Jeremiah 49:8–22

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.”

¹²For 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.”

¹⁴I 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.

¹⁶“As for the terror of you,

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?”

²⁰Therefore 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.

²¹The ^aearth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the ¹Red Sea.

²²Behold, 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.