780><c> that</c><00:48:27.079><c> shed</c><00:48:27.179><c> innocent</c><00:48:27.619><c> blood,</c> 00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:31.139 and<00:48:28.960><c> heart</c><00:48:29.099><c> that</c><00:48:29.440><c> deviseth</c><00:48:29.840><c> wicked</c><00:48:30.159><c> imaginations,</c> 00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:37.539 feet<00:48:31.679><c> that</c><00:48:31.920><c> be</c><00:48:32.139><c> swift</c><00:48:32.400><c> in</c><00:48:32.579><c> running</c><00:48:32.840><c> to</c><00:48:33.079><c> mischief,</c><00:48:34.139><c> a</c><00:48:34.380><c> false</c><00:48:34.619><c> witness</c><00:48:35.019><c> that</c><00:48:35.400><c> speaketh</c><00:48:35.900><c> lies,</c><00:48:36.920><c> and</c><00:48:37.079><c> he</c><00:48:37.280><c> that</c> 00:48:37.539 --> 00:48:40.619 soweth<00:48:38.199><c> discord</c><00:48:38.559><c> among</c><00:48:38.880><c> brethren.</c><00:48:39.920><c> These</c><00:48:40.239><c> are</c><00:48:40.440><c> the</c><00:48:40.500><c> things</c> 00:48:40.619 --> 00:48:43.320 that<00:48:40.860><c> God</c><00:48:41.079><c> hates.</c><00:48:41.860><c> And</c><00:48:42.159><c> at</c><00:48:42.360><c> least</c><00:48:42.599><c> in</c><00:48:42.820><c> two</c><00:48:42.980><c> of</c><00:48:43.179><c> them,</c> 00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:47.219 if<00:48:43.519><c> not</c><00:48:43.800><c> in</c><00:48:44.000><c> all</c><00:48:44.179><c> of</c><00:48:44.320><c> them</c><00:48:44.440><c> to</c><00:48:44.659><c> a</c><00:48:44.659><c> certain</c><00:48:44.900><c> degree,</c><00:48:46.099><c> Edom</c><00:48:46.340><c> was</c> 00:48:47.219 --> 00:48:51.400 culpable<00:48:47.699><c> before</c><00:48:48.139><c> God.</c><00:48:49.320><c> She</c><00:48:49.500><c> was</c><00:48:49.800><c> proud</c><00:48:50.179><c> and</c><00:48:50.559><c> haughty.</c> 00:48:51.699 --> 00:48:56.400 She<00:48:51.940><c> was</c><00:48:52.500><c> particularly</c><00:48:53.500><c> involved</c><00:48:54.239><c> with</c><00:48:54.559><c> sowing</c><00:48:54.780><c> discord</c><00:48:55.260><c> between</c><00:48:55.820><c> her</c> 00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:58.219 and<00:48:56.719><c> the</c><00:48:56.900><c> house</c><00:48:57.099><c> of</c><00:48:57.320><c> Jacob.</c> 00:48:58.599 --> 00:49:03.579 And<00:48:58.739><c> God</c><00:48:58.960><c> despised</c><00:48:59.599><c> her</c><00:48:59.800><c> for</c><00:48:59.980><c> that.</c><00:49:02.019><c> Proverbs</c><00:49:02.260><c> 16</c><00:49:02.699><c> verse</c><00:49:03.039><c> 5</c><00:49:03.380><c> in</c> 00:49:03.579 --> 00:49:05.539 the<00:49:03.579><c> New</c><00:49:04.079><c> King</c><00:49:04.300><c> James</c><00:49:04.599><c> says,</c> 00:49:05.880 --> 00:49:09.559 everyone<00:49:06.199><c> proud</c><00:49:06.619><c> in</c><00:49:06.880><c> heart</c><00:49:07.280><c> is</c><00:49:07.840><c> an</c><00:49:08.019><c> abomination</c><00:49:08.519><c> to</c><00:49:08.880><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:11.320 Though<00:49:10.199><c> they</c><00:49:10.480><c> join</c><00:49:10.760><c> forces,</c> 00:49:11.320 --> 00:49:14.159 none<00:49:11.599><c> will</c><00:49:11.820><c> go</c><00:49:12.000><c> unpunished.</c><00:49:12.559><c> And</c><00:49:12.800><c> remember</c><00:49:13.079><c> that</c><00:49:13.380><c> verse.</c><00:49:13.679><c> That's</c><00:49:14.019><c> a</c> 00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:15.920 very<00:49:14.320><c> good</c><00:49:14.460><c> one</c><00:49:14.639><c> to</c><00:49:14.820><c> mark</c><00:49:15.000><c> against</c><00:49:15.440><c> it.</c> 00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:19.920 Because<00:49:16.739><c> though</c><00:49:17.000><c> they</c><00:49:17.260><c> join</c><00:49:17.440><c> forces</c><00:49:18.000><c> and</c><00:49:18.659><c> confederate</c><00:49:19.260><c> themselves</c><00:49:19.699><c> with</c> 00:49:19.920 --> 00:49:20.679 other<00:49:20.139><c> people,</c> 00:49:20.920 --> 00:49:24.039 God<00:49:21.159><c> says,</c><00:49:21.420><c> it</c><00:49:21.420><c> doesn't</c><00:49:21.699><c> matter.</c><00:49:22.800><c> I</c><00:49:23.000><c> will</c><00:49:23.239><c> destroy</c><00:49:23.699><c> you</c><00:49:23.880><c> for</c> 00:49:24.039 --> 00:49:25.860 your<00:49:24.260><c> pride.</c><00:49:25.079><c> You're</c><00:49:25.260><c> not</c><00:49:25.380><c> going</c><00:49:25.539><c> to</c><00:49:25.739><c> go</c> 00:49:25.860 --> 00:49:32.440 and<00:49:26.079><c> join</c><00:49:26.199><c> with</c><00:49:26.420><c> other</c><00:49:26.579><c> people</c><00:49:26.940><c> and</c><00:49:27.119><c> get</c><00:49:27.260><c> salvation.</c><00:49:31.719><c> And</c><00:49:32.199><c> the</c> 00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:35.000 confidence<00:49:32.820><c> they</c><00:49:33.099><c> had,</c><00:49:34.119><c> well,</c><00:49:34.460><c> the</c><00:49:34.559><c> territory</c> 00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:38.960 gave<00:49:35.280><c> them</c><00:49:35.559><c> confidence,</c><00:49:36.159><c> didn't</c><00:49:36.380><c> they?</c><00:49:37.139><c> They</c><00:49:37.539><c> said</c><00:49:37.679><c> that</c><00:49:37.840><c> they</c><00:49:37.940><c> were</c><00:49:38.119><c> sitting</c><00:49:38.300><c> amongst</c><00:49:38.659><c> the</c> 00:49:38.960 --> 00:49:39.780 crags<00:49:39.219><c> of</c><00:49:39.420><c> the</c><00:49:39.579><c> rocks.</c> 00:49:39.780 --> 00:49:42.579 Who's<00:49:40.119><c> going</c><00:49:40.260><c> to</c><00:49:40.440><c> attack</c><00:49:40.619><c> us</c><00:49:40.920><c> here?</c><00:49:41.719><c> When</c><00:49:42.000><c> you</c><00:49:42.159><c> look</c><00:49:42.360><c> through</c> 00:49:42.579 --> 00:49:45.119 that<00:49:42.880><c> Sikh</c><00:49:43.139><c> Petra,</c><00:49:44.179><c> a</c><00:49:44.260><c> couple</c><00:49:44.519><c> of</c><00:49:44.739><c> people</c><00:49:44.940><c> sitting</c> 00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:48.260 on<00:49:45.300><c> the</c><00:49:45.440><c> top</c><00:49:45.579><c> will</c><00:49:45.760><c> throw</c><00:49:45.940><c> rocks</c><00:49:46.219><c> down</c><00:49:46.559><c> and</c><00:49:46.739><c> defend</c><00:49:47.079><c> the</c><00:49:47.719><c> entrance</c><00:49:48.059><c> to</c> 00:49:48.260 --> 00:49:49.639 the<00:49:48.360><c> city.