Jeremiah 49:16-18

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶As to the terror you cause,^[a]
your presumptuous heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock,^[b]
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagle,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.^(A)

¹⁷“Edom will become a desolation. Everyone who passes by her will be horrified and scoff because of all her wounds.^(B) ¹⁸As when Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,”^(C) says the Lord, “no one will live there; no human being will even stay in it as a temporary resident.^(D)

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