Jeremiah 49:14–22

¹⁴I heard a message from the Lord. 

A messenger was sent among the nations to say, 

“Assemble, and attack Edom. 

Get ready for battle.” 

¹⁵“Edom, I will make you the smallest of nations 

and despised among humanity. 

¹⁶You have frightened other people. 

Your arrogance has deceived you. 

You live on rocky cliffs 

and occupy the highest places in the hills. 

Even though you build your nest as high as an eagle, 

I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord. 

¹⁷“Then Edom will become something horrible. 

Everyone who passes by it will be horrified 

and hiss at all its wounds. 

¹⁸Edom will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, and their neighboring cities 

when they were destroyed. 

No one will live there. 

No human will stay there,” says the Lord. 

¹⁹“I will suddenly chase them from their places 

like a lion coming out of the jungle 

along the Jordan River into pastureland. 

I will appoint over Edom whomever I choose. 

Who is like me? Who can challenge me? 

Is there any leader who can stand up to me?” 

²⁰Listen to the plans that the Lord is making against Edom 

and the things he intends to do to those who live in Teman. 

He will surely drag away the little ones of the flock. 

He will surely destroy the pasture 

because of the people who live in Teman. 

²¹The earth will quake at the sound of their downfall. 

The sound of their crying will be heard at the Red Sea. 

²²The enemy will swoop down like eagles 

and spread their wings over Bozrah. 

On that day Edom’s soldiers will be like women in childbirth.