</c><00:49:48.599><c> There</c><00:49:48.619><c> were</c><00:49:48.719><c> only</c><00:49:49.000><c> two</c><00:49:49.260><c> entrances,</c> 00:49:49.699 --> 00:49:52.000 one<00:49:49.900><c> from</c><00:49:50.079><c> the</c><00:49:50.179><c> east</c><00:49:50.360><c> and</c><00:49:50.420><c> one</c><00:49:50.559><c> from</c><00:49:50.719><c> the</c><00:49:50.860><c> west.</c><00:49:51.699><c> And</c><00:49:51.800><c> you</c><00:49:51.900><c> have</c> 00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:53.559 20<00:49:52.280><c> people</c><00:49:52.559><c> there,</c><00:49:52.760><c> 20</c><00:49:53.039><c> people</c><00:49:53.360><c> there,</c> 00:49:53.699 --> 00:49:57.840 and<00:49:53.920><c> everybody</c><00:49:54.179><c> else</c><00:49:54.460><c> inside</c><00:49:54.860><c> sits</c><00:49:55.119><c> at</c><00:49:55.380><c> peace.</c><00:49:56.840><c> Very</c><00:49:57.239><c> easy</c><00:49:57.579><c> to</c> 00:49:57.840 --> 00:49:59.900 defend<00:49:58.039><c> themselves.</c><00:49:58.639><c> And</c><00:49:58.639><c> it</c><00:49:58.699><c> gave</c><00:49:58.860><c> themselves,</c> 00:50:00.059 --> 00:50:03.420 it<00:50:00.159><c> gave</c><00:50:00.460><c> the</c><00:50:00.699><c> Edomites</c><00:50:01.079><c> a</c><00:50:01.239><c> sense</c><00:50:01.440><c> of</c><00:50:01.659><c> false</c><00:50:01.860><c> security</c><00:50:02.519><c> because</c><00:50:03.219><c> they</c> 00:50:03.420 --> 00:50:05.920 could<00:50:03.619><c> defend</c><00:50:03.900><c> the</c><00:50:04.119><c> city</c><00:50:04.340><c> by</c><00:50:04.679><c> very</c><00:50:05.099><c> few.</c> 00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:10.079 And<00:50:06.440><c> the</c><00:50:06.639><c> fact</c><00:50:06.880><c> that</c><00:50:07.460><c> scripture</c><00:50:07.820><c> says</c><00:50:08.199><c> that</c><00:50:08.420><c> they</c><00:50:08.559><c> were</c><00:50:08.800><c> convinced</c><00:50:09.260><c> of</c><00:50:09.460><c> this</c><00:50:09.760><c> in</c> 00:50:10.079 --> 00:50:11.420 thine<00:50:10.280><c> heart</c> 00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:14.519 means<00:50:11.960><c> that</c><00:50:12.139><c> it</c><00:50:12.199><c> was</c><00:50:12.380><c> something</c><00:50:12.619><c> they</c><00:50:12.920><c> believed</c><00:50:13.199><c> internally.</c> 00:50:14.639 --> 00:50:16.659 They<00:50:14.880><c> actually</c><00:50:15.300><c> felt</c><00:50:15.920><c> internally</c> 00:50:16.659 --> 00:50:20.480 self<00:50:17.059><c>-confident.</c><00:50:18.139><c> And</c><00:50:18.280><c> this</c><00:50:18.480><c> is</c><00:50:18.699><c> the</c><00:50:19.260><c> problem</c><00:50:19.440><c> that</c><00:50:19.739><c> God</c><00:50:20.239><c> had</c> 00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:23.780 with<00:50:20.699><c> them.</c><00:50:21.500><c> Their</c><00:50:21.840><c> pride</c><00:50:22.159><c> was</c><00:50:22.480><c> an</c><00:50:22.820><c> internalized</c> 00:50:23.780 --> 00:50:30.699 pride.<00:50:24.579><c> It</c><00:50:24.719><c> wasn't</c><00:50:25.000><c> an</c><00:50:25.239><c> external</c><00:50:25.659><c> thing.</c><00:50:25.980><c> They</c><00:50:26.179><c> actually</c><00:50:26.639><c> really</c><00:50:27.139><c> believed</c><00:50:27.559><c> that</c><00:50:28.039><c> they</c><00:50:28.300><c> were</c><00:50:28.900><c> impenetrable</c><00:50:29.880><c> and</c> 00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:37.559 perfectly<00:50:31.480><c> defensible</c><00:50:31.960><c> in</c><00:50:32.480><c> their</c><00:50:32.699><c> hideout</c><00:50:33.119><c> in</c><00:50:33.380><c> Edom.</c><00:50:35.219><c> And</c><00:50:35.400><c> verse</c><00:50:35.639><c> three,</c><00:50:35.840><c> it's</c><00:50:36.000><c> very</c><00:50:36.280><c> interesting.</c><00:50:37.199><c> In</c><00:50:37.380><c> verse</c> 00:50:37.559 --> 00:50:42.880 three,<00:50:37.780><c> you</c><00:50:37.960><c> read</c><00:50:38.239><c> there,</c><00:50:38.800><c> off</c><00:50:39.019><c> the</c><00:50:39.360><c> rock,</c><00:50:39.880><c> the</c><00:50:40.079><c> cliffs</c><00:50:40.320><c> of</c><00:50:40.539><c> the</c><00:50:40.820><c> rock.</c><00:50:41.699><c> And</c><00:50:41.900><c> that</c><00:50:42.059><c> word</c><00:50:42.260><c> rock</c><00:50:42.519><c> there</c><00:50:42.760><c> is</c> 00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:43.219 the<00:50:42.960><c> word</c> 00:50:43.219 --> 00:50:47.480 Sila,<00:50:43.960><c> which</c><00:50:44.239><c> was,</c><00:50:44.460><c> as</c><00:50:44.639><c> we</c><00:50:44.880><c> saw,</c><00:50:45.719><c> the</c><00:50:45.840><c> Edomite</c><00:50:46.300><c> capital.</c><00:50:47.300><c> 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about</c><00:51:02.719><c> making</c><00:51:03.099><c> the</c><00:51:03.360><c> nest</c><00:51:03.599><c> among</c><00:51:03.900><c> the</c><00:51:04.219><c> stars?</c><00:51:05.820><c> This</c><00:51:06.440><c> reference</c><00:51:07.000><c> to</c> 00:51:07.260 --> 00:51:08.639 making<00:51:07.539><c> the</c><00:51:07.719><c> nest</c><00:51:07.920><c> among</c><00:51:08.159><c> the</c><00:51:08.400><c> stars</c> 00:51:08.639 --> 00:51:12.119 is<00:51:09.199><c> interestingly</c><00:51:09.679><c> only</c><00:51:10.179><c> referred</c><00:51:10.579><c> to</c><00:51:10.840><c> in</c><00:51:11.480><c> one</c><00:51:11.619><c> other</c><00:51:11.860><c> place</c> 00:51:12.119 --> 00:51:14.119 in<00:51:12.360><c> scriptures.</c><00:51:13.280><c> And</c><00:51:13.559><c> that's,</c><00:51:13.920><c> of</c><00:51:13.980><c> course,</c> 00:51:14.219 --> 00:51:19.119 in<00:51:14.340><c> Numbers</c><00:51:14.599><c> 24</c><00:51:15.079><c> verse</c><00:51:15.460><c> 21</c><00:51:16.179><c> in</c><00:51:16.739><c> Balaam's</c><00:51:17.360><c> prophecy.</c><00:51:18.340><c> So</c><00:51:18.760><c> she</c> 00:51:19.119 --> 00:51:21.079 made<00:51:19.460><c> her</c><00:51:19.679><c> nest</c><00:51:19.840><c> right</c><00:51:20.179><c> up</c><00:51:20.280><c> at</c><00:51:20.400><c> the</c><00:51:20.619><c> top</c><00:51:20.780><c> amongst</c> 00:51:21.079 --> 00:51:23.659 all<00:51:21.280><c> these</c><00:51:21.619><c> crags</c><00:51:21.920><c> and</c><00:51:22.199><c> said,</c><00:51:22.760><c> well,</c><00:51:22.860><c> I'm</c><00:51:23.119><c> sitting</c><00:51:23.280><c> up</c><00:51:23.519><c> here.</c> 00:51:23.719 --> 00:51:26.900 Nobody<00:51:23.920><c> can</c><00:51:24.199><c> attack</c><00:51:24.480><c> me.