12 But (A)I will send a fire upon Teman,
Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.”

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Then your (A)mighty men, O (B)Teman, shall be dismayed,
To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau
May be cut off by slaughter.

Edom Mistreated His Brother

10 “For (C)violence against your brother Jacob,
Shame shall cover you,
And (D)you shall be cut off forever.

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20 (A)Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Edom,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
Surely the least of the flock shall [a]draw them out;
Surely He shall make their dwelling places desolate with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:20 Or drag them away

Judgment on Edom

(A)Against Edom.

Thus says the Lord of hosts:

(B)Is wisdom no more in Teman?
(C)Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom (D)vanished?

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22 Behold, (A)He shall come up and fly like the eagle,
And spread His wings over Bozrah;
The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be
Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.

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13 For (A)I have sworn by Myself,” says the Lord, “that (B)Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a [a]waste, and a curse. And all its cities shall be perpetual [b]wastes.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:13 ruin
  2. Jeremiah 49:13 ruins

The (A)sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is made [a]overflowing with fatness,
With the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For (B)the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:6 Lit. fat

33 And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.

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11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, [a]Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 36:11 Zephi, 1 Chr. 1:36

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