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profound.<00:26:00.750><c> So</c><00:26:00.750><c> let's</c><00:26:01.190><c> just</c><00:26:01.390><c> go</c><00:26:01.630><c> back</c><00:26:01.970><c> shall</c><00:26:02.210><c> we</c><00:26:02.549><c> to</c><00:26:03.230><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:26:03.750><c> and</c><00:26:03.890><c> pick</c>

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Esau<00:34:34.260><c> and</c><00:34:34.980><c> the</c><00:34:35.679><c> nation</c><00:34:36.099><c> that</c><00:34:36.440><c> came</c><00:34:36.699><c> from</c><00:34:37.619><c> Esau</c><00:34:38.860><c> namely</c><00:34:39.619><c> Edom</c>

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who<00:34:40.760><c> were</c><00:34:40.960><c> cheek</c><00:34:41.179><c> by</c><00:34:41.500><c> jowl</c><00:34:42.199><c> they</c><00:34:42.820><c> were</c><00:34:42.980><c> the</c><00:34:43.159><c> next</c>

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nation<00:34:43.820><c> round</c><00:34:44.079><c> as</c><00:34:44.239><c> it</c><00:34:44.460><c> were</c><00:34:45.039><c> to</c><00:34:46.119><c> Israel</c><00:34:46.699><c> and</c><00:34:47.400><c> you</c><00:34:47.539><c> can</c><00:34:47.780><c> see</c><00:34:47.980><c> what's</c><00:34:48.380><c> happened</c><00:34:48.699><c> in</c>

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Israel<00:34:49.820><c> I</c><00:34:51.139><c> have</c><00:34:52.239><c> demonstrated</c><00:34:53.380><c> my</c>

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wherein<00:35:01.900><c> hast</c><00:35:02.179><c> thou</c><00:35:02.340><c> loved</c>

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verse<00:35:07.039><c> 3</c><00:35:07.480><c> hated</c><00:35:07.900><c> Esau</c><00:35:08.460><c> and</c><00:35:08.820><c> laid</c><00:35:09.119><c> his</c><00:35:09.699><c> mountains</c><00:35:10.360><c> and</c>

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his<00:35:10.960><c> heritage</c><00:35:11.739><c> waste</c><00:35:12.639><c> for</c><00:35:13.179><c> the</c><00:35:13.400><c> dragons</c><00:35:13.880><c> of</c><00:35:14.679><c> the</c><00:35:14.920><c> wilderness</c>

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the<00:35:16.780><c> Lord</c><00:35:16.920><c> God</c><00:35:17.099><c> had</c><00:35:17.300><c> demonstrated</c><00:35:17.980><c> his</c><00:35:18.539><c> judgments</c><00:35:19.039><c> upon</c>

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Edom<00:35:20.619><c> because</c><00:35:21.659><c> it</c><00:35:21.820><c> was</c><00:35:22.079><c> Edom</c><00:35:22.820><c> who</c><00:35:23.219><c> proved</c><00:35:23.539><c> to</c><00:35:23.860><c> be</c><00:35:24.219><c> the</c><00:35:24.599><c> arch</c><00:35:24.880><c> enemies</c><00:35:25.360><c> of</c>

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God's<00:35:27.440><c> people</c><00:35:27.719><c> it</c><00:35:27.900><c> was</c><00:35:28.179><c> Edom</c><00:35:28.519><c> do</c><00:35:28.699><c> you</c>

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their<00:35:37.320><c> the</c><00:35:37.559><c> time</c><00:35:37.739><c> of</c><00:35:37.940><c> their</c><00:35:38.139><c> salvation</c><00:35:38.639><c> and</c><00:35:39.000><c> they</c><00:35:39.280><c> wished</c><00:35:39.559><c> to</c>

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corridor<00:35:46.159><c> we'll</c>

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you're<00:35:52.460><c> not</c><00:35:52.579><c> coming</c><00:35:52.800><c> through</c><00:35:53.019><c> here</c><00:35:53.380><c> this</c><00:35:54.179><c> is</c><00:35:54.340><c> the</c><00:35:54.539><c> brother</c><00:35:54.920><c> this</c><00:35:55.579><c> is</c>

