Jeremiah 49:7-12

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
    Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    Has their wisdom vanished?
⁸ Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths,
    O inhabitants of Dedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
    the time when I punish him.
⁹ If grape-gatherers came to you,
    would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
    would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
¹⁰ But I have stripped Esau bare,
    I have uncovered his hiding places,
    and he is not able to conceal himself.
His children are destroyed, and his brothers,
    and his neighbors; and he is no more.
¹¹ Leave your fatherless children, I will keep them alive;
    and let your widows trust in me.”