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Jeremiah 49:7-22
International Standard Version

Prophecies against Edom

7 To Edom:

This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says:
    “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?
Has counsel perished among the prudent?
    Is their wisdom gone?
8 Flee, turn around!
    Go to a remote place to stay,
residents of Dedan!
    For I’ll bring Esau’s[a] disaster on him
    at the time when I punish him.
9 If the grape harvesters came to you,
    would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came at night, they would destroy
    only until they had enough.
10 But I’ll strip Esau bare.
    I’ll uncover his hiding places so he cannot conceal himself.
His offspring, his relatives,
    and his neighbors will be destroyed,
        and he will no longer exist.
11 Leave your orphans. I’ll keep them alive.
    Let your widows trust in me.”

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.”

14 I’ve heard a message from the Lord,
    and a messenger has been sent
        among the nations:
“Gather together and come up against her,
    and rise up to fight.
15 Indeed, I’ll make you the least of the nations,
    despised among men.
16 The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you.
You who live in hidden places in the rocks,
    who hold on to the heights of the hill,
although you make your nest high like the eagle,
    I’ll bring you down from there,”
        declares the Lord.

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:8 I.e. the Edomites were descendants of Esau
  2. Jeremiah 49:12 Lit. it was not their judgment
  3. Jeremiah 49:12 The Heb. lacks it
  4. Jeremiah 49:17 Lit. hiss; i.e. hissing was an expression of contempt
  5. Jeremiah 49:18 Lit. her
  6. Jeremiah 49:19 Lit. a perpetual pasture
  7. Jeremiah 49:19 So LXX; Heb. him; i.e. the Edomites
  8. Jeremiah 49:21 So MT; LXX lacks Reed
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Jeremiah 49:7-22
Lexham English Bible

A Message Concerning Edom

7 Concerning Edom, thus says Yahweh of hosts:

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?
    Has counsel become lost from those who understand?
    Is their wisdom rotting?
8 Flee! Turn back! Get down low![a]
    O inhabitants of Dedan.
For I will bring upon him the disaster of Esau
    at the time when I will punish him.
9 If grape-gatherers come to you,
    would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves in the night,
    they destroy only enough for them.[b]
10 But I have stripped Esau bare.
    I have uncovered his hiding places,
    and he is not able to hide himself.
His offspring are devastated, along with[c] his brothers,
    and his neighbors, and he is no more.[d]
11 Leave your orphans. I will let them[e] live.
    And your widows, let them trust in me.”

12 For thus says Yahweh, “Look, those who are not condemned[f] to drink the cup must certainly drink it.[g] And are you the one who will go entirely unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must certainly drink it.[h] 13 For I have sworn by myself,” declares[i] Yahweh, “that Bozrah will become as a horror, as a disgrace, as a waste, and as a curse. And all her towns will be everlasting sites of ruins.”[j]

14 I have heard a message from Yahweh,
    and a messenger has been sent among the nations.
“Gather and come against her,
    and rise for the battle.”
15 “For look, I will make you small among the nations,
    despised by the humankind.
16 Your terror has deceived you,
    the pride of your heart,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
    you who seize the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest high like the eagle,
    from there I will bring you down,” declares[k] Yahweh.
17 “And Edom will become as a horror,
    everyone who passes by it[l] will be appalled,
    and will hiss because of all its blows.
18 As the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
    and their neighbors,” says Yahweh,
“no one[m] will live there,
    and the son of humankind will not dwell as an alien in it.
19 Look, like a lion he comes up from the thickets of the Jordan
    to a pastureland by a constantly flowing stream.[n]
So I will chase him away hurriedly[o] from it.
    And whoever is chosen I will appoint over it.
For who is like me, and who can summon me?
    And who is this, the shepherd who can stand before me?”[p]
20 Therefore[q] hear the plan of Yahweh that he has planned against Edom,
    and his plans that he has planned against the inhabitants of Teman.
Surely[r] they will drag them away,
    the little ones of the flock.
Surely[s] he will cause to be desolated over them
    their grazing place.
21 The earth will quake from the sound of their falling.
    A cry of distress! Their voice will be heard at the Red Sea.[t]
22 Look, like an eagle he will go up and he will swoop down,
    and he will spread out his wings against Bozrah.
And the heart of the warriors of Edom will be in that day
    like the heart of a woman who is in labor.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:8 Literally “make deep to dwell”
  2. Jeremiah 49:9 Literally “their enough”
  3. Jeremiah 49:10 Literally “and”
  4. Jeremiah 49:10 Literally “and not he”
  5. Jeremiah 49:11 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  6. Jeremiah 49:12 Literally “who there is not their justice”
  7. Jeremiah 49:12 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Jeremiah 49:12 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  9. Jeremiah 49:13 Literally “a declaration of”
  10. Jeremiah 49:13 Literally “sites of ruins of eternity”
  11. Jeremiah 49:16 Literally “a declaration of”
  12. Jeremiah 49:17 Literally “all who passes by it”
  13. Jeremiah 49:18 Literally “not a man”
  14. Jeremiah 49:19 Literally “a pasture of everflowing”
  15. Jeremiah 49:19 Literally “I will do in an instant I will chase him away”
  16. Jeremiah 49:19 Literally “to the face of me”
  17. Jeremiah 49:20 Literally “To thus”
  18. Jeremiah 49:20 Literally “If not”
  19. Jeremiah 49:20 Literally “If not”
  20. Jeremiah 49:21 Hebrew “Sea of Reeds”
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