Bozrah

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The chief city of Edom, repeatedly named in God's judgment speeches against that nation. Scripture emphasizes Bozrah as Edom's seat of power; the prophets declared it would face ruin alongside all the land of Esau's children. Isaiah and Jeremiah use Bozrah as shorthand for Edom's pride and its fall, making it the primary symbol of that ancient rival nation.

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"For I have sworn by myself,” says Yahweh, “that Bozrah will become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. All its cities will be perpetual wastes.”"

Jeremiah 49