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Obadiah 1:16

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KJV ORIGINAL

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Just like you celebrated and got drunk on my sacred mountain, all the nations who oppose me will drink from the cup of my judgment. They'll keep drinking until they're completely destroyed — like they never even existed.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

What goes around comes around, and God's justice doesn't miss.

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