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Obadiah 1:18Obad.1.18

And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken [it].

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

La maison de Jacob sera un feu, et la maison de Joseph une flamme; Mais la maison d'Esaü sera du chaume, Qu'elles allumeront et consumeront; Et il ne restera rien de la maison d'Esaü, Car l'Eternel a parlé.

KJV

And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken [it].

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 129 (Migne)

    xardescent in eos et comedent eos, et non erit qui ignem ferat domui Esau, quia Dominus locutus est (Abd. I, 18) . Miser namque Photius erat veraciter ut homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum, sed speravit in multitudine versutiarum suarum, et praevaluit in vanitatem malitiarum…

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