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the<00:36:05.179><c> blessing</c><00:36:05.579><c> such</c><00:36:06.320><c> was</c><00:36:06.599><c> the</c><00:36:06.960><c> hate</c><00:36:07.360><c> that</c><00:36:07.940><c> these</c><00:36:08.559><c> were</c><00:36:08.900><c> the</c>

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people<00:36:09.619><c> Edom</c><00:36:10.000><c> were</c><00:36:10.420><c> who</c><00:36:11.219><c> stood</c><00:36:11.699><c> and</c><00:36:13.000><c> watched</c><00:36:13.300><c> the</c>

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destruction<00:36:14.099><c> and</c><00:36:14.599><c> didn't</c><00:36:14.940><c> intervene</c><00:36:15.400><c> or</c><00:36:15.659><c> give</c><00:36:15.820><c> any</c><00:36:16.139><c> respite</c>

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or<00:36:17.400><c> relief</c><00:36:17.940><c> to</c><00:36:18.539><c> the</c><00:36:18.719><c> nation</c><00:36:19.199><c> of</c><00:36:19.500><c> Israel</c><00:36:20.059><c> when</c>

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they<00:36:20.960><c> were</c><00:36:21.159><c> being</c><00:36:21.780><c> overthrown</c><00:36:22.760><c> by</c><00:36:23.179><c> Babylon</c><00:36:23.659><c> turn</c><00:36:24.320><c> back</c><00:36:24.599><c> to</c><00:36:25.179><c> keep</c><00:36:25.340><c> your</c><00:36:25.539><c> finger</c><00:36:25.760><c> in</c>

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Malachi<00:36:26.599><c> turn</c><00:36:26.840><c> back</c><00:36:27.099><c> to</c><00:36:27.440><c> Obadiah</c>

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this<00:36:31.659><c> is</c><00:36:32.099><c> an</c><00:36:33.519><c> indictment</c><00:36:34.000><c> there</c><00:36:34.139><c> are</c><00:36:34.239><c> many</c><00:36:34.440><c> passages</c><00:36:34.900><c> in</c><00:36:35.260><c> scripture</c><00:36:35.559><c> that</c>

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indict<00:36:36.739><c> Edom</c>

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Psalm<00:36:39.420><c> 137</c><00:36:41.440><c> is</c><00:36:41.719><c> one</c><00:36:42.099><c> Ezekiel</c><00:36:43.000><c> 35</c><00:36:44.219><c> is</c><00:36:45.820><c> another</c><00:36:46.320><c> one</c><00:36:46.760><c> numbers</c><00:36:47.219><c> 20</c>

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indictment<00:36:54.760><c> of</c><00:36:56.679><c> what</c><00:36:58.559><c> Edom</c><00:36:59.000><c> did</c><00:36:59.539><c> to</c><00:37:00.179><c> the</c><00:37:00.400><c> people</c><00:37:00.619><c> of</c><00:37:00.880><c> God</c><00:37:01.320><c> and</c>

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they<00:37:02.360><c> might</c><00:37:02.619><c> have</c><00:37:02.920><c> had</c><00:37:03.360><c> Israel</c><00:37:03.840><c> might</c><00:37:04.119><c> have</c><00:37:04.420><c> had</c><00:37:04.780><c> case</c>

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to<00:37:06.400><c> stand</c><00:37:06.880><c> up</c><00:37:07.420><c> in</c><00:37:07.840><c> the</c><00:37:08.119><c> court</c><00:37:08.420><c> as</c><00:37:08.699><c> they</c><00:37:08.900><c> now</c><00:37:09.159><c> challenge</c><00:37:09.440><c> God</c><00:37:09.679><c> and</c><00:37:09.900><c> say</c><00:37:10.099><c> see</c><00:37:10.860><c> what</c><00:37:11.019><c> you've</c><00:37:11.239><c> done</c><00:37:11.380><c> to</c>

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us<00:37:11.780><c> this</c><00:37:12.059><c> is</c>