</c><00:51:25.880><c> And</c><00:51:26.139><c> it</c><00:51:26.340><c> gave</c><00:51:26.440><c> them</c><00:51:26.659><c> a</c> 00:51:26.900 --> 00:51:30.000 great<00:51:27.119><c> confidence.</c><00:51:28.199><c> And</c><00:51:28.559><c> for</c><00:51:28.719><c> those</c><00:51:28.920><c> of</c><00:51:29.099><c> you</c><00:51:29.260><c> taking</c><00:51:29.619><c> notes,</c> 00:51:30.059 --> 00:51:31.619 there's<00:51:30.360><c> some</c><00:51:30.500><c> excellent</c><00:51:30.920><c> verses</c><00:51:31.260><c> to</c><00:51:31.500><c> put</c> 00:51:31.619 --> 00:51:36.400 against<00:51:32.039><c> those</c><00:51:32.460><c> two</c><00:51:33.019><c> from</c><00:51:33.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:33.980><c> 14</c><00:51:34.460><c> verse</c><00:51:34.760><c> 13</c><00:51:35.139><c> and</c><00:51:35.400><c> 14.</c><00:51:36.099><c> And</c> 00:51:36.400 --> 00:51:39.320 now<00:51:36.559><c> there's</c><00:51:36.659><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:37.000><c> 2</c><00:51:37.380><c> verses</c><00:51:37.719><c> 11</c><00:51:38.099><c> to</c><00:51:38.340><c> 12.</c> 00:51:41.099 --> 00:51:51.059 And<00:51:41.539><c> the</c><00:51:41.760><c> point</c><00:51:41.920><c> is,</c><00:51:42.119><c> of</c><00:51:42.300><c> course,</c><00:51:42.920><c> brothers</c><00:51:43.000><c> and</c><00:51:43.219><c> sisters,</c><00:51:43.480><c> that</c><00:51:43.719><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:44.340><c> will</c><00:51:44.760><c> bring</c><00:51:45.019><c> down</c><00:51:45.360><c> all</c><00:51:45.760><c> human</c><00:51:46.059><c> pride.</c><00:51:50.500><c> He</c> 00:51:51.059 --> 00:51:55.940 amongst<00:51:51.480><c> any</c><00:51:52.659><c> person.</c><00:51:53.880><c> God</c><00:51:54.159><c> will</c><00:51:54.500><c> bring</c><00:51:54.760><c> down</c><00:51:55.059><c> pride.</c><00:51:55.900><c> It's</c> 00:51:55.940 --> 00:51:58.320 something<00:51:56.260><c> that</c><00:51:56.519><c> is</c><00:51:56.760><c> abhorrent</c><00:51:57.179><c> to</c><00:51:57.300><c> him.</c> 00:51:59.000 --> 00:52:03.019 What<00:51:59.139><c> about</c><00:51:59.500><c> making</c><00:51:59.920><c> the</c><00:52:00.199><c> nest</c><00:52:00.659><c> as</c><00:52:01.719><c> the</c><00:52:01.980><c> eagles?</c><00:52:02.739><c> Well,</c><00:52:02.840><c> that</c> 00:52:03.019 --> 00:52:05.460 word<00:52:03.260><c> eagle</c><00:52:03.579><c> is</c><00:52:03.880><c> actually</c><00:52:04.280><c> not</c><00:52:04.619><c> eagle.</c> 00:52:05.760 --> 00:52:09.059 It's<00:52:06.159><c> the</c><00:52:06.280><c> word</c><00:52:06.519><c> Griffin</c><00:52:06.960><c> vulture.</c><00:52:07.860><c> It's</c><00:52:08.000><c> a</c><00:52:08.059><c> very</c><00:52:08.300><c> specific</c> 00:52:09.059 --> 00:52:13.760 type<00:52:09.440><c> of</c><00:52:09.659><c> vulture.</c><00:52:10.500><c> And</c><00:52:10.820><c> that's</c><00:52:11.559><c> the</c><00:52:12.639><c> proper</c> 00:52:13.760 --> 00:52:17.440 description<00:52:14.480><c> of</c><00:52:14.719><c> it,</c><00:52:15.260><c> the</c><00:52:15.480><c> natural</c><00:52:15.780><c> description,</c><00:52:16.619><c> the</c><00:52:16.739><c> gypsum</c><00:52:17.219><c> full</c> 00:52:17.440 --> 00:52:19.679 of<00:52:17.480><c> this.</c><00:52:18.179><c> 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this</c><00:52:30.179><c> Griffin</c><00:52:30.480><c> vulture.</c> 00:52:32.119 --> 00:52:35.940 And<00:52:32.480><c> the</c><00:52:33.159><c> natural</c><00:52:33.519><c> historians</c><00:52:33.920><c> of</c><00:52:34.139><c> the</c><00:52:34.320><c> Bible</c><00:52:34.559><c> tell</c><00:52:34.860><c> us</c><00:52:35.179><c> that</c> 00:52:35.940 --> 00:52:39.159 this<00:52:36.420><c> vulture</c><00:52:36.800><c> only</c><00:52:37.260><c> nests</c><00:52:37.579><c> in</c><00:52:37.780><c> the</c><00:52:38.119><c> very</c><00:52:38.679><c> highest</c> 00:52:39.159 --> 00:52:42.239 crags,<00:52:40.260><c> unlike</c><00:52:40.639><c> the</c><00:52:40.920><c> eagles</c><00:52:41.119><c> and</c><00:52:41.280><c> other</c><00:52:41.460><c> birds</c><00:52:41.659><c> who</c><00:52:41.800><c> might</c><00:52:42.019><c> go</c> 00:52:42.239 --> 00:52:45.000 low.<00:52:43.300><c> These</c><00:52:43.679><c> ones</c><00:52:43.920><c> only</c><00:52:44.380><c> want</c><00:52:44.559><c> to</c><00:52:44.699><c> be</c><00:52:44.800><c> at</c><00:52:44.900><c> the</c> 00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:48.599 top.<00:52:45.519><c> They</c><00:52:45.679><c> lift</c><00:52:45.860><c> themselves</c><00:52:46.300><c> right</c><00:52:46.619><c> up</c><00:52:46.800><c> to</c><00:52:46.940><c> the</c><00:52:47.079><c> top</c><00:52:47.360><c> and</c><00:52:47.780><c> they're</c><00:52:47.920><c> very</c><00:52:48.219><c> high</c><00:52:48.360><c> and</c> 00:52:48.599 --> 00:52:50.659 lofty.<00:52:49.420><c> And</c><00:52:49.599><c> that's</c><00:52:49.960><c> just</c><00:52:50.420><c> the</c> 00:52:50.659 --> 00:52:56.260 word<00:52:50.840><c> that</c><00:52:51.179><c> God</c><00:52:51.500><c> uses</c><00:52:52.079><c> through</c><00:52:52.659><c> Obadiah</c><00:52:53.360><c> to</c><00:52:53.599><c> describe</c><00:52:54.019><c> the</c><00:52:54.260><c> Edomites.</c><00:52:55.639><c> They</c><00:52:55.800><c> nest</c><00:52:56.079><c> in</c> 00:52:56.260 --> 00:52:57.579 the<00:52:56.400><c> highest</c><00:52:56.739><c> crags</c> 00:52:57.659 --> 00:53:01.800 and<00:52:58.139><c> they</c><00:52:58.340><c> are</c><00:52:58.539><c> proud</c><00:52:58.940><c> as</c><00:52:59.480><c> if</c><00:52:59.619><c> they</c><00:52:59.840><c> were</c><00:53:00.400><c> fully</c><00:53:00.719><c> defensible.</c> 00:53:02.260 --> 00:53:05.559 Here<00:53:02.519><c> are</c><00:53:02.860><c> a</c><00:53:03.019><c> couple</c><00:53:03.239><c> of</c><00:53:04.000><c> those</c><00:53:04.739><c> vultures.</c> 00:53:05.780 --> 00:53:09.019 You<00:53:05.940><c> notice</c><00:53:06.179><c> where</c><00:53:06.340><c> they</c><00:53:06.599><c> sit?</c><00:53:07.760><c> Right</c><00:53:08.059><c> on</c><00:53:08.320><c> the</c><00:53:08.500><c> tops</c><00:53:08.659><c> of</c><00:53:08.840><c> the</c> 00:53:09.019 --> 00:53:11.579 crags.<00:53:09.679><c> And</c><00:53:09.920><c> here's</c><00:53:10.119><c> an</c><00:53:10.280><c> example</c><00:53:10.559><c> of</c><00:53:10.719><c> one</c><00:53:10.840><c> of</c><00:53:10.960><c> their</c> 00:53:11.760 --> 00:53:14.539 nests.