Jeremiah 49:13-22

13For I have 1sworn by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that 2Bozrah will become an 3object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins.”

14I have 4heard a message from the Lord, And an 5envoy is sent among the nations, saying, “6Gather 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.16As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of 7the 8rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as 9high as an eagle’s, I will 10bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

17“Edom will become an 11object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will 12hiss at all its wounds. 18Like the 13overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Lord, “14no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it. 1915Behold, one will come up like a lion from the 1617thickets of the Jordan against 18a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is 19chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is 20like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd 21who can stand against Me?”

20Therefore hear the 22plan 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 23pasture 24desolate because of them. 21The 25earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the 26Red Sea. 22Behold, 27He will mount up and 28swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings 29against Bozrah; and the 30hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.