Jeremiah 49:7-22 - A Message Concerning Edom
7 About Edom, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom rotted away?
residents of Dedan,
for I will bring Esau’s calamity on him
at the time I punish him.
wouldn’t they leave some gleanings?
Were thieves to come in the night,
they would destroy only what they wanted.
I will uncover his secret places.
He will try to hide himself, but he will be unable.
His descendants will be destroyed
along with his relatives and neighbors.
He will exist no longer.
let your widows trust in Me.
12 “For this is what the Lord says: If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not remain unpunished, for you must drink it too. 13 For by Myself I have sworn”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“Bozrah
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a messenger has been sent among the nations:
Assemble yourselves to come against her.
Rise up for war!
despised among humanity.
your presumptuous heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock,
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagle,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
17 “Edom will become a desolation. Everyone who passes by her will be horrified and scoff because of all her wounds.
19 “Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets
20 Therefore, hear the plans that the Lord has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: