¹² For this is what the Lord says: “Look, those who don’t deserve^[a] to drink the cup will surely drink it, and will you actually go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished! You will certainly drink it!^{[b] 13} Indeed, I’ve sworn by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror and scorn, a waste, and an object of ridicule. All her towns will become perpetual ruins.”