3:19a Egypt will become desolate,

But Egypt will be barren,
-or-

⌊The country/land of⌋ Egypt will become a desert,

3:19b and Edom a desert wasteland,

and Edom will be a terrible/horrifying wasteland,
-or-
and ⌊the country/land of⌋ Edom will become an awful/appalling wilderness.

3:19c because of the violence done to the people of Judah,

because they were brutal/cruel to the people of Judah,
-or-
For its ⌊soldiers/army⌋ attacked the land of Judah,

3:19d in whose land they shed innocent blood.

⌊and in their/Judah⌋ land they killed innocent people.
-or-
killing its people, although they had done no wrong.

3:19c–d (combined)

because they ⌊entered/attacked⌋ the land of Judah and killed people there who were guilty of no crime/wrong.

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