^(B)We have heard a report from the Lord,
And an ^(C)envoy has been sent among the nations saying,
“^(D)Arise and let us go against her for battle”—
² “Behold, I will make you ^(E)small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.
³ “The ^(F)arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of ^[b]the ^(G)rock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
‘^(H)Who will bring me down to earth?’
⁴ “Though you ^(I)build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the ^(J)stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
⁵ “If ^(K)thieves came to you,
If ^[c]robbers by night—
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only ^[d]until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
^(L)Would they not leave some gleanings?
⁶ “O how Esau will be ^(M)ransacked,
And his hidden treasures searched out!
⁷ “All the ^(N)men ^[e]allied with you
Will send you forth to the border,
And the men at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your ^(O)bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is ^(P)no understanding ^[f]in him.)
⁸ “Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,
“^(Q)Destroy wise men from Edom
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
⁹ “Then your ^(R)mighty men will be dismayed, O ^(S)Teman,
So that everyone may be ^(T)cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

¹⁵ “For the ^(AF)day of the Lord draws near on all the nations.
^(AG)As you have done, it will be done to you.
Your ^(AH)dealings will return on your own head.
¹⁶ “Because just as you ^(AI)drank on ^(AJ)My holy mountain,
All the nations ^(AK)will drink continually.
They will drink and ^[k]swallow
And become as if they had never existed.
¹⁷ “But on Mount ^(AL)Zion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will ^(AM)possess their possessions.
¹⁸ “Then the house of Jacob will be a ^(AN)fire
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be as stubble.
And they will set ^[l]them on fire and consume ^[m]them,
So that there will be ^(AO)no survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.
¹⁹ Then those of the ^[n]Negev will ^(AP)possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the ^[o]Shephelah the ^(AQ)Philistine plain;
Also, ^(AR)possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin will possess Gilead.
²⁰ And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as ^(AS)Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
Will possess the ^(AT)cities of the Negev.
²¹ The ^(AU)deliverers will ascend Mount Zion
To judge the mountain of Esau,
And the ^(AV)kingdom will be the Lord’s.

5 My son, ^(A)give attention to my wisdom,
^(B)Incline your ear to my understanding;
² That you may ^(C)observe discretion
And your ^(D)lips may reserve knowledge.
³ For the lips of an ^[a](E)adulteress ^(F)drip honey
And ^(G)smoother than oil is her ^[b]speech;
⁴ But in the end she is ^(H)bitter as wormwood,
^(I)Sharp as a two-edged sword.
⁵ Her feet ^(J)go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.
^6 [c]She does not ponder the ^(K)path of life;
Her ways are ^(L)unstable, she ^(M)does not know it.