<00:53:12.460><c> Right</c><00:53:12.599><c> at</c><00:53:12.760><c> the</c><00:53:12.800><c> very</c><00:53:13.039><c> top.</c><00:53:13.679><c> You</c><00:53:13.719><c> find</c><00:53:13.920><c> often</c><00:53:14.280><c> eagles</c> 00:53:14.539 --> 00:53:16.699 would<00:53:14.780><c> go</c><00:53:14.960><c> down</c><00:53:15.239><c> into</c><00:53:15.440><c> the</c><00:53:15.579><c> lower</c><00:53:15.780><c> areas.</c> 00:53:16.780 --> 00:53:19.820 These<00:53:17.039><c> ones</c><00:53:17.260><c> like</c><00:53:17.519><c> being</c><00:53:17.719><c> right</c><00:53:17.940><c> at</c><00:53:18.079><c> the</c><00:53:18.179><c> very</c><00:53:18.440><c> top.</c><00:53:19.559><c> As</c><00:53:19.639><c> that</c> 00:53:19.820 --> 00:53:22.460 quotation<00:53:20.380><c> from</c><00:53:20.940><c> Shakespeare</c><00:53:21.460><c> says,</c> 00:53:22.639 --> 00:53:26.960 it's<00:53:22.739><c> the</c><00:53:22.940><c> eagle</c><00:53:23.320><c>-winged</c><00:53:23.820><c> pride</c><00:53:24.000><c> of</c><00:53:24.320><c> sky</c><00:53:24.679><c>-aspiring</c><00:53:25.260><c> and</c><00:53:25.500><c> ambitious</c><00:53:25.900><c> thoughts,</c><00:53:26.639><c> very</c> 00:53:26.960 --> 00:53:29.079 applicable<00:53:27.400><c> to</c><00:53:27.699><c> the</c><00:53:27.860><c> Edomites.</c> 00:53:33.139 --> 00:53:35.920 And<00:53:33.320><c> what</c><00:53:33.460><c> do</c><00:53:33.579><c> we</c><00:53:33.739><c> have?</c><00:53:34.659><c> Here</c><00:53:34.860><c> we've</c><00:53:35.099><c> got</c><00:53:35.260><c> some</c><00:53:35.519><c> modern</c><00:53:35.739><c>-day</c> 00:53:35.920 --> 00:53:38.079 Arabs<00:53:36.199><c> doing</c><00:53:36.639><c> just</c><00:53:37.059><c> the</c><00:53:37.280><c> same</c><00:53:37.559><c> thing.</c> 00:53:38.079 --> 00:53:42.019 Sitting<00:53:38.679><c> right</c><00:53:38.980><c> at</c><00:53:39.119><c> the</c><00:53:39.239><c> very</c><00:53:39.559><c> top,</c><00:53:40.619><c> peering</c><00:53:40.719><c> down</c><00:53:41.019><c> on</c><00:53:41.179><c> all</c><00:53:41.340><c> the</c><00:53:41.519><c> tourists</c><00:53:41.800><c> at</c> 00:53:42.019 --> 00:53:42.940 the<00:53:42.179><c> bottom.</c> 00:53:43.500 --> 00:53:46.820 Perching<00:53:43.820><c> like</c><00:53:44.179><c> eagles</c><00:53:44.480><c> right</c><00:53:44.820><c> at</c><00:53:45.039><c> the</c><00:53:45.199><c> tops</c><00:53:45.599><c> of</c><00:53:46.139><c> the</c><00:53:46.380><c> crags,</c> 00:53:46.960 --> 00:53:48.980 looking<00:53:47.280><c> down.</c><00:53:47.980><c> And</c><00:53:48.139><c> you</c><00:53:48.219><c> could</c><00:53:48.380><c> imagine</c><00:53:48.719><c> the</c> 00:53:48.980 --> 00:53:51.739 Edomites<00:53:49.360><c> looking</c><00:53:49.679><c> down</c><00:53:50.179><c> on</c><00:53:50.679><c> all</c><00:53:50.840><c> the</c><00:53:51.000><c> people</c><00:53:51.199><c> beneath</c><00:53:51.519><c> them,</c> 00:53:51.739 --> 00:53:53.480 knowing<00:53:52.019><c> that</c><00:53:52.159><c> they</c><00:53:52.300><c> were</c><00:53:52.460><c> invincible,</c><00:53:53.219><c> sitting</c> 00:53:53.480 --> 00:53:59.059 on<00:53:53.679><c> the</c><00:53:53.860><c> tops</c><00:53:54.039><c> of</c><00:53:54.260><c> these</c><00:53:54.400><c> rocks.</c><00:53:57.940><c> It's</c><00:53:58.139><c> a</c><00:53:58.239><c> place</c><00:53:58.400><c> you</c><00:53:58.539><c> shouldn't</c><00:53:58.800><c> fall</c> 00:53:59.059 --> 00:54:05.780 asleep.<00:54:03.980><c> Very</c><00:54:04.440><c> ready</c><00:54:04.760><c> places.</c> 00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:12.659 Verse<00:54:09.440><c> five</c><00:54:09.679><c> and</c><00:54:09.860><c> six.</c><00:54:11.460><c> It</c><00:54:11.460><c> says,</c><00:54:11.699><c> God,</c><00:54:11.760><c> if</c><00:54:11.900><c> thieves</c><00:54:12.139><c> come</c><00:54:12.420><c> to</c> 00:54:12.659 --> 00:54:15.460 thee,<00:54:12.880><c> if</c><00:54:13.119><c> robbers</c><00:54:13.440><c> by</c><00:54:13.719><c> night,</c><00:54:14.559><c> how</c><00:54:14.820><c> art</c><00:54:15.000><c> thou</c><00:54:15.159><c> cut</c> 00:54:15.460 --> 00:54:18.300 off?<00:54:16.460><c> Would</c><00:54:16.639><c> they</c><00:54:16.820><c> not</c><00:54:16.980><c> have</c><00:54:17.239><c> stood</c><00:54:17.360><c> until</c><00:54:17.659><c> they</c><00:54:17.840><c> had</c><00:54:17.980><c> enough?</c> 00:54:18.380 --> 00:54:20.000 If<00:54:18.559><c> the</c><00:54:18.780><c> great</c><00:54:18.940><c> gatherers</c><00:54:19.420><c> came</c><00:54:19.659><c> to</c><00:54:19.880><c> thee,</c> 00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:22.840 would<00:54:20.139><c> they</c><00:54:20.320><c> not</c><00:54:20.480><c> leave</c><00:54:20.679><c> some</c><00:54:20.980><c> grapes?</c><00:54:22.059><c> How</c><00:54:22.340><c> are</c><00:54:22.460><c> the</c><00:54:22.659><c> things</c> 00:54:22.840 --> 00:54:25.679 of<00:54:23.079><c> Esau</c><00:54:23.360><c> searched</c><00:54:23.800><c> out?</c><00:54:24.619><c> How</c><00:54:24.880><c> are</c><00:54:25.019><c> hidden</c><00:54:25.300><c> things</c> 00:54:25.679 --> 00:54:31.400 sought<00:54:25.980><c> up?</c><00:54:27.340><c> The</c><00:54:27.539><c> NIV</c><00:54:27.880><c> reads</c><00:54:29.260><c> quite</c><00:54:30.179><c> a</c><00:54:30.320><c> bit</c><00:54:30.480><c> nicer</c><00:54:30.800><c> than</c><00:54:31.079><c> that.</c> 00:54:31.739 --> 00:54:33.980 It<00:54:31.920><c> reads,</c><00:54:32.639><c> if</c><00:54:32.960><c> thieves</c><00:54:33.280><c> came</c><00:54:33.599><c> to</c><00:54:33.840><c> you,</c> 00:54:33.980 --> 00:54:37.179 if<00:54:34.219><c> robbers</c><00:54:34.519><c> in</c><00:54:34.679><c> the</c><00:54:34.860><c> night,</c><00:54:35.380><c> oh,</c><00:54:36.059><c> what</c><00:54:36.199><c> a</c><00:54:36.460><c> disaster</c><00:54:36.840><c> awaits</c> 00:54:37.179 --> 00:54:39.760 you.<00:54:38.380><c> Would</c><00:54:38.460><c> they</c><00:54:38.679><c> not</c><00:54:38.920><c> steal</c><00:54:39.119><c> only</c><00:54:39.420><c> as</c><00:54:39.599><c> much</c> 00:54:39.760 --> 00:54:42.760 as<00:54:39.880><c> they</c><00:54:40.139><c> wanted?</c><00:54:40.840><c> They</c><00:54:40.920><c> just</c><00:54:41.119><c> take</c><00:54:41.500><c> the</c><00:54:41.860><c> select</c><00:54:42.039><c> items</c><00:54:42.460><c> from</c> 00:54:42.760 --> 00:54:45.400 you?