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15 “For look, I will make you small among the nations,
    despised by the humankind.
16 Your terror has deceived you,
    the pride of your heart,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
    you who seize the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest high like the eagle,
    from there I will bring you down,” declares[a] Yahweh.
17 “And Edom will become as a horror,
    everyone who passes by it[b] will be appalled,
    and will hiss because of all its blows.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:16 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 49:17 Literally “all who passes by it”

15 “Now I will make you small among the nations,
    despised by mankind.
16 The terror you inspire
    and the pride(A) of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,(B)
    who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest(C) as high as the eagle’s,
    from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.
17 “Edom will become an object of horror;(D)
    all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
    because of all its wounds.(E)

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