Prophecies against Edom

⁷ To Edom:

¹² For this is what the Lord says: “Look, those who don’t deserve^[b] to drink the cup will surely drink it, and will you actually go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished! You will certainly drink it!^{[c] 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.”

¹⁷ “Edom will become an object of horror. Everyone who passes by her will be horrified and will scoff^[d] because of all her wounds. ¹⁸ Just like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their^[e] neighbors,” says the Lord, “no one will live there. No human being will reside in it. ¹⁹ Look, like a lion comes up from the thicket of the Jordan to a pasture that grows year round,^[f] so I’ll drive them^[g] away from her in an instant, and I’ll appoint whomever is chosen over her. Indeed, who is like me? Who gives me counsel? Who is the shepherd who will stand against me?” ²⁰ Therefore, hear the plan that the Lord has made against Edom, and the strategy that he devised against the inhabitants of Teman. Surely he will drag the little ones of the flock away. Surely their pasture will be desolate because of them. ²¹ The earth will quake at the sound of their fall. A cry—it’s her voice—is heard at the Reed^[h] Sea. ²² Look, he will rise up and fly swiftly like an eagle. He will spread his wings against Bozrah, and on that day the hearts of the warriors of Edom will be like the heart of a woman in labor.