²⁵ “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh^(A)— ²⁶ Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in distant places.^[a](B) For all these nations are really uncircumcised,^(C) and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.^(D)”

¹⁷ So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent^(A) me drink it: ¹⁸ Jerusalem^(B) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin^(C) and an object of horror and scorn,^(D) a curse^[a](E)—as they are today;^{(F) 19} Pharaoh king^(G) of Egypt,^(H) his attendants, his officials and all his people, ²⁰ and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;^(I) all the kings of the Philistines^(J) (those of Ashkelon,^(K) Gaza,^(L) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); ²¹ Edom,^(M) Moab^(N) and Ammon;^{(O) 22} all the kings of Tyre^(P) and Sidon;^(Q) the kings of the coastlands^(R) across the sea; ²³ Dedan,^(S) Tema,^(T) Buz^(U) and all who are in distant places^[b];^{(V) 24} all the kings of Arabia^(W) and all the kings of the foreign people^(X) who live in the wilderness; ²⁵ all the kings of Zimri,^(Y) Elam^(Z) and Media;^{(AA) 26} and all the kings of the north,^(AB) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms^(AC) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak^[c](AD) will drink it too.

A Prophecy Against Edom

¹² “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Edom^(A) took revenge on Judah and became very guilty by doing so, ¹³ therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand^(B) against Edom and kill both man and beast.^(C) I will lay it waste, and from Teman^(D) to Dedan^(E) they will fall by the sword.^{(F) 14} I will take vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with my anger^(G) and my wrath; they will know my vengeance, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”^(H)

2 This is what the Lord says:

Israel’s Restoration

¹¹ “In that day

⁴ Edom^(A) may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild^(B) the ruins.”

But this is what the Lord Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish.^(C) They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the Lord.^(D)