<00:54:43.920><c> If</c><00:54:44.159><c> great</c><00:54:44.400><c> pickers</c><00:54:44.760><c> came</c><00:54:45.039><c> to</c><00:54:45.239><c> you,</c> 00:54:45.420 --> 00:54:48.239 would<00:54:45.539><c> they</c><00:54:45.719><c> not</c><00:54:45.880><c> leave</c><00:54:46.079><c> a</c><00:54:46.300><c> few</c><00:54:46.719><c> grapes,</c><00:54:47.460><c> the</c><00:54:47.639><c> gleanings</c><00:54:48.059><c> of</c> 00:54:48.239 --> 00:54:52.239 the<00:54:48.420><c> harvest?</c><00:54:50.079><c> But</c><00:54:50.239><c> how</c><00:54:50.559><c> Esau</c><00:54:50.940><c> will</c><00:54:51.239><c> be</c><00:54:51.579><c> ransacked,</c> 00:54:52.579 --> 00:54:55.679 his<00:54:52.719><c> hidden</c><00:54:53.059><c> treasures</c><00:54:53.440><c> pillaged.</c><00:54:54.440><c> Nothing</c><00:54:54.860><c> will</c><00:54:55.159><c> be</c><00:54:55.400><c> left,</c> 00:54:55.800 --> 00:54:57.840 says<00:54:55.900><c> God,</c><00:54:56.179><c> when</c><00:54:56.340><c> I'm</c><00:54:56.539><c> finished</c><00:54:56.820><c> with</c><00:54:57.059><c> Esau.</c> 00:54:58.199 --> 00:55:02.480 I<00:54:58.679><c> will</c><00:54:59.019><c> ransack</c><00:54:59.639><c> her,</c><00:54:59.840><c> leave</c><00:55:00.099><c> nothing,</c><00:55:00.840><c> not</c><00:55:01.139><c> one</c><00:55:01.420><c> grape.</c><00:55:02.280><c> And</c> 00:55:02.480 --> 00:55:04.699 here's<00:55:02.739><c> a</c><00:55:02.920><c> great</c><00:55:03.079><c> harvest</c><00:55:03.460><c> and</c><00:55:03.679><c> here's</c><00:55:04.079><c> the</c><00:55:04.280><c> results</c> 00:55:04.699 --> 00:55:08.000 of<00:55:04.960><c> a</c><00:55:05.179><c> great</c><00:55:05.360><c> harvest.</c><00:55:06.099><c> You</c><00:55:06.360><c> see</c><00:55:06.480><c> that</c><00:55:06.719><c> when</c><00:55:06.960><c> they</c><00:55:07.179><c> pick</c><00:55:07.320><c> the</c><00:55:07.559><c> grapes,</c><00:55:07.840><c> a</c> 00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:09.639 couple<00:55:08.099><c> fall</c><00:55:08.380><c> down.</c><00:55:09.199><c> God</c><00:55:09.420><c> says,</c> 00:55:09.659 --> 00:55:14.760 when<00:55:09.840><c> the</c><00:55:10.039><c> great</c><00:55:10.199><c> gatherers,</c><00:55:10.659><c> when</c><00:55:10.860><c> I,</c><00:55:11.380><c> in</c><00:55:11.519><c> my</c><00:55:11.739><c> judgments,</c><00:55:12.199><c> come</c><00:55:12.300><c> upon</c><00:55:12.599><c> you,</c><00:55:14.239><c> every</c><00:55:14.480><c> one</c><00:55:14.619><c> of</c> 00:55:14.760 --> 00:55:15.579 those<00:55:15.000><c> grapes</c><00:55:15.199><c> will</c><00:55:15.400><c> you</c> 00:55:15.579 --> 00:55:19.059 picked<00:55:15.719><c> up</c><00:55:15.940><c> as</c><00:55:16.239><c> in</c><00:55:16.539><c> a</c><00:55:16.800><c> metaphorical</c><00:55:17.400><c> sense,</c><00:55:17.699><c> as</c><00:55:17.980><c> I</c><00:55:18.159><c> will</c><00:55:18.340><c> destroy</c><00:55:18.739><c> you,</c> 00:55:19.099 --> 00:55:21.659 Edom.<00:55:19.519><c> Nothing</c><00:55:19.880><c> will</c><00:55:20.079><c> be</c><00:55:20.260><c> left</c><00:55:20.500><c> of</c><00:55:20.699><c> you.</c> 00:55:22.260 --> 00:55:24.840 And<00:55:22.480><c> the</c><00:55:22.699><c> connection</c><00:55:23.019><c> to</c><00:55:23.320><c> Judah</c><00:55:23.480><c> is</c><00:55:23.800><c> apparent</c><00:55:24.139><c> because</c><00:55:24.599><c> when</c> 00:55:24.840 --> 00:55:26.760 the<00:55:25.099><c> Babylonians</c><00:55:25.719><c> invaded</c><00:55:26.159><c> Judah,</c> 00:55:26.760 --> 00:55:31.360 the<00:55:27.519><c> Edomites</c><00:55:28.059><c> followed</c><00:55:28.500><c> hot</c><00:55:28.880><c> on</c><00:55:29.039><c> the</c><00:55:29.219><c> heels</c><00:55:29.380><c> of</c><00:55:29.579><c> the</c><00:55:29.760><c> Babylonians</c><00:55:30.340><c> and</c><00:55:30.480><c> they</c><00:55:30.719><c> capitalized</c><00:55:31.239><c> on</c> 00:55:31.360 --> 00:55:31.739 the<00:55:31.500><c> weakness</c> 00:55:31.739 --> 00:55:36.739 of<00:55:31.980><c> Judah.</c><00:55:32.139><c> They</c><00:55:32.280><c> were</c><00:55:32.500><c> snapping</c><00:55:32.760><c> at</c><00:55:32.980><c> the</c><00:55:33.179><c> heels.</c><00:55:35.219><c> And</c><00:55:35.360><c> Zechariah</c><00:55:35.800><c> 1</c><00:55:36.039><c> verse</c><00:55:36.300><c> 15</c> 00:55:36.739 --> 00:55:38.639 says,<00:55:37.280><c> I'm</c><00:55:37.500><c> very</c><00:55:37.920><c> sore</c><00:55:38.119><c> displeased</c> 00:55:38.639 --> 00:55:41.320 with<00:55:38.860><c> the</c><00:55:39.099><c> heathen</c><00:55:39.400><c> that</c><00:55:39.639><c> are</c><00:55:39.880><c> at</c><00:55:40.139><c> ease.</c><00:55:40.480><c> They</c><00:55:40.659><c> were</c><00:55:40.880><c> at</c><00:55:41.119><c> peace</c> 00:55:41.320 --> 00:55:43.719 in<00:55:41.500><c> their</c><00:55:41.659><c> little</c><00:55:42.039><c> mountain</c><00:55:42.400><c> hideaway.</c> 00:55:43.940 --> 00:55:47.059 For<00:55:44.039><c> I</c><00:55:44.300><c> was</c><00:55:44.500><c> but</c><00:55:44.659><c> a</c><00:55:44.920><c> little</c><00:55:45.139><c> displeased</c><00:55:45.739><c> and</c><00:55:45.880><c> they</c><00:55:46.139><c> helped</c><00:55:46.380><c> forward</c><00:55:46.780><c> the</c> 00:55:47.059 --> 00:55:48.500 affliction<00:55:47.420><c> of</c><00:55:47.679><c> Judah</c> 00:55:49.059 --> 00:55:52.800 and<00:55:49.539><c> they</c><00:55:49.800><c> helped</c><00:55:50.000><c> persecute</c><00:55:50.699><c> Judah</c><00:55:50.960><c> in</c><00:55:51.139><c> a</c><00:55:51.360><c> time</c><00:55:51.500><c> of</c><00:55:51.800><c> trouble.</c> 00:55:53.559 --> 00:55:55.500 And<00:55:53.820><c> of</c><00:55:54.079><c> course,</c><00:55:54.280><c> God</c><00:55:54.519><c> would</c><00:55:54.780><c> spare</c><00:55:55.019><c> a</c><00:55:55.219><c> remnant</c> 00:55:55.500 --> 00:55:58.199 Judah,<00:55:56.059><c> wouldn't</c><00:55:56.199><c> he?</c><00:55:56.780><c> Here's</c><00:55:57.019><c> the</c><00:55:57.179><c> comparison</c><00:55:57.619><c> between</c><00:55:57.960><c> what</c><00:55:58.099><c> he</c> 00:55:58.199 --> 00:56:00.039 was<00:55:58.340><c> going</c><00:55:58.480><c> to</c><00:55:58.619><c> do</c><00:55:58.699><c> to</c><00:55:58.940><c> Judah</c><00:55:59.139><c> and</c><00:55:59.780><c> to</c> 00:56:00.039 --> 00:56:04.460 Edom.