Jeremiah 49:7-22

7Concerning 1Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Is there no longer any 2wisdom in 3Teman? Has good counsel been lost to the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?8Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of 4Dedan, For I 5will bring the 6disaster of Esau upon him At the time I 7punish him.98If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, They would destroy only 9until they had enough.10But I have 10stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his hiding places So that he will not be able to conceal himself; His 11offspring has been destroyed along with his 12relatives And his neighbors, and 13he is no more.11Leave your 1415orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your 16widows trust in Me.”

12For thus says the Lord, “Behold, those 17who were not sentenced to drink the 18cup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be 19completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it. 13For I have 20sworn by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that 21Bozrah will become an 22object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins.”

14I have 23heard a message from the Lord, And an 24envoy is sent among the nations, saying, “25Gather 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 26the 27rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as 28high as an eagle’s, I will 29bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

17“Edom will become an 30object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will 31hiss at all its wounds. 18Like the 32overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Lord, “33no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it. 1934Behold, one will come up like a lion from the 3536thickets of the Jordan against 37a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is 38chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is 39like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd 40who can stand against Me?”

20Therefore hear the 41plan 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 42pasture 43desolate because of them. 21The 44earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the 45Red Sea. 22Behold, 46He will mount up and 47swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings 48against Bozrah; and the 49hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.