Jeremiah 49:14–22

¹⁴I’ve heard a message from the Lord.

A messenger was sent to the nations. The Lord told him to say,

“Gather yourselves together to attack Edom!

Prepare for battle!”

¹⁵The Lord says to Edom, “I will make you weak among the nations.

They will look down on you.

¹⁶You live in the safety of the rocks.

You live on top of the hills.

But the terror you stir up has now turned against you.

Your proud heart has tricked you.

You build your nest as high as an eagle does.

But I will bring you down from there,”

announces the Lord.

¹⁷“People of Edom,

all those who pass by you will be shocked.

They will make fun of you

because of all of your wounds.

¹⁸Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed.

So were the towns that were near them,”

says the Lord.

“You will be just like them.

No one will live in your land.

No one will stay there even for a short time.

¹⁹“I will be like a lion coming up

from the bushes by the Jordan River.

I will hunt in rich grasslands.

I will chase you from your land in an instant.

What nation will I choose to do it?

Which one will I appoint?

Is anyone like me?

Who would dare to argue with me?

What leader can stand against me?”

²⁰So listen to what the Lord has planned

against the people of Edom.

Hear what he has planned against those who live in Teman.

Edom’s young people will be dragged away.

The Lord will completely destroy

their grasslands because of them.

²¹When the earth hears Edom fall, it will shake.

The people’s cries will be heard all the way to the Red Sea.

²²Look! An enemy is coming.

It’s like an eagle diving down.

It will spread its wings over Bozrah.

At that time the hearts of Edom’s soldiers

will tremble in fear.

They’ll be like the heart of a woman having a baby.