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Jeremiah 49:13

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13I swearz by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozraha will become a ruin and a curse,b an object of horrorb and reproach;c and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”d

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Footnotes

  1. bThat is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.

Cross references

  1. zSee Ge 22:16
  2. aSee Ge 36:33
  3. bver 17
  4. cJer 42:18
  5. dSee Jer 19:8; Eze 35:9

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.