<00:56:01.000><c> There'd</c><00:56:01.280><c> be</c><00:56:01.380><c> a</c><00:56:01.559><c> remnant</c><00:56:01.780><c> to</c><00:56:02.079><c> Judah,</c><00:56:03.699><c> but</c><00:56:03.920><c> Edom</c><00:56:04.239><c> would</c> 00:56:04.460 --> 00:56:06.800 be<00:56:04.679><c> destroyed</c><00:56:05.179><c> as</c><00:56:06.019><c> Sodom</c><00:56:06.340><c> and</c><00:56:06.460><c> Gomorrah,</c> 00:56:06.840 --> 00:56:11.760 Jeremiah<00:56:07.199><c> 49</c><00:56:07.820><c> verse</c><00:56:08.039><c> 17</c><00:56:08.440><c> and</c><00:56:08.619><c> 18.</c><00:56:09.300><c> Nothing</c><00:56:09.599><c> left</c><00:56:09.900><c> of</c><00:56:10.079><c> Edom</c><00:56:11.039><c> in</c> 00:56:11.760 --> 00:56:13.059 comparison<00:56:12.179><c> with</c><00:56:12.340><c> what</c><00:56:12.500><c> was</c><00:56:12.760><c> left</c> 00:56:13.059 --> 00:56:17.420 as<00:56:13.679><c> the</c><00:56:13.900><c> remnants,</c><00:56:14.320><c> the</c><00:56:14.500><c> stragglers</c><00:56:14.820><c> in</c><00:56:15.280><c> the</c><00:56:15.380><c> land</c><00:56:15.840><c> of</c><00:56:16.400><c> Judah.</c> 00:56:19.280 --> 00:56:24.980 And<00:56:19.880><c> it</c><00:56:20.119><c> says,</c><00:56:20.820><c> Edom</c><00:56:20.960><c> is</c><00:56:21.480><c> out</c><00:56:21.920><c> searched,</c><00:56:23.159><c> as</c><00:56:23.340><c> the</c><00:56:23.559><c> Hebrew</c><00:56:23.840><c> says,</c><00:56:24.400><c> she's</c><00:56:24.619><c> been</c> 00:56:24.980 --> 00:56:26.440 searched<00:56:25.340><c> out.</c> 00:56:26.659 --> 00:56:31.000 The<00:56:26.820><c> revised</c><00:56:27.219><c> standard</c><00:56:27.539><c> version</c><00:56:27.980><c> in</c><00:56:28.639><c> verse</c><00:56:29.079><c> six</c><00:56:29.800><c> says,</c><00:56:30.739><c> how</c> 00:56:31.000 --> 00:56:34.199 Esau<00:56:31.500><c> has</c><00:56:31.780><c> been</c><00:56:32.139><c> pillaged,</c><00:56:33.139><c> his</c><00:56:33.460><c> treasures</c><00:56:33.840><c> are</c> 00:56:34.199 --> 00:56:38.820 sought<00:56:34.440><c> out.</c><00:56:36.179><c> And</c><00:56:36.360><c> this</c><00:56:36.559><c> is</c><00:56:36.719><c> not</c><00:56:36.840><c> really</c><00:56:37.099><c> a</c><00:56:37.239><c> vindictive</c><00:56:37.820><c> statement.</c><00:56:38.219><c> People</c><00:56:38.480><c> might</c> 00:56:38.820 --> 00:56:40.500 feel<00:56:39.099><c> that</c><00:56:39.539><c> this</c><00:56:39.840><c> is</c><00:56:40.199><c> something</c> 00:56:40.500 --> 00:56:43.840 say,<00:56:40.760><c> ah,</c><00:56:41.159><c> you</c><00:56:41.280><c> know,</c><00:56:41.559><c> look</c><00:56:41.679><c> at</c><00:56:41.900><c> you,</c><00:56:42.139><c> Edom,</c><00:56:42.440><c> you've</c><00:56:42.599><c> been</c><00:56:42.860><c> destroyed</c><00:56:43.300><c> and</c> 00:56:43.840 --> 00:56:45.980 all<00:56:44.699><c> your</c><00:56:44.980><c> treasures</c><00:56:45.280><c> have</c><00:56:45.480><c> been</c><00:56:45.699><c> found.</c> 00:56:45.980 --> 00:56:51.239 It's<00:56:46.619><c> a</c><00:56:46.739><c> statement</c><00:56:46.940><c> of</c><00:56:47.199><c> shock.</c><00:56:48.139><c> It's</c><00:56:48.380><c> not</c><00:56:48.500><c> a</c><00:56:48.619><c> vindictive</c><00:56:49.099><c> statement.</c><00:56:51.239><c> And</c> 00:56:51.239 --> 00:56:52.480 all<00:56:51.460><c> the</c><00:56:51.639><c> wealth</c><00:56:51.820><c> that</c><00:56:51.980><c> they</c><00:56:52.139><c> had</c><00:56:52.280><c> from</c> 00:56:52.480 --> 00:56:56.320 that<00:56:52.800><c> caravan</c><00:56:53.280><c> trade,</c><00:56:53.900><c> they</c><00:56:54.199><c> seem</c><00:56:54.400><c> to</c><00:56:54.639><c> lock</c><00:56:54.739><c> it</c><00:56:54.880><c> into</c><00:56:55.059><c> all</c><00:56:55.280><c> those</c><00:56:55.460><c> little</c><00:56:55.760><c> crags</c><00:56:56.119><c> and</c> 00:56:56.320 --> 00:56:57.840 hide<00:56:56.519><c> it</c><00:56:56.739><c> away.</c><00:56:57.280><c> It</c><00:56:57.599><c> seemed</c> 00:56:57.840 --> 00:57:01.480 secure<00:56:58.280><c> and</c><00:56:58.400><c> it</c><00:56:58.719><c> could</c><00:56:58.960><c> not</c><00:56:59.320><c> save</c><00:56:59.559><c> them</c><00:56:59.699><c> in</c><00:56:59.860><c> the</c><00:56:59.960><c> day</c><00:57:00.119><c> of</c><00:57:00.320><c> judgment.</c><00:57:01.199><c> All</c> 00:57:01.480 --> 00:57:02.960 that<00:57:01.619><c> they</c><00:57:01.840><c> had</c><00:57:02.099><c> saved</c><00:57:02.300><c> for</c><00:57:02.500><c> themselves,</c> 00:57:02.960 --> 00:57:08.500 they<00:57:03.179><c> would</c><00:57:03.420><c> lose.</c><00:57:05.119><c> Wealth</c><00:57:05.519><c> cannot</c><00:57:05.800><c> save</c><00:57:06.179><c> in</c><00:57:06.360><c> the</c><00:57:06.480><c> day</c><00:57:06.579><c> of</c><00:57:06.820><c> judgment.</c><00:57:08.320><c> So</c> 00:57:08.500 --> 00:57:10.760 in<00:57:08.699><c> the</c><00:57:08.800><c> same</c><00:57:09.039><c> sense,</c><00:57:09.500><c> God</c><00:57:09.780><c> uses</c><00:57:10.139><c> this</c> 00:57:10.760 --> 00:57:16.739 in<00:57:11.000><c> Zephaniah's</c><00:57:11.619><c> prophecy</c><00:57:12.219><c> of</c><00:57:12.659><c> Judah.</c><00:57:13.960><c> And</c><00:57:14.119><c> it</c><00:57:14.320><c> shall</c><00:57:14.480><c> come</c><00:57:14.760><c> to</c><00:57:15.019><c> pass</c><00:57:15.199><c> at</c><00:57:15.360><c> that</c><00:57:15.659><c> time</c><00:57:16.039><c> that</c><00:57:16.500><c> I</c> 00:57:16.739 --> 00:57:17.280 will<00:57:16.960><c> search</c> 00:57:17.280 --> 00:57:21.059 Jerusalem<00:57:17.739><c> with</c><00:57:18.079><c> candles</c><00:57:18.579><c> and</c><00:57:19.340><c> punish</c><00:57:19.659><c> the</c><00:57:19.920><c> men</c><00:57:20.039><c> that</c><00:57:20.239><c> are</c><00:57:20.519><c> settled</c><00:57:20.800><c> on</c> 00:57:21.059 --> 00:57:23.420 their<00:57:21.300><c> lees.</c><00:57:22.360><c> This</c><00:57:22.659><c> is</c><00:57:22.840><c> the</c><00:57:23.079><c> searching,</c> 00:57:23.679 --> 00:57:26.739 it's<00:57:23.880><c> the</c><00:57:24.000><c> self</c><00:57:24.199><c>-same</c><00:57:24.380><c> word</c><00:57:24.820><c> that's</c><00:57:25.320><c> used</c><00:57:25.619><c> off</c><00:57:25.860><c> Edom</c><00:57:26.179><c> in</c><00:57:26.500><c> verse</c> 00:57:26.739 --> 00:57:30.199 six.