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what<00:37:12.440><c> you</c><00:37:12.639><c> let</c><00:37:12.860><c> Edom</c><00:37:13.599><c> do</c><00:37:14.360><c> to</c><00:37:15.119><c> the</c><00:37:15.280><c> nation</c><00:37:15.639><c> verse</c><00:37:16.039><c> 8</c><00:37:16.579><c> of</c><00:37:16.820><c> Obadiah</c>

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shall<00:37:17.860><c> I</c><00:37:18.000><c> not</c><00:37:18.159><c> in</c><00:37:18.280><c> that</c><00:37:18.519><c> day</c><00:37:18.760><c> saith</c><00:37:18.960><c> the</c><00:37:19.179><c> Lord</c>

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destroy<00:37:19.940><c> the</c><00:37:20.239><c> wise</c><00:37:20.579><c> men</c><00:37:20.920><c> out</c><00:37:21.159><c> of</c><00:37:21.360><c> Edom</c><00:37:21.960><c> an</c><00:37:22.219><c> understanding</c><00:37:22.719><c> out</c>

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:26.320
of<00:37:23.039><c> the</c><00:37:23.179><c> mount</c><00:37:23.340><c> of</c><00:37:23.599><c> Esau</c><00:37:24.579><c> oh</c><00:37:24.980><c> thy</c><00:37:25.159><c> mighty</c><00:37:25.519><c> men</c><00:37:25.940><c> oh</c>

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teemen<00:37:26.699><c> shall</c><00:37:26.920><c> be</c><00:37:27.119><c> dismayed</c><00:37:27.619><c> that's</c><00:37:27.880><c> in</c><00:37:28.079><c> Edom</c><00:37:28.599><c> to</c><00:37:28.820><c> the</c><00:37:28.940><c> end</c><00:37:29.059><c> that</c><00:37:29.239><c> every</c><00:37:29.500><c> one</c><00:37:29.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:37:30.820><c> mount</c><00:37:31.000><c> of</c><00:37:31.219><c> Esau</c><00:37:31.679><c> may</c><00:37:31.880><c> be</c>

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off<00:37:32.400><c> by</c><00:37:32.639><c> slaughter</c><00:37:32.960><c> my</c><00:37:33.219><c> judgment</c><00:37:33.599><c> is</c><00:37:33.920><c> coming</c><00:37:34.260><c> this</c><00:37:34.739><c> is</c><00:37:34.940><c> a</c><00:37:35.079><c> burden</c><00:37:35.380><c> of</c>

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Obadiah<00:37:36.599><c> that</c><00:37:37.099><c> Edom</c><00:37:37.679><c> the</c><00:37:38.280><c> arch</c><00:37:38.500><c> enemies</c>

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the<00:37:39.639><c> implacable</c><00:37:41.219><c> opponents</c><00:37:42.380><c> of</c><00:37:42.760><c> his</c><00:37:43.000><c> brother</c><00:37:43.659><c> Jacob</c><00:37:44.219><c> will</c><00:37:45.420><c> be</c>

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judged<00:37:45.980><c> verse</c><00:37:46.260><c> 10</c><00:37:46.579><c> why</c><00:37:47.380><c> for</c><00:37:48.219><c> thy</c><00:37:48.619><c> violence</c>

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thou<00:37:54.099><c> shalt</c><00:37:54.320><c> be</c><00:37:54.679><c> cut</c><00:37:54.880><c> off</c><00:37:55.099><c> forever</c><00:37:55.500><c> in</c><00:37:55.860><c> the</c><00:37:56.059><c> day</c><00:37:56.199><c> that</c>

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thou<00:37:56.579><c> now</c><00:37:56.920><c> note</c><00:37:57.139><c> this</c><00:37:57.559><c> in</c><00:37:57.900><c> the</c><00:37:58.059><c> day</c><00:37:58.219><c> that</c><00:37:58.380><c> thou</c><00:37:58.639><c> stoodest</c><00:37:59.239><c> on</c>

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the<00:37:59.739><c> other</c><00:38:00.019><c> side</c><00:38:00.559><c> what</c><00:38:00.719><c> does</c><00:38:00.880><c> that</c><00:38:01.139><c> remind</c><00:38:01.480><c> you</c><00:38:01.739><c> of</c>

