¹⁷ “Edom also shall be an astonishment;
^(A)Everyone who goes by it will be astonished
And will hiss at all its plagues.

⁶ “Will not all these ^(A)take up a proverb against him,
And a taunting riddle against him, and say,
‘Woe to him who increases
What is not his—how long?
And to him who loads himself with ^[a]many pledges’?
⁷ Will not ^[b]your creditors rise up suddenly?
Will they not awaken who oppress you?
And you will become their booty.
^8 (B)Because you have plundered many nations,
All the remnant of the people shall plunder you,
Because of men’s ^[c]blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.

⁹ “Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,
That he may ^(C)set his nest on high,
That he may be delivered from the ^[d]power of disaster!
¹⁰ You give shameful counsel to your house,
Cutting off many peoples,
And sin against your soul.
¹¹ For the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the beam from the timbers will answer it.

¹² “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
Who establishes a city by iniquity!
¹³ Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts
That the peoples labor ^[e]to feed the fire,
And nations weary themselves in vain?
¹⁴ For the earth will be filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.

¹⁵ “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor,
^[f]Pressing him to your ^(D)bottle,
Even to make him drunk,
That you may look on ^[g]his nakedness!
¹⁶ You are filled with shame instead of glory.
You also—drink!
And ^[h]be exposed as uncircumcised!
The cup of the Lord’s right hand will be turned against you,
And utter shame will be on your glory.
¹⁷ For the violence done to Lebanon will cover you,
And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid,
Because of men’s blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.

¹⁸ “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?

¹⁵ All who ^[a]pass by ^(A)clap their hands at you;
They hiss ^(B)and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that is called
^(C)‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of the whole earth’?”

^16 (D)All your enemies have opened their mouth against you;
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, ^(E)“We have swallowed her up!
Surely this is the ^(F)day we have waited for;
We have found it, ^(G)we have seen it!”