¹³ therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand^(A) against Edom and kill both man and beast.^(B) I will lay it waste, and from Teman^(C) to Dedan^(D) they will fall by the sword.^(E)

³ but Esau I have hated,^(A) and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland^(B) and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.^(C)”

⁴ Edom^(D) may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild^(E) the ruins.”

But this is what the Lord Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish.^(F) They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the Lord.^(G)

⁸ “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast.^(A)

²³ Dedan,^(A) Tema,^(B) Buz^(C) and all who are in distant places^[a];^(D)

A Message About Edom^(A)(B)

⁷ Concerning Edom:^(C)

This is what the Lord Almighty says:

¹⁶ therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines,^(A) and I will wipe out the Kerethites^(B) and destroy those remaining along the coast.^(C)