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it<00:38:02.119><c> was</c><00:38:02.460><c> that</c><00:38:03.159><c> lovely</c><00:38:05.239><c> excitation</c><00:38:05.760><c> we</c><00:38:05.940><c> had</c><00:38:06.000><c> from</c><00:38:06.159><c> brother</c><00:38:06.320><c> ken</c>

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wasn't<00:38:06.940><c> it</c><00:38:07.699><c> of</c><00:38:08.219><c> the</c><00:38:08.780><c> good</c><00:38:08.980><c> samaritan</c>

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the<00:38:12.920><c> day</c><00:38:13.139><c> that</c><00:38:13.360><c> the</c><00:38:13.699><c> strangers</c><00:38:14.159><c> carried</c><00:38:14.619><c> away</c><00:38:15.119><c> captive</c>

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his<00:38:16.099><c> forces</c><00:38:16.699><c> and</c><00:38:17.219><c> foreigners</c><00:38:17.619><c> entered</c><00:38:18.400><c> into</c><00:38:19.039><c> his</c><00:38:19.340><c> gates</c><00:38:19.579><c> and</c>

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cast<00:38:20.079><c> lots</c><00:38:20.380><c> upon</c><00:38:20.679><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:21.300><c> even</c><00:38:21.980><c> thou</c><00:38:22.300><c> was</c><00:38:22.500><c> one</c>

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of<00:38:22.820><c> them</c><00:38:22.880><c> you</c><00:38:23.139><c> stood</c><00:38:23.340><c> and</c><00:38:23.619><c> watched</c><00:38:24.219><c> by</c><00:38:25.460><c> implication</c><00:38:25.960><c> you</c><00:38:26.179><c> are</c>

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relief<00:38:28.559><c> to</c><00:38:29.679><c> the</c><00:38:29.820><c> people</c><00:38:30.500><c> who</c><00:38:30.860><c> were</c><00:38:31.099><c> suffering</c><00:38:31.539><c> at</c><00:38:32.179><c> the</c><00:38:32.320><c> hands</c>

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of<00:38:33.420><c> the</c><00:38:33.559><c> Babylonians</c><00:38:34.300><c> in</c><00:38:34.699><c> fact</c><00:38:35.079><c> you</c><00:38:35.460><c> took</c><00:38:35.719><c> part</c>

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in<00:38:37.199><c> psalm</c><00:38:38.579><c> 137</c><00:38:39.619><c> round</c><00:38:39.880><c> about</c><00:38:40.139><c> verse</c><00:38:40.400><c> 7</c><00:38:40.760><c> says</c><00:38:41.059><c> that</c><00:38:41.280><c> Edom</c><00:38:41.559><c> shouted</c><00:38:41.940><c> from</c>

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the<00:38:42.460><c> sides</c><00:38:42.760><c> as</c><00:38:43.079><c> they</c><00:38:43.260><c> watched</c><00:38:43.400><c> the</c>

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Babylonians<00:38:44.159><c> going</c><00:38:44.440><c> in</c><00:38:44.820><c> raise</c><00:38:45.320><c> it</c><00:38:45.860><c> raise</c><00:38:46.219><c> it</c><00:38:46.559><c> take</c><00:38:46.780><c> it</c><00:38:47.000><c> to</c><00:38:47.119><c> the</c>

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ground<00:38:47.559><c> destroy</c><00:38:48.079><c> it</c><00:38:48.820><c> that</c><00:38:49.099><c> was</c><00:38:49.239><c> the</c><00:38:49.420><c> mentality</c><00:38:49.920><c> the</c>

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lovely<00:38:50.820><c> mentality</c><00:38:51.500><c> of</c><00:38:52.119><c> Edom</c><00:38:52.480><c> against</c><00:38:52.820><c> the</c><00:38:53.059><c> people</c><00:38:53.340><c> of</c><00:38:53.699><c> God</c><00:38:54.099><c> the</c><00:38:55.099><c> very</c><00:38:55.579><c> antithesis</c><00:38:56.699><c> of</c><00:38:57.219><c> godliness</c>

