Jeremiah 49:7-16

English Standard Version

Judgment on Edom

⁷Concerning ^(A)Edom.

Thus says the Lord of hosts:

^(B)“Is wisdom no more in ^(C)Teman?
    ^(D)Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    ^(E)Has their wisdom vanished?
⁸^(F)Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths,
    O inhabitants of ^(G)Dedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
    ^(H)the time when I punish him.
⁹^(I)If grape gatherers came to you,
    would they not leave ^(J)gleanings?
^(K)If thieves came by night,
    would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
¹⁰^(L)But I have stripped Esau bare;
    ^(M)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 ^(N)he is no more.
¹¹^(O)Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive;
    ^(P)and let your widows trust in me.”

¹²For thus says the Lord: ^(Q)“If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, ^(R)will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. ¹³^(S)For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that ^(T)Bozrah shall become ^(U)a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”

¹⁴^(V)I have heard a message from the Lord,
    and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
^(W)“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
    and rise up for battle!
¹⁵For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
    despised among mankind.
¹⁶The horror you inspire has deceived you,
    and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,^[a]
    who hold the height of the hill.
Though you ^(X)make your nest as high as the eagle's,
    I will bring you down from there,
declares the Lord.