<00:57:28.780><c> Therefore,</c><00:57:29.400><c> their</c><00:57:29.500><c> goods</c><00:57:29.619><c> shall</c><00:57:29.900><c> become</c> 00:57:30.199 --> 00:57:33.440 a<00:57:30.400><c> booty</c><00:57:30.659><c> and</c><00:57:31.019><c> their</c><00:57:31.219><c> houses</c><00:57:31.519><c> a</c><00:57:31.800><c> desolation.</c><00:57:32.900><c> That</c><00:57:33.119><c> was</c><00:57:33.260><c> going</c> 00:57:33.440 --> 00:57:37.179 to<00:57:33.559><c> happen</c><00:57:33.719><c> to</c><00:57:34.039><c> Judah</c><00:57:34.619><c> for</c><00:57:35.940><c> her</c><00:57:36.219><c> punishment</c><00:57:36.739><c> when</c> 00:57:37.179 --> 00:57:43.920 God<00:57:37.420><c> was</c><00:57:37.659><c> going</c><00:57:37.820><c> to</c><00:57:38.099><c> search</c><00:57:38.280><c> her</c><00:57:38.519><c> out</c><00:57:38.920><c> with</c><00:57:39.380><c> lights.</c><00:57:42.380><c> And</c><00:57:42.380><c> verse</c><00:57:42.579><c> seven,</c><00:57:43.699><c> all</c> 00:57:43.920 --> 00:57:45.599 the<00:57:44.059><c> men</c><00:57:44.260><c> of</c><00:57:44.440><c> thy</c><00:57:44.639><c> confederacy</c><00:57:45.340><c> have</c> 00:57:45.599 --> 00:57:48.679 brought<00:57:45.880><c> thee</c><00:57:46.099><c> even</c><00:57:46.400><c> to</c><00:57:46.599><c> the</c><00:57:46.780><c> border.</c><00:57:47.800><c> The</c><00:57:47.860><c> men</c><00:57:48.059><c> that</c><00:57:48.260><c> were</c><00:57:48.420><c> at</c> 00:57:48.679 --> 00:57:50.179 peace<00:57:48.880><c> with</c><00:57:49.079><c> thee</c><00:57:49.199><c> have</c><00:57:49.400><c> deceived</c><00:57:49.800><c> thee</c><00:57:50.000><c> and</c> 00:57:50.179 --> 00:57:52.960 prevailed<00:57:50.539><c> against</c><00:57:50.980><c> thee.</c><00:57:51.860><c> They</c><00:57:52.000><c> that</c><00:57:52.179><c> eat</c><00:57:52.340><c> thy</c><00:57:52.559><c> bread</c><00:57:52.760><c> have</c> 00:57:52.960 --> 00:57:55.079 laid<00:57:53.119><c> a</c><00:57:53.320><c> wound</c><00:57:53.460><c> under</c><00:57:53.760><c> thee.</c><00:57:54.440><c> There</c><00:57:54.659><c> is</c><00:57:54.880><c> none</c> 00:57:55.079 --> 00:58:00.199 understanding<00:57:55.679><c> in</c><00:57:55.920><c> him.</c><00:57:57.199><c> And</c><00:57:57.420><c> the</c><00:57:57.480><c> NIV</c><00:57:57.780><c> says,</c><00:57:58.440><c> it's</c><00:57:58.820><c> much</c><00:57:59.039><c> better</c><00:57:59.340><c> again.</c><00:58:00.019><c> All</c> 00:58:00.199 --> 00:58:01.760 your<00:58:00.460><c> allies</c><00:58:00.760><c> will</c><00:58:01.159><c> force</c><00:58:01.440><c> you</c><00:58:01.639><c> to</c> 00:58:01.760 --> 00:58:05.599 the<00:58:02.219><c> border.</c><00:58:02.820><c> Your</c><00:58:02.940><c> friends</c><00:58:03.280><c> will</c><00:58:03.539><c> deceive</c><00:58:03.880><c> you</c><00:58:04.239><c> and</c><00:58:04.480><c> overpower</c><00:58:04.920><c> you.</c> 00:58:05.780 --> 00:58:07.239 Those<00:58:06.059><c> who</c><00:58:06.300><c> eat</c><00:58:06.440><c> your</c><00:58:06.679><c> bread</c><00:58:06.780><c> will</c><00:58:07.019><c> set</c> 00:58:07.239 --> 00:58:11.119 a<00:58:07.420><c> trap</c><00:58:07.559><c> for</c><00:58:07.780><c> you,</c><00:58:08.199><c> but</c><00:58:08.460><c> you</c><00:58:08.599><c> will</c><00:58:08.840><c> not</c><00:58:09.039><c> detect</c><00:58:09.420><c> it.</c><00:58:10.480><c> So</c><00:58:10.739><c> who</c> 00:58:11.119 --> 00:58:14.300 were<00:58:11.539><c> the</c><00:58:11.920><c> friends?</c><00:58:12.300><c> Here's</c><00:58:12.739><c> the</c><00:58:13.219><c> Bedouin</c><00:58:13.619><c> woman.</c><00:58:14.019><c> She's</c> 00:58:14.300 --> 00:58:18.340 actually<00:58:14.699><c> in</c><00:58:15.380><c> Petra.</c><00:58:16.800><c> Only</c><00:58:17.059><c> Bedouins</c><00:58:17.539><c> living</c><00:58:17.820><c> there</c><00:58:18.099><c> at</c><00:58:18.199><c> the</c> 00:58:18.340 --> 00:58:21.159 moment.<00:58:18.960><c> And</c><00:58:19.139><c> there</c><00:58:19.219><c> she's</c><00:58:19.440><c> making</c><00:58:19.719><c> some</c><00:58:20.000><c> of</c><00:58:20.119><c> the</c><00:58:20.300><c> bread</c> 00:58:21.360 --> 00:58:27.099 on<00:58:21.679><c> the</c><00:58:21.980><c> open</c><00:58:22.280><c> fire.</c><00:58:24.139><c> Who</c><00:58:24.300><c> were</c><00:58:24.460><c> the</c><00:58:24.679><c> allies</c><00:58:25.139><c> of</c><00:58:25.579><c> Edom</c><00:58:25.800><c> traditionally?</c><00:58:26.900><c> Well,</c> 00:58:27.099 --> 00:58:28.539 it<00:58:27.199><c> was</c><00:58:27.440><c> Ammon</c><00:58:27.760><c> and</c><00:58:28.039><c> Moab.</c> 00:58:28.539 --> 00:58:33.739 And<00:58:29.019><c> then</c><00:58:29.159><c> of</c><00:58:29.260><c> course</c><00:58:29.599><c> Tyron</c><00:58:30.099><c> Sidon</c><00:58:30.500><c> joined</c><00:58:30.920><c> in</c><00:58:31.500><c> resisting</c><00:58:31.900><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:58:32.719><c> initially</c><00:58:33.239><c> in</c> 00:58:33.739 --> 00:58:35.320 Zephaniah<00:58:34.639><c> chapter</c><00:58:35.099><c> two</c> 00:58:35.320 --> 00:58:41.619 at<00:58:35.539><c> verse</c><00:58:35.780><c> eight.</c><00:58:38.639><c> And</c><00:58:38.920><c> Jeremiah</c><00:58:39.300><c> says,</c><00:58:40.840><c> thus</c><00:58:40.880><c> saith</c><00:58:41.199><c> Yahweh</c> 00:58:41.619 --> 00:58:44.599 to<00:58:41.840><c> me,</c><00:58:42.599><c> make</c><00:58:42.840><c> thee</c><00:58:43.099><c> bonds</c><00:58:43.539><c> and</c><00:58:43.860><c> yokes</c><00:58:44.119><c> and</c><00:58:44.300><c> put</c><00:58:44.440><c> them</c> 00:58:44.599 --> 00:58:47.719 upon<00:58:44.860><c> thy</c><00:58:45.139><c> neck</c><00:58:45.460><c> and</c><00:58:46.239><c> send</c><00:58:46.519><c> them</c><00:58:46.659><c> to</c><00:58:46.820><c> the</c><00:58:46.960><c> King</c><00:58:47.139><c> of</c><00:58:47.340><c> Edom</c><00:58:47.559><c> and</c> 00:58:47.719 --> 00:58:49.840 to<00:58:47.840><c> the</c><00:58:47.920><c> King</c><00:58:48.139><c> of</c><00:58:48.460><c> Moab</c><00:58:48.619><c> and</c><00:58:48.760><c> the</c><00:58:48.940><c> King</c><00:58:49.340><c> of</c><00:58:49.599><c> the</c> 00:58:49.840 --> 00:58:53.000 Ammonites<00:58:50.480><c> and</c><00:58:51.039><c> to</c><00:58:51.199><c> the</c><00:58:51.300><c> King</c><00:58:51.480><c> of</c><00:58:51.820><c> Tyrus</c><00:58:52.099><c> and</c><00:58:52.260><c> to</c><00:58:52.420><c> the</c><00:58:52.500><c> King</c><00:58:52.719><c> of</c> 00:58:53.000 --> 00:58:55.380 Sidon<00:58:53.760><c> by</c><00:58:54.059><c> the</c><00:58:54.260><c> hand</c><00:58:54.380><c> of</c><00:58:54.559><c> the</c><00:58:54.800><c> messengers</c><00:58:55.119><c> which</c> 00:58:55.380 --> 00:58:59.059 come<00:58:55.559><c> to</c><00:58:55.780><c> Jerusalem</c><00:58:56.440><c> and</c><00:58:56.719><c> to</c><00:58:56.860><c> Zedekiah,</c><00:58:57.380><c> King</c><00:58:57.619><c> of</c><00:58:57.880><c> Judah.