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that<00:38:58.800><c> God</c><00:38:59.019><c> wished</c><00:38:59.260><c> to</c><00:38:59.559><c> see</c><00:38:59.840><c> in</c><00:39:00.199><c> his</c><00:39:00.579><c> people</c><00:39:01.760><c> verse</c><00:39:02.920><c> 12</c><00:39:03.619><c> but</c><00:39:04.219><c> thou</c><00:39:04.420><c> shouldest</c><00:39:04.800><c> not</c>

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have<00:39:05.260><c> looked</c><00:39:05.579><c> on</c>

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the<00:39:07.119><c> day</c><00:39:07.360><c> of</c><00:39:07.619><c> thy</c><00:39:07.739><c> brother</c><00:39:08.420><c> in</c><00:39:09.820><c> the</c><00:39:10.079><c> day</c><00:39:10.260><c> that</c><00:39:10.420><c> he</c><00:39:10.679><c> became</c><00:39:11.000><c> a</c>

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stranger<00:39:11.880><c> neither</c><00:39:12.460><c> shouldest</c><00:39:12.920><c> thou</c><00:39:13.079><c> have</c><00:39:13.360><c> rejoiced</c>

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over<00:39:14.159><c> the</c><00:39:14.360><c> children</c><00:39:14.619><c> of</c><00:39:14.880><c> Judah</c><00:39:15.099><c> in</c><00:39:15.579><c> the</c><00:39:15.780><c> day</c><00:39:15.920><c> of</c><00:39:16.059><c> their</c><00:39:16.179><c> destruction</c><00:39:16.559><c> neither</c><00:39:17.000><c> shouldest</c><00:39:17.380><c> thou</c>

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have<00:39:17.659><c> spoken</c>

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proudly<00:39:18.940><c> in</c><00:39:19.179><c> the</c><00:39:19.380><c> day</c><00:39:19.559><c> of</c><00:39:19.719><c> distress</c><00:39:20.199><c> thou</c><00:39:20.679><c> shouldest</c><00:39:21.079><c> not</c><00:39:21.340><c> have</c><00:39:21.500><c> entered</c><00:39:21.739><c> into</c><00:39:21.980><c> the</c>

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gate<00:39:22.280><c> of</c><00:39:22.480><c> thy</c><00:39:22.579><c> people</c>

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in<00:39:23.500><c> the</c><00:39:23.619><c> day</c><00:39:23.780><c> of</c><00:39:23.860><c> their</c><00:39:24.039><c> calamity</c><00:39:24.320><c> they</c><00:39:24.460><c> went</c><00:39:24.639><c> and</c><00:39:24.880><c> plundered</c>

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Jerusalem<00:39:25.800><c> when</c><00:39:26.739><c> Babylon</c><00:39:27.099><c> went</c><00:39:27.360><c> in</c><00:39:27.519><c> they</c>

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they<00:39:27.920><c> went</c><00:39:28.019><c> in</c><00:39:28.179><c> and</c><00:39:28.599><c> stole</c><00:39:28.920><c> from</c><00:39:29.179><c> their</c><00:39:29.500><c> brother</c><00:39:30.059><c> and</c><00:39:30.880><c> made</c>

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things<00:39:31.559><c> even</c><00:39:32.039><c> worse</c><00:39:32.280><c> neither</c><00:39:32.639><c> shouldest</c><00:39:33.019><c> thou</c><00:39:33.239><c> have</c>

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verse<00:39:33.900><c> 14</c><00:39:34.420><c> stood</c><00:39:34.800><c> in</c><00:39:35.179><c> the</c><00:39:35.559><c> crossway</c><00:39:36.340><c> to</c><00:39:36.820><c> cut</c><00:39:37.059><c> off</c><00:39:37.320><c> those</c><00:39:37.820><c> of</c>

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his<00:39:38.639><c> that</c><00:39:39.139><c> did</c><00:39:39.380><c> escape</c><00:39:39.900><c> neither</c><00:39:40.300><c> shouldest</c><00:39:40.679><c> thou</c><00:39:40.820><c> have</c>

