Jeremiah 49:7–22

Judgment on Edom

⁷Concerning ^oEdom.

Thus says the Lord of hosts:

^p“Is wisdom no more in ^pTeman?

^qHas counsel perished from the prudent?

^qHas their wisdom vanished?

^8rFlee, turn back, dwell in the depths,

O inhabitants of ^sDedan!

For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,

^tthe time when I punish him.

^9uIf grape gatherers came to you,

would they not leave ^vgleanings?

^uIf thieves came by night,

would they not destroy only enough for themselves?

^10wBut I have stripped Esau bare;

^uI have uncovered his hiding places,

and he is not able to conceal himself.

His children are destroyed, and his brothers,

and his neighbors; and ^xhe is no more.

^11yLeave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive;

^yand let your widows trust in me.”

¹²For thus says the Lord: ^z“If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, ^awill you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. ^13bFor I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that ^cBozrah shall become ^da horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”

^14eI have heard a message from the Lord,

and an envoy has been sent among the nations:

^f“Gather yourselves together and come against her,

and rise up for battle!

¹⁵For behold, I will make you small among the nations,

despised among mankind.

¹⁶The horror you inspire has deceived you,

and the pride of your heart,

you who live in the clefts of the rock,³

who hold the height of the hill.

Though you ^gmake your nest as high as the eagle’s,

I will bring you down from there,

declares the Lord.

^17h“Edom shall become a horror. ⁱEveryone who passes by it will be horrified ⁱand will hiss because of all its disasters. ^18jAs when Sodom and Gomorrah and their ^kneighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, ^lno man shall dwell there, ^lno man shall sojourn in her. ^19mBehold, ⁿlike a lion coming up from ^othe jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him⁴ run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. ^pFor who is like me? ^qWho will summon me? ^rWhat shepherd can stand before me? ²⁰Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against ^sEdom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of ^tTeman: ^uEven the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. ²¹At the sound of their fall ^vthe earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. ²²Behold, ^wone shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against ^xBozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart ^yof a woman in her birth pains.”