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.”

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a Gen 22:16; Is 45:23; Jer 44:26; Amos 6:8
b Gen 36:33; 1 Chr 1:44; Is 34:6; 63:1; Amos 1:12
c Is 34:9–15; Jer 18:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I swear by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse, an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”

For by myself I have sworn” —this is the Lord’s declaration—“Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and an example for cursing, and all its surrounding cities will become ruins forever.”

NLTNew Living Translation

For I have sworn by my own name,” says the Lord, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror and a heap of ruins; it will be mocked and cursed. All its towns and villages will be desolate forever.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For I have sworn by myself,” declares Yahweh, “that Bozrah will become as a horror, as a disgrace, as a waste, and as a curse. And all her towns will be everlasting sites of ruins.”

KJV 1900King James Version

For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord,

That Bozrah shall become a desolation,

A reproach, a waste, and a curse;

And all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

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Jeremiah 49:13

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