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them<00:39:41.300><c> up</c><00:39:41.820><c> they</c><00:39:42.719><c> even</c><00:39:43.039><c> caught</c><00:39:43.260><c> the</c><00:39:43.559><c> stragglers</c><00:39:44.059><c> and</c><00:39:44.539><c> returned</c>

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them<00:39:45.539><c> to</c><00:39:46.280><c> the</c><00:39:46.960><c> enemy</c><00:39:47.820><c> for</c><00:39:49.579><c> the</c><00:39:49.719><c> day</c><00:39:50.059><c> of</c><00:39:50.300><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:39:50.699><c> is</c><00:39:51.039><c> near</c><00:39:51.239><c> upon</c><00:39:51.519><c> all</c><00:39:51.920><c> the</c><00:39:52.119><c> heathen</c><00:39:52.699><c> as</c><00:39:52.980><c> thou</c><00:39:53.199><c> hast</c><00:39:53.519><c> done</c>

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it<00:39:54.260><c> so</c><00:39:54.559><c> shall</c><00:39:54.679><c> it</c><00:39:54.820><c> be</c><00:39:54.960><c> done</c><00:39:55.119><c> unto</c><00:39:55.360><c> thee</c><00:39:56.079><c> thy</c><00:39:56.380><c> reward</c>

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shall<00:39:57.019><c> return</c><00:39:57.460><c> upon</c><00:39:57.820><c> thine</c><00:39:58.199><c> own</c><00:39:59.079><c> head</c><00:39:59.559><c> this</c><00:40:00.280><c> is</c><00:40:00.440><c> the</c><00:40:00.579><c> judgment</c>

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of<00:40:01.119><c> God</c><00:40:01.539><c> these</c><00:40:02.239><c> are</c><00:40:02.420><c> the</c><00:40:02.579><c> neighbors</c><00:40:03.000><c> by</c><00:40:03.300><c> the</c>

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way<00:40:03.820><c> right</c><00:40:04.280><c> these</c><00:40:04.940><c> are</c><00:40:05.219><c> the</c><00:40:05.460><c> neighbors</c><00:40:05.780><c> what</c><00:40:06.199><c> neighbors</c><00:40:06.719><c> to</c><00:40:07.159><c> have</c><00:40:07.539><c> and</c><00:40:08.340><c> you</c><00:40:08.500><c> could</c><00:40:08.739><c> see</c><00:40:08.980><c> that</c><00:40:09.199><c> it</c><00:40:09.440><c> was</c><00:40:09.659><c> a</c>

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point<00:40:10.239><c> of</c>

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bitterness<00:40:11.260><c> to</c><00:40:12.139><c> the</c><00:40:12.239><c> nation</c><00:40:12.519><c> of</c><00:40:12.639><c> Israel</c><00:40:12.920><c> as</c><00:40:13.059><c> we</c><00:40:13.139><c> go</c><00:40:13.320><c> back</c><00:40:13.519><c> to</c>

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Malachi<00:40:14.059><c> now</c><00:40:14.480><c> as</c><00:40:14.760><c> they</c><00:40:15.019><c> glance</c><00:40:15.340><c> across</c><00:40:15.719><c> the</c><00:40:16.000><c> border</c>

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to<00:40:17.079><c> Edom</c><00:40:17.519><c> who</c><00:40:18.000><c> they</c><00:40:18.480><c> had</c><00:40:18.820><c> living</c><00:40:19.199><c> as</c><00:40:19.619><c> neighbors</c><00:40:20.039><c> and</c><00:40:20.460><c> how</c><00:40:20.860><c> God</c>

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appeared<00:40:21.480><c> to</c><00:40:21.739><c> be</c><00:40:22.199><c> tolerating</c><00:40:22.840><c> up</c><00:40:23.019><c> to</c><00:40:23.320><c> a</c><00:40:23.440><c> point</c>

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these<00:40:26.519><c> neighbors</c><00:40:27.159><c> but</c><00:40:28.280><c> look</c><00:40:28.500><c> what</c><00:40:28.699><c> God</c><00:40:28.920><c> says</c><00:40:29.239><c> as</c><00:40:29.400><c> he</c><00:40:29.539><c> said</c><00:40:29.659><c> in</c>

