Jeremiah 49:7–22
7 Concerning aEdom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any bwisdom in cTeman?
Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
8 “Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of aDedan,
For I 1will bring the bdisaster of Esau upon him
At the time I 2punish him.
9 “aIf grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
They would destroy only 1until they had enough.
10 “But I have astripped Esau bare,
I have uncovered his hiding places
So that he will not be able to conceal himself;
His 1offspring has been destroyed along with his 2relatives
And his neighbors, and bhe is no more.
11 “Leave your 1aorphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your bwidows trust in Me.”
12 For thus says the Lord, “Behold, those 1who were not sentenced to drink the acup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be bcompletely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it.
13 “For I have asworn by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that bBozrah will become an cobject of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins.”
14 I have aheard a message from the Lord,
And an benvoy is sent among the nations, saying,
“cGather yourselves together and come against her,
And rise up for battle!”
15 “For behold, I have made you small among the nations,
Despised among men.
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
O you who live in the clefts of 1the arock,
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as bhigh as an eagle’s,
I will cbring you down from there,” declares the Lord.
17 “Edom will become an aobject of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will bhiss at all its wounds.
18 “Like the aoverthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Lord, “bno one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it.
19 “aBehold, one will come up like a lion from the 1bthickets of the Jordan against 2a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is cchosen I shall appoint over it. For who is dlike Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd ewho can stand against Me?”
20 Therefore hear the aplan of the Lord which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their 1pasture bdesolate because of them.
21 The aearth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the 1Red Sea.
22 Behold, 1He will mount up and aswoop like an eagle and spread out His wings 2against Bozrah; and the bhearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.