¹⁶^*Your pride has deceived you. No one fears you as much as you think they do. You live on the rocky cliffs, high on top of the mountain; but even though you live as high up as an eagle, the Lord will bring you down. The Lord has spoken.” ¹⁷^*The Lord said, “The destruction that will come on Edom will be so terrible that everyone who passes by will be shocked and terrified. ¹⁸^*The same thing will happen to Edom as happened to Sodom and Gomorrah, when they and the nearby towns were destroyed. No one will ever live there again. I, the Lord, have spoken.

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Cross references

*49.7–22: Ez 25:12–14; 35:1–15; Am 1:11, 12; Ob 1–14; Ml 1:2–5
*49.7–22: Ez 25:12–14; 35:1–15; Am 1:11, 12; Ob 1–14; Ml 1:2–5
*49.7–22: Ez 25:12–14; 35:1–15; Am 1:11, 12; Ob 1–14; Ml 1:2–5 49.18: Gn 19:24, 25

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The horror you inspire has deceived you,

and the pride of your heart,

you who live in the clefts of the rock,

who hold the height of the hill.

Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s,

I will bring you down from there,

declares the Lord.

“Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters. As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The terror you inspire

and the pride of your heart have deceived you,

you who live in the clefts of the rocks,

who occupy the heights of the hill.

Though you build your nest as high as the eagle’s,

from there I will bring you down,”

declares the Lord.

“Edom will become an object of horror;

all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff

because of all its wounds.

As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown,

along with their neighboring towns,”

says the Lord,

“so no one will live there;

no people will dwell in it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As to the terror you cause,

your arrogant heart has deceived you.

You who live in the clefts of the rock,

you who occupy the mountain summit,

though you elevate your nest like the eagles,

even from there I will bring you down.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

“Edom will become a desolation. Everyone who passes by her will be appalled and scoff because of all her wounds. As when Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the Lord, “no one will live there; no human being will stay in it even temporarily.

NLTNew Living Translation

You have been deceived

by the fear you inspire in others

and by your own pride.

You live in a rock fortress

and control the mountain heights.

But even if you make your nest among the peaks with the eagles,

I will bring you crashing down,”

says the Lord.

“Edom will be an object of horror.

All who pass by will be appalled

and will gasp at the destruction they see there.

It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

and their neighboring towns,” says the Lord.

“No one will live there;

no one will inhabit it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Your terror has deceived you,

the pride of your heart,

O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,

you who seize the height of the hill.

Though you make your nest high like the eagle,

from there I will bring you down,” declares Yahweh.

“And Edom will become as a horror,

everyone who passes by it will be appalled,

and will hiss because of all its blows.

As the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah

and their neighbors,” says Yahweh,

“no one will live there,

and the son of humankind will not dwell as an alien in it.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart,

O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock,

That holdest the height of the hill:

Though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle,

I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

Also Edom shall be a desolation:

Every one that goeth by it shall be astonished,

And shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah

And the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord,

No man shall abide there,

Neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

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