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Obadiah<00:40:30.360><c> now</c><00:40:30.679><c> so</c><00:40:31.079><c> he</c><00:40:31.519><c> repeats</c><00:40:31.940><c> as</c><00:40:32.179><c> it</c><00:40:32.400><c> were</c>

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in<00:40:35.400><c> Malachi</c><00:40:36.139><c> whereas</c><00:40:37.099><c> verse</c><00:40:37.440><c> 3</c><00:40:38.239><c> I</c><00:40:38.559><c> hated</c><00:40:39.039><c> Esau</c><00:40:39.639><c> laid</c><00:40:39.900><c> his</c><00:40:40.119><c> mountains</c><00:40:40.559><c> and</c>

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his<00:40:40.900><c> heritage</c><00:40:41.260><c> waste</c><00:40:41.500><c> verse</c><00:40:41.719><c> 4</c>

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whereas<00:40:42.699><c> Edom</c><00:40:43.059><c> says</c><00:40:43.659><c> we</c><00:40:44.360><c> are</c><00:40:44.820><c> impoverished</c><00:40:45.440><c> but</c><00:40:45.679><c> we</c><00:40:46.059><c> will</c><00:40:46.340><c> return</c><00:40:46.940><c> they'd</c><00:40:47.420><c> been</c><00:40:47.559><c> thrown</c><00:40:47.780><c> out</c>

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of<00:40:48.280><c> Petra</c><00:40:49.119><c> the</c><00:40:49.400><c> Lord</c>

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God<00:40:50.059><c> had</c><00:40:50.320><c> brought</c><00:40:50.519><c> upon</c><00:40:50.940><c> Edom</c><00:40:52.019><c> the</c><00:40:53.039><c> Babylonians</c><00:40:53.659><c> who</c><00:40:53.800><c> had</c><00:40:54.000><c> turned</c><00:40:54.239><c> against</c><00:40:54.599><c> them</c><00:40:54.940><c> but</c>

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also<00:40:56.119><c> the</c><00:40:56.519><c> Nabataean</c><00:40:57.139><c> Arabs</c>

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those<00:40:58.340><c> jackals</c><00:40:58.860><c> those</c><00:40:59.179><c> dragons</c><00:40:59.639><c> who</c><00:41:00.039><c> lived</c><00:41:00.260><c> and</c><00:41:00.920><c> wandered</c><00:41:01.179><c> around</c><00:41:01.420><c> the</c><00:41:01.579><c> wilderness</c><00:41:01.880><c> and</c><00:41:02.099><c> they'd</c><00:41:02.340><c> come</c><00:41:02.500><c> in</c>

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and<00:41:03.239><c> they'd</c><00:41:03.519><c> taken</c><00:41:03.699><c> over</c><00:41:04.139><c> Petra</c><00:41:04.739><c> and</c><00:41:04.980><c> they'd</c><00:41:05.320><c> kicked</c><00:41:05.440><c> out</c><00:41:05.800><c> the</c>

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Edomites<00:41:06.619><c> and</c><00:41:07.039><c> the</c><00:41:07.179><c> Edomites</c><00:41:07.519><c> were</c><00:41:07.699><c> now</c><00:41:07.940><c> trying</c>

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to<00:41:08.320><c> get</c><00:41:08.480><c> back</c><00:41:08.780><c> in</c><00:41:09.039><c> and</c><00:41:09.719><c> and</c><00:41:10.300><c> they</c><00:41:10.440><c> were</c><00:41:10.619><c> saying</c><00:41:10.900><c> we</c><00:41:11.219><c> are</c><00:41:11.500><c> impoverished</c><00:41:11.940><c> but</c><00:41:12.099><c> we</c>

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will<00:41:12.519><c> return</c><00:41:12.960><c> we'll</c><00:41:13.280><c> get</c><00:41:13.500><c> back</c><00:41:13.800><c> in</c>

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and<00:41:14.440><c> we'll</c><00:41:14.679><c> build</c><00:41:14.880><c> the</c><00:41:15.119><c> desolate</c><00:41:15.420><c> places</c><00:41:16.139><c> thus</c><00:41:16.719><c> said</c><00:41:16.920><c> the</c><00:41:17.099><c> Lord</c><00:41:17.280><c> of</c>