</c><00:58:58.840><c> Now</c> 00:58:59.059 --> 00:59:01.059 I've<00:58:59.300><c> given</c><00:58:59.480><c> all</c><00:58:59.820><c> of</c><00:59:00.019><c> these</c><00:59:00.199><c> lands</c><00:59:00.500><c> into</c><00:59:00.739><c> the</c><00:59:00.900><c> hand</c> 00:59:01.059 --> 00:59:05.480 of<00:59:01.280><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:59:01.840><c> the</c><00:59:02.019><c> King</c><00:59:02.159><c> of</c><00:59:02.360><c> Babylon.</c><00:59:03.219><c> So</c><00:59:03.460><c> there's</c><00:59:03.760><c> the</c><00:59:03.960><c> Confederacy</c><00:59:04.480><c> set</c><00:59:04.780><c> out</c><00:59:04.960><c> for</c><00:59:05.079><c> us</c><00:59:05.260><c> then,</c> 00:59:05.480 --> 00:59:09.480 Jeremiah<00:59:05.780><c> 27</c><00:59:06.340><c> at</c><00:59:06.579><c> verse</c><00:59:06.760><c> three.</c><00:59:07.960><c> Those</c><00:59:08.219><c> were</c><00:59:08.400><c> her</c><00:59:08.679><c> allies</c><00:59:09.039><c> and</c> 00:59:09.480 --> 00:59:11.719 the<00:59:09.739><c> allies</c><00:59:09.960><c> that</c><00:59:10.159><c> she</c><00:59:10.360><c> was</c><00:59:10.579><c> using</c><00:59:10.880><c> to</c><00:59:11.139><c> try</c><00:59:11.260><c> and</c><00:59:11.559><c> fight</c> 00:59:11.719 --> 00:59:14.480 Nebuchadnezzar.<00:59:12.519><c> God</c><00:59:12.679><c> says,</c><00:59:12.940><c> I</c><00:59:13.079><c> will</c><00:59:13.360><c> use</c><00:59:13.539><c> them</c><00:59:13.739><c> to</c><00:59:13.960><c> destroy</c> 00:59:14.480 --> 00:59:17.639 you,<00:59:14.820><c> Edom.</c><00:59:15.920><c> Your</c><00:59:16.099><c> own</c><00:59:16.519><c> friends</c><00:59:16.900><c> who</c><00:59:17.219><c> ate</c><00:59:17.400><c> your</c> 00:59:17.639 --> 00:59:22.360 bread<00:59:17.739><c> will</c><00:59:17.980><c> destroy</c><00:59:18.500><c> you.</c><00:59:19.400><c> And</c><00:59:19.800><c> that</c><00:59:20.099><c> Hebrew</c><00:59:20.420><c> idiom,</c><00:59:21.539><c> the</c><00:59:21.579><c> men</c><00:59:21.780><c> that</c><00:59:21.960><c> were</c><00:59:22.139><c> at</c> 00:59:22.360 --> 00:59:23.199 peace<00:59:22.539><c> with</c><00:59:22.760><c> thee</c><00:59:22.900><c> and</c><00:59:23.000><c> have</c> 00:59:23.199 --> 00:59:27.679 deceived<00:59:23.559><c> thee</c><00:59:23.800><c> and</c><00:59:23.920><c> prevailed</c><00:59:24.300><c> against</c><00:59:24.739><c> thee,</c><00:59:25.400><c> that</c><00:59:25.500><c> eat</c><00:59:25.639><c> thy</c><00:59:25.940><c> bread,</c><00:59:27.460><c> is</c> 00:59:27.679 --> 00:59:30.360 used<00:59:27.940><c> of</c><00:59:28.119><c> Christ</c><00:59:28.760><c> and</c><00:59:29.420><c> of</c><00:59:29.739><c> course</c><00:59:30.059><c> of</c> 00:59:30.360 --> 00:59:34.199 Judas.<00:59:31.300><c> Mine</c><00:59:31.480><c> own</c><00:59:31.800><c> familiar</c><00:59:32.199><c> friend</c><00:59:32.719><c> in</c><00:59:32.980><c> whom</c><00:59:33.119><c> I</c><00:59:33.400><c> trusted</c><00:59:33.679><c> which</c><00:59:34.000><c> ate</c> 00:59:34.199 --> 00:59:35.860 of<00:59:34.380><c> my</c><00:59:34.639><c> bread</c><00:59:34.820><c> has</c><00:59:35.039><c> lifted</c><00:59:35.300><c> up</c><00:59:35.519><c> its</c><00:59:35.699><c> heel</c> 00:59:35.860 --> 00:59:39.320 against<00:59:36.199><c> me.</c><00:59:36.699><c> It's</c><00:59:37.019><c> the</c><00:59:37.260><c> same</c><00:59:37.559><c> idiom</c><00:59:38.199><c> that's</c><00:59:38.639><c> used</c><00:59:38.800><c> of</c><00:59:39.059><c> Judas</c> 00:59:39.320 --> 00:59:42.559 Iscariot<00:59:40.420><c> and</c><00:59:40.860><c> that</c><00:59:41.159><c> same</c><00:59:41.500><c> treachery</c><00:59:42.179><c> against</c> 00:59:42.559 --> 00:59:45.440 the<00:59:42.860><c> one</c><00:59:43.000><c> who</c><00:59:43.139><c> was</c><00:59:43.460><c> closest</c><00:59:43.739><c> to</c><00:59:43.940><c> him,</c><00:59:44.559><c> God</c><00:59:44.760><c> says,</c><00:59:45.019><c> is</c><00:59:45.099><c> going</c><00:59:45.239><c> to</c> 00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:49.079 be<00:59:45.659><c> used</c><00:59:46.039><c> against</c><00:59:46.699><c> Edom</c><00:59:47.239><c> and</c><00:59:47.699><c> her</c><00:59:48.019><c> associates.</c> 00:59:51.900 --> 00:59:56.360 And<00:59:52.559><c> there's</c><00:59:53.219><c> Amman</c><00:59:54.079><c> in</c><00:59:54.360><c> Jordan</c><00:59:54.679><c> which</c><00:59:55.039><c> was</c><00:59:55.460><c> the</c><00:59:55.900><c> capital</c><00:59:56.139><c> of</c> 00:59:56.360 --> 00:59:59.320 the<00:59:56.519><c> Ammonites.</c><00:59:57.960><c> There's</c><00:59:58.219><c> the</c><00:59:58.400><c> Roman</c><00:59:58.639><c> influence</c><00:59:59.079><c> of</c> 00:59:59.320 --> 01:00:03.199 course<00:59:59.500><c> of</c><00:59:59.639><c> the</c><00:59:59.820><c> Roman</c><01:00:00.059><c> amphitheater.</c><01:00:01.900><c> Some</c><01:00:02.280><c> columns</c><01:00:02.840><c> over</c> 01:00:03.199 --> 01:00:07.300 here.<01:00:05.719><c> And</c><01:00:05.960><c> of</c><01:00:06.119><c> course</c><01:00:06.219><c> the</c><01:00:06.460><c> plains</c><01:00:06.659><c> of</c><01:00:06.980><c> Moab,</c> 01:00:07.559 --> 01:00:11.059 quite<01:00:07.780><c> different</c><01:00:08.119><c> to</c><01:00:08.460><c> the</c><01:00:08.639><c> craggy</c><01:00:09.000><c> peaks</c><01:00:09.260><c> of</c><01:00:09.559><c> Edom.</c><01:00:10.519><c> The</c><01:00:10.659><c> true</c> 01:00:11.059 --> 01:00:15.679 two<01:00:11.340><c> traditional</c><01:00:12.199><c> areas</c><01:00:12.760><c> of</c><01:00:13.420><c> friendship</c><01:00:13.800><c> with</c><01:00:14.039><c> Edom.</c> 01:00:16.010 --> 01:00:18.769 And<01:00:16.400><c> our</c><01:00:16.599><c> last</c><01:00:16.880><c> verse</c><01:00:17.159><c> is</c><01:00:17.280><c> verse</c><01:00:17.500><c> eight</c><01:00:17.719><c> and</c><01:00:17.880><c> nine.</c> 01:00:34.460 --> 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