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isaiah 34:17 And He has cast the lot for them, And His hand has divided it to them by line. They shall possess it forever; From generation to generation they shall dwell in it.
17. cast . . . lot--As conquerors apportion lands by lot, so Jehovah
has appointed and marked out ("divided") Edom for the wild beasts
(Nu 26:55, 56;
Jos 18:4-6).