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hosts<00:41:17.739><c> verse</c><00:41:17.960><c> 4</c><00:41:18.519><c> they</c><00:41:19.019><c> shall</c><00:41:19.239><c> build</c><00:41:19.719><c> but</c><00:41:20.079><c> I</c><00:41:20.480><c> will</c>

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throw<00:41:21.139><c> down</c><00:41:21.780><c> the</c><00:41:22.639><c> Lord</c><00:41:22.960><c> God</c><00:41:23.280><c> does</c><00:41:23.659><c> love</c><00:41:23.840><c> his</c><00:41:24.159><c> people</c><00:41:24.679><c> and</c><00:41:25.460><c> he</c>

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will<00:41:26.340><c> issue</c><00:41:26.699><c> the</c><00:41:26.960><c> judgments</c><00:41:27.420><c> that</c><00:41:28.119><c> he</c><00:41:28.440><c> has</c><00:41:28.719><c> promised</c>

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and<00:41:29.980><c> he</c><00:41:30.239><c> calls</c><00:41:30.920><c> Edom</c><00:41:32.260><c> the</c><00:41:32.739><c> border</c><00:41:33.199><c> of</c><00:41:33.780><c> wickedness</c><00:41:34.639><c> the</c><00:41:35.119><c> people</c>

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against<00:41:36.179><c> whom</c><00:41:36.400><c> the</c><00:41:36.760><c> Lord</c><00:41:37.079><c> hath</c><00:41:37.619><c> indignation</c>

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forever<00:41:39.440><c> they</c><00:41:40.400><c> are</c><00:41:40.760><c> right</c><00:41:40.980><c> on</c><00:41:41.159><c> the</c><00:41:41.360><c> border</c><00:41:41.599><c> cheek</c><00:41:41.860><c> by</c><00:41:42.139><c> jowl</c>

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what<00:42:44.099><c> of</c><00:42:44.260><c> it</c><00:42:44.659><c> in</c><00:42:45.139><c> this</c><00:42:45.440><c> broader</c><00:42:45.800><c> dimension</c><00:42:46.340><c> now</c>

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of<00:42:47.780><c> all</c><00:42:48.360><c> people</c><00:42:48.760><c> of</c><00:42:49.239><c> all</c><00:42:49.719><c> times</c><00:42:50.400><c> I</c><00:42:51.099><c> will</c><00:42:51.179><c> look</c><00:42:51.340><c> at</c><00:42:52.099><c> Amos</c><00:42:52.440><c> chapter</c><00:42:52.780><c> 9</c><00:42:54.420><c> and</c>

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verse<00:42:55.900><c> 11</c>

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in<00:42:58.519><c> that</c><00:42:58.860><c> day</c><00:42:59.280><c> I</c><00:43:00.059><c> will</c><00:43:00.260><c> raise</c><00:43:00.519><c> up</c><00:43:00.739><c> the</c><00:43:00.960><c> tabernacle</c><00:43:01.400><c> of</c><00:43:01.699><c> David</c>

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my<00:43:21.179><c> name</c><00:43:21.880><c> Seth</c><00:43:22.440><c> the</c><00:43:22.860><c> Lord</c><00:43:23.219><c> that</c><00:43:23.579><c> doeth</c><00:43:23.840><c> it</c>

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nations<00:43:31.820><c> he</c><00:43:32.099><c> says</c><00:43:32.579><c> and</c><00:43:33.579><c> that</c><00:43:34.159><c> will</c><00:43:34.500><c> include</c><00:43:35.280><c> the</c><00:43:35.699><c> remnant</c><00:43:36.199><c> of</c>

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the<00:44:54.219><c> tabernacle</c><00:44:54.739><c> of</c><00:44:55.019><c> David</c><00:44:55.400><c> which</c><00:44:55.739><c> has</c><00:44:56.019><c> fallen</c><00:44:56.260><c> down</c><00:44:56.940><c> and</c><00:44:57.659><c> he</c>

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variance<00:45:40.119><c> with</c><00:45:40.820><c> God</c>

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