Jeremiah 49:7-20

7Concerning 1Edom. This is what the Lord of armies says: “Is there no longer any 2wisdom in 3Teman? Has good advice been lost by the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?8Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths, You inhabitants of 4Dedan, For I 5will bring the 6disaster of Esau upon him At the time I 7punish him.98If grape pickers came to you, Would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, They would destroy only what was sufficient for them.10But I have 9stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his hiding places So that he will not be able to conceal himself; His 10offspring have been destroyed along with his 11brothers And his neighbors, and 12he no longer exists.11Leave your 1314orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your 15widows trust in Me.”

12For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, those 16who were not sentenced to drink the 17cup will certainly drink it, so are you the one who will be held 18completely blameless? You will not be held blameless, but you will certainly drink it. 13For I have 19sworn by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that 20Bozrah will become an 21object of horror, a disgrace, a wasteland, and a curse; and all its cities will become permanent ruins.”

14I have 22heard a message from the Lord, And a 23messenger is being sent among the nations, saying, “24Gather yourselves together and come against her, And rise up for battle!”15“For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among people.16As for the terror you cause, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of 25the 26rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as 27high as an eagle’s, I will 28bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

17“Edom will become an 29object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will 3031hiss at all its wounds. 18Like the 32overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Lord, “33no one will live there, nor will 34anyone of mankind reside in it. 1935Behold, one will come up like a lion from the 36thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase him away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is 37chosen. For who is 38like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd 39who can stand against Me?”

20Therefore hear the 40plan of the Lord which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has in mind against the inhabitants of Teman: they will certainly drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; He will certainly make their